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2006-02-22 05:55:06
AdamEcks
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+1|6703|Canada, Eh.
Wow, that was a fast find.

Under the Criminal Code, it is illegal to hold a lottery without a licence. Giving away a prize based on chance alone — a random draw, for instance — is considered a form of lottery. The contest industry invented the skill-testing question to get around that restriction. If a contest includes an element of skill, it is no longer considered purely a game of chance.

“It’s a loophole, basically, and to the best of my knowledge Canada is the only country that has that requirement,” said Toronto lawyer Brenda Pritchard, who is co-authoring a book called Advertising and Marketing Law in Canada that devotes an entire chapter to contests.
So I guess this would have to be enforced. If it wasn't it would be like running a casino without a license, illegal gambling, which is cracked down on once in a while.

Found more, this adresses enforcement too.

The most common form for these questions to take is a mathematical expression. A court decision ruled that these must contain at least three operations to actually be skill testing. Thus a common question might be (2 × 4) + (10 × 3). (Answer: 38.)

Enforcement of these rules is not very stringent, however, and, especially for small prizes they will not be asked. Getting the question wrong is also often not an obstacle to receiving the reward.

Last edited by AdamEcks (2006-02-22 05:58:14)

2006-02-22 07:12:32
BlindBat
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Havazn wrote:

Well considering we all have exceptionally high intellects, I dont think we'd have a problem with a 'skill' testing question

Col-Khadafi wrote:

Some punk decides to put a sterotypical joke into offical contest rules? thats fucking emotinal damage. CASH SETTLEMENTS MOTHERFUCKERS!
Whoa..chill buddy. Every contest up here requires a skill testing question to be answered. Why? No fucking clue. But its done all the time. So its no big deal really.
We have a winner here , and answer is simple.

Ever since prohibiton laws pertaining to Alchool and Gambling, there is a FEDERAL law (read applies to all Provinces and cannot be substituted by Provincial Legislation).

When gambling (read any action/promotion that results in awarding a Prize in the form of goods or cash settlement), it is required by Canadian Law that the contest creator ensures that the recipient is of legal age- general industry acceptance of such compliance is done with issuing a Quiz question most often mathematical - which in fact most of the time a 12 year old can answer really - However, law further states that :

Entrants who are under the age of majority at the date of entry are eligible to enter and win a prize provided his or her parent or legal guardian accepts any such prize and the terms and conditions hereof for and on behalf of such entrant.


This is why you also see a quiz on a CornFlake box to win a Jedi puppet - as if an 18 year old or above really needs a Jedi puppet and that the contest/marketing ploy was targetted at them !!!

Bypassing the need to obtain a Lottery licence from all Provinces and Territories, is more then likely also another reasons for the quiz test, as suggested in the post above this one.

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