Thursday, November 8, 2007

What is the point of the skill testing question?

Ever wonder what the skill testing question is when you win a prize at McDonald's. Believe it or not it's a legal law specific to Canadians only. The law was put in place to stop profit organizations from creating a situation where you can gamble.

They implemented this law to ensure that you are actually earning the money. That's right. You aren't winning the money but rather earning it with the skill testing question.

Another work around to this law is "No Purchase Necessary". Therefore to enter this content you don't have to purchase the product. If you contact them, usually by snail mail, they will send you game piece.

I've always wondered about the "No Purchase Necessary" clause in most contests. But it has been answered. I received this information from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skill_testing_question. Feel free to take a peek at the document on Wikipedia.

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