Wisconsin Code § 214.595

Savings promotion prize programs
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(1) In
this section:
(a) “Nonqualifying account” means a deposit account, other
than a demand account, that is not a qualifying account.
(b) “Qualifying account” means a deposit account, other than
a demand account, through which a savings bank’s depositors
may obtain chances to win prizes in a savings promotion.
(c) “Savings promotion” means a contest or promotion to encourage savings deposits that is sponsored by one or more savings
banks, or by a banking trade association or its subsidiary in conjunction with one or more savings banks, and in which savings
bank depositors are offered a chance to win designated prizes.
(2) A savings bank may sponsor, or participate in, a savings
promotion if all of the following requirements are satisfied:
(a) Savings bank depositors are not required to pay any fee or
otherwise provide any consideration in order to enter the savings
promotion.
(b) All fees charged by a savings bank in connection with a
qualifying account are comparable with all fees charged in connection with comparable nonqualifying accounts offered by the
savings bank.
(c) Each entry in the savings promotion has an equal chance
of winning.
(d) Participants in the savings promotion are not required to
be present at a prize drawing in order to win.
(3) For purposes of sub. (2) (a), a depositor’s deposit of at
least a specified amount of money for at least a specified time in
a qualifying account, which is required in order to enter the savings promotion, is not consideration if the interest rate associated
with the qualifying account is not reduced, as compared to comparable nonqualifying accounts offered by the savings bank, to
account for the possibility of winning a prize.

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