NSA: Illegal promotional contest by Peugeot car dealer

NSA stated that the contest has characteristics of a cash lottery, which requires separate permission. In 1996, Zdzislaw Bialy, owner of Trade-Service Center "Peugeot", organized promotional contests under the name of "Warsaw Lion" which did not raise any objections from the Finance Ministry. However, Bialy later changed the rules of the contests allowing winners to receive their awards in cash instead of in the form of a car. Such changes spurred the tax department to ask the Finance Ministry about the legality of the new rule. The ministry decided that the changes are, in fact, illegal. Bialy has challenged the NSA decision. (Gazeta Wyborcza, page 20)