You can roll your eyes all you want, but in my brief research on the topic this morning, it quickly became clear that states take this very seriously, including raids on offending businesses and the confiscation of game pieces and such.

AA clearly didn't intend to break these laws based on how quickly they brought their promotion into compliance after the issue was raised, whether by me or their own legal department. But it was suggested here that requiring a purchase might be OK in the print media or on the net, which is flat wrong, and IS akin to running a private numbers game, since the same laws are applicable. They prohibit anyone except states from running lotteries.