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saneo · Feb 26, 2007, 11:13 PM // 23:13

Just wondering, why do Canadians have to answer a math question to claim their prize?

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Canadian residents will be required to answer an additional mathematical question in order to claim their prize.

http://www.guildwars.com/events/cont...signaweapon07/

KamikazeChicken · Feb 26, 2007, 11:23 PM // 23:23

Try to search for it b/c there's at least 1 thread on the topic already. It has to do with Canadian gambling (?) laws.

Perynne · Feb 27, 2007, 05:41 AM // 05:41

Yup, you can find the answer in the other Design-A-Weapon thread in Riverside.
Search is your friend.

c_ras · Feb 27, 2007, 03:39 PM // 15:39

In reality, the test is a hack of Canada's legal code by the promotions business. Canadian anti-gambling law makes it illegal to sell chances to win a prize, so promoters always offer a free method of entering each contest, and task every winner with a skill-testing question. By doing the latter, they argue, the game is no longer one merely of chance but a contest requiring some skill.

In decades past, the tests of skill were designed to be interesting. Challenges approved by the courts include estimating the number of beans in a jar and calculating the time it takes for a barrel to float downriver. Not all tests have received a legal passing grade, however. Canadian courts have shot down skill tests consisting of shooting a turkey at 50 yards, or quickly peeling a potato, on the grounds that they're too easy.

But a 1984 court case validated a simple, four-part mathematical question as a test of skill. The test? Multiply 228 by 21; add to that 10,824; divide the answer by 12; and subtract 1,121. For each promotion something similiar is drawn up and presented to the winner.

The Canadian court's stamp of approval paired with the simple nature of the question has made the four-part mathematics problem the de facto standard among product promotion sweepstakes.

And to think..........I'm not even Canadian, eh!

Feb 26, 2007, 11:23 PM // 23:23	#2
KamikazeChicken Desert Nomad Join Date: Aug 2005 Profession: Mo/	Try to search for it b/c there's at least 1 thread on the topic already. It has to do with Canadian gambling (?) laws.

Feb 27, 2007, 05:41 AM // 05:41	#3
Perynne Site Contributor Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Finland Guild: Runners of the Rose [RR] Profession: R/	Yup, you can find the answer in the other Design-A-Weapon thread in Riverside. Search is your friend.

Feb 27, 2007, 03:39 PM // 15:39	#4
c_ras Krytan Explorer Join Date: Jul 2006 Guild: Eternal Deliverance Profession: R/	In reality, the test is a hack of Canada's legal code by the promotions business. Canadian anti-gambling law makes it illegal to sell chances to win a prize, so promoters always offer a free method of entering each contest, and task every winner with a skill-testing question. By doing the latter, they argue, the game is no longer one merely of chance but a contest requiring some skill. In decades past, the tests of skill were designed to be interesting. Challenges approved by the courts include estimating the number of beans in a jar and calculating the time it takes for a barrel to float downriver. Not all tests have received a legal passing grade, however. Canadian courts have shot down skill tests consisting of shooting a turkey at 50 yards, or quickly peeling a potato, on the grounds that they're too easy. But a 1984 court case validated a simple, four-part mathematical question as a test of skill. The test? Multiply 228 by 21; add to that 10,824; divide the answer by 12; and subtract 1,121. For each promotion something similiar is drawn up and presented to the winner. The Canadian court's stamp of approval paired with the simple nature of the question has made the four-part mathematics problem the de facto standard among product promotion sweepstakes. And to think..........I'm not even Canadian, eh!