Heres a dumb question

John Huthmaker wrote:

airplane giveaways), their rules stipulate that if the winner is Canadian,
they will have to pass a math test to recieve the prize.

ok, I don't have the reference handy, but last time someone asked
the question, the answer was around the line that Canada has weird
rules about lotteries and such, and for some reasons, the math
tests turns the pure luck based tombola into a contest which then
becomes legal there; no matter how dumb the math test might be, i.e.,
2 + 2? might qualify; any Canadian out there?

--Sylvain

In a previous article, Sylvain said:
tests turns the pure luck based tombola into a contest which then
becomes legal there; no matter how dumb the math test might be, i.e.,
2 + 2? might qualify; any Canadian out there?

The one and only "lucky draw" I won in Canada, the prize was only $50, and
the skill testing question was just multiplying two 1 digit numbers and
adding another 2 digit number.

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Sylvain writes:
ok, I don't have the reference handy, but last time someone asked
the question, the answer was around the line that Canada has weird
rules about lotteries and such, and for some reasons, the math
tests turns the pure luck based tombola into a contest which then
becomes legal there; no matter how dumb the math test might be, i.e.,
2 + 2? might qualify; any Canadian out there?

I once won some concert tickets and a CD from a radio station in
Toronto. I showed up at the station to get them, and they gave me a
simple math question to do. As the receptionist handed me the paper
with the question on it, she said "the answer is 17".

Chris
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Then I suppose the skill is in knowing where to write in the answer.

John

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Sylvain writes:
ok, I don't have the reference handy, but last time someone asked
the question, the answer was around the line that Canada has weird
rules about lotteries and such, and for some reasons, the math
tests turns the pure luck based tombola into a contest which then
becomes legal there; no matter how dumb the math test might be, i.e.,
2 + 2? might qualify; any Canadian out there?

I once won some concert tickets and a CD from a radio station in
Toronto. I showed up at the station to get them, and they gave me a
simple math question to do. As the receptionist handed me the paper
with the question on it, she said "the answer is 17".

Chris
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Web: www.colohan.com Phone: (412)268-4751