# Business Regulation (GBR)

## Title 6. Charitable Organizations and Charitable Representatives

### Subtitle 6. Prohibited Acts; Penalties

#### Section 6-618

(a) This section does not apply to a raffle or other game of chance that a charitable organization holds in a county under the laws applicable to the county.

(b) As part of an advertising plan in connection with a charitable solicitation, a person may not notify another person that the other person has won a prize, has received an award, or has been chosen or is eligible to receive a thing of value if the other person is required to:

  (1) buy goods or services;

  (2) pay money; or

  (3) submit to a promotion.

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Md. Code Ann., Bus. Reg. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)