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In Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom, competitions or lotto are the equivalent of what are commonly known as [[sweepstakes]] in the United States. The correct technical name for Australian consumer competitions is a trade promotion lottery or lotto.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.olgr.nsw.gov.au/promos_trade_promos.asp|title=OLGR > Promotions and competitions > Trade promotion lotteries|publisher=Olgr.nsw.gov.au|access-date=2013-08-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130729002216/http://www.olgr.nsw.gov.au/promos_trade_promos.asp|archive-date=2013-07-29|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom, competitions or lotto are the equivalent of what are commonly known as [[sweepstakes]] in the United States. The correct technical name for Australian consumer competitions is a trade promotion lottery or lotto.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.olgr.nsw.gov.au/promos_trade_promos.asp|title=OLGR > Promotions and competitions > Trade promotion lotteries|publisher=Olgr.nsw.gov.au|access-date=2013-08-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130729002216/http://www.olgr.nsw.gov.au/promos_trade_promos.asp|archive-date=2013-07-29|url-status=dead}}</ref>


Competition or trade promotion lottery entrants enter to win a prize or prizes, hence many entrants are all in competition, or competing for a limited number of prizes.