Yes. A mail-in free entry is the gold-standard AMOE and is broadly accepted across jurisdictions, including all US states that regulate sweepstakes.
There are a few reasons mail-in has remained the default standard:
- Long regulatory track record. US state attorneys general, the FTC, and Canadian Competition Bureau guidance have endorsed mail-in entries for decades. Major operators (Publishers Clearing House, McDonald's Monopoly, fast-food and beverage promotions) have all relied on a mail-in path, which has built up extensive case law and enforcement precedent confirming its validity.
- No "consideration" risk. The legal purpose of AMOE is to remove consideration from the promotion. A hand-addressed envelope and a postage stamp have been consistently treated by courts as a de minimis effort that does not constitute consideration — unlike, for example, watching a long video, completing a survey, or providing valuable data.
- Universal accessibility. Mail is available to anyone, regardless of device, internet access, account, or platform membership. That makes it the easiest path to defend as "reasonably accessible on equal terms with the paid path."
- Jurisdiction-agnostic. Some states (notably for higher-value prizes) and some non-US jurisdictions are skeptical of online-only AMOE forms, particularly when the paid entry happens off-platform or via crypto. A mail-in path satisfies all of them at once.
Because of this, Meet Your Fan uses mail-in as the canonical AMOE method. The mail-in address and entry-format requirements are surfaced directly on the campaign page whenever AMOE is enabled, and qualified mail-in entries are added to the same draw pool as paid entries with identical odds.