Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-71.180.139.63-20130222024018/@comment-24.126.251.161-20130223210114

As long as Android users and Apple users have different game rules and entry options, it is against the law to have them play in the same contest/sweepstakes. Basically, a sweepstakes is illegal if it requires a purchase to participate. A contest is illegal if entry is different from one person to the next. And it is an illegal lottery if there is any kind of "consideration" involved (like the people holding the lottery receiving any benefit of any kind). The Topaz "sweepstakes"  CAN happen in a legal way though on the iOS side. It just needs to consider the Apple platform as a separate game with a separate and true "sweepstakes" with its own winner(s) and not allow Android participation. The requirement of a purchase on the Android side though means that it is not a legal "sweepstakes" and, since the winner is chosen by random, it isn't a legal contest either. This only leaves illegal lottery. Sweepstakes can't require payment, and contests can't have different entry requirements. In short, TeamLava has conflated all three and is  BREAKING THE LAW in a number of ways.