"free" UPC) for entry into the sweepstakes drawing. Sweepstakes parlors, which began to appear in the US around 2005, are establishments that offer chances to win cash prizes as a promotion for a product, usually either a telephone card or Internet access. Sweepstakes must be carefully planned to comply with local laws and curtail forms of entrant fraud and abuse. Before home computers were popular, a common method of entry was a mailed, plain 3" × 5" index card with the entrant's name and address. Massive computer-printed entries resulted in a new requirement that entries must be "hand-printed". Laser printers that can mimic ink pen writing are also a problem for sponsors. In most sweepstakes, entrants and their relatives must not be related to the sponsor or promoter. Many state lotteries also run second-chance sweepstakes in conjunction with the retail sale of state lottery scratch cards in an effort to increase consumer demand for scratch cards and help control the litter caused by the improper disposal of non-winning lottery tickets. Since lottery tickets are considered to be bearer instruments under the Uniform Commercial Code, these lottery scratch card promotions can be entered with non-winning tickets that are picked up as litter. References External links U.S. Federal Trade Commission. Telemarketing and "Telephone Services: Prizes & Sweepstakes". U.S. Federal Trade Commission. "New Spin On Sweepstakes Scams." FTC Consumer Alert on International Lotteries Euler's Analysis of the Genoese Lottery Senior citizens targeted in sweepstakes fraud FBI Promotion and marketing communications Lotteries