Only Smart Canadians can Win?

[DVC Mike]

Looking over the rules for the DVC 25th Anniversary Sweepstakes, on page 5, it says:

If a potential Winner is a Canada resident, he/she will be required to correctly answer a timelimited
mathematical skill testing question without any assistance in order to be eligible to
receive his/her prize or such prize will be forfeited.

Is this typical of contests in Canada?

http://dvcsilversweeps.com/en-us/Rules

 

[Madame]

Looking over the rules for the DVC 25th Anniversary Sweepstakes, on page 5, it says:



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Is this typical of contests in Canada?

http://dvcsilversweeps.com/en-us/Rules

Yes it is. It's the law.
http://contests.about.com/od/sweepstakes101/f/caskillquestion.htm

 

[DVC Mike]

Yes it is. It's the law.
http://contests.about.com/od/sweepstakes101/f/caskillquestion.htm

How bizarre.

 

[_auroraborealis_]

If you run a contest IN Canada proper, there are also insane Quebec-specific things you have to do.

 

[disneynutz]

Timeshare sales laws are also different in each state and country. DVD has a compliance team who deals with the laws and required registrations.

Bill

 

[mort1331]

And that is why Alex Trebek is the host of Jeopardy. He is Canadian.

 

[disneynutz]

Here is the answer to the mathematical skills test for those who may need it. 1+1=2.

Bill

 

[luckyman_apd]

Actually Bill, if you read the sample question on the posted link above, I would argue that many US citizens would fail it. A recent viral facebook post has shown that many simpletons can't remember the correct order of operations. The problem is 1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1x0+1. Many people answer 1 as they add first, then multiply by 0 and then add the last 1 to get the incorrect answer. In actuality the multiplication is done first, (Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally) giving you the answer of 13......at least 13 in my example. Can't remember if the facebook post was 12 or 13, but you get the point. If you scroll through the comments with people's answers you would see that many Americans are unfit for Canadian lotteries!

 

[Sammie]

Contest rules and such are very complex. There are some states even in the US that consider them games of chance and don't certain ones.

 

[pangyal]

In all fairness, the mathematical skill testing questions we get for our Canadian contests are expected to have calculators used to answer them. They don't actually start a stopwatch and wait for you to use BEDMAS to solve an algebraic equation that you likely forgot how to do twenty years ago.

 

[TagsMissy]

How bizarre.

I'd rather answer a simple math question then pay big taxes on a winning They're generally quite simple and not overly confusing equations.

 

[bumbershoot]

Actually Bill, if you read the sample question on the posted link above, I would argue that many US citizens would fail it. A recent viral facebook post has shown that many simpletons can't remember the correct order of operations. The problem is 1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1x0+1. Many people answer 1 as they add first, then multiply by 0 and then add the last 1 to get the incorrect answer. In actuality the multiplication is done first, (Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally) giving you the answer of 13......at least 13 in my example. Can't remember if the facebook post was 12 or 13, but you get the point. If you scroll through the comments with people's answers you would see that many Americans are unfit for Canadian lotteries!

Actually that one was funky and I'd love to see what the originator intended.

The funkiness was because it was NOT as you have written out. The problem you've set out is simple, of course.

But the facebook one was more like:

1+1+1
1+1+1
1+1x0

What EXACTLY are we doing between the 1s with the line break? THAT is the question that changes everything.

 

[AdamsMum]

Here is the answer to the mathematical skills test for those who may need it. 1+1=2.

Bill

I think I can manage that!