Question about Canadian sweepstakes?

[CourtneyMc]

I am hoping a Canadian out there can answer this for me. I just got an email from Disney about the year of 1 million dreams sweeps and for some reason read the fine print about entering. At the end of it, it said:
"For residents of Canada, a mathematical skill-testing question must be correctly answered to win any prize."

This made me very curious! I tried googling that and it came up in several other Candian sweeps, but I couldn't find an explanation for it. Is there some rule in Canada that to win a prize in a contest you have to be able to do a timed math problem??

Thanks!

Courtney

 

[cslittle999]

I believe that by asking a skill testing question (typically a math problem) the contest becomes a game of skill instead of pure chance. Games of chance are deemed lotteries and have to be licensed and can only be run by charitable institutions (or the government).

 

[Scratch42]

I am hoping a Canadian out there can answer this for me. I just got an email from Disney about the year of 1 million dreams sweeps and for some reason read the fine print about entering. At the end of it, it said:
"For residents of Canada, a mathematical skill-testing question must be correctly answered to win any prize."

This made me very curious! I tried googling that and it came up in several other Candian sweeps, but I couldn't find an explanation for it. Is there some rule in Canada that to win a prize in a contest you have to be able to do a timed math problem??

Thanks!

Courtney

For some strange reason, in Canada, you must answer a skill testing question in order to win a prize! Except for a Goverment run lotto!

j

 

[CourtneyMc]

Thanks! I knew someone on the DIS would answer me =)

 

[Donald - my hero]

Well for me a simple 2 x 3 plus fity six minus 2 = is a heck of a lot better than knowing that HALF of my winings are going to the government!

 

[Scratch42]

Well for me a simple 2 x 3 plus fity six minus 2 = is a heck of a lot better than knowing that HALF of my winings are going to the government!

Give it Time!