Commercial Law

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This paper provides a brief exploration into a case study of commercial law. The case in question refers to a scenario where a hockey league attempted to raise funds through offering a lottery, but there were proceedings that reduced the legitimacy of the lottery process used to distribute the prizes. The paper addresses the facts, and issues relating to the case.

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"Case Study: Commercial Law I. Facts Tickets to promote a fundraiser for the Beer Guzzlers Hockey League (BGHL) were sold for $50 each, with three winners to be selected at random by a disk jockey at a radio station. The tickets stated the legal conditions as "Winners will be declared in the order chosen from the random draw. ie. First name drawn will win first prize, etc." When the three prizewinners were named, the first drawn was given the third place prize, the second drawn was given the second place prize, and the third drawn was given the first place price."

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