[Sca-cooks] Picking on Canadians?? TOTALLY OT OOP

[Daniel Myers]

Canada has some laws on their books that say that any contest that
gives away a cash prize must be a contest of skill or knowledge.  It's
an ineffective attempt to prevent gambling.

If you buy a lottery ticked in Canada and read the fine print on the
back you'll find the same sort of wording.

I've been told by Canadians that the mathematical problem is of the
sort:  "What's 12 divided by 3?"


On Thursday, September 19, 2002, at 02:27 PM, Olwen the Odd wrote:

> Sorry but I had to bring this question here cuz there are folks from
> Canada
> on this list, as well as a whole crew of smart people.
>
> Anyway, I was faced with one of those popups on the computer about
> some quiz
> something and for no particular reason decided to look at the rules
> (morbid
> curiosity, I never take those things).  Anyway following is a cut and
> paste
> directly from their rules and I cann't understand why they single out
> Canadians to have to do something different.  Anyone know??
>
> Quote:
> Selection of Winners:
> Winners will be determined by a random Drawing from all eligible
> entries
> received from participants in any market research studies administered
> by
> Sponsor at various Web sites or through one of its online or other
> market
> research surveys. The Drawing will be held on or about October 21,
> 2002 at
> the Sponsor's Austin office. Canadian residents must correctly answer a
> mathematical problem , if selected as winner, in order to claim the
> prize.

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