I opened three packs of Updates & Highlights today and only pulled two cards that interest me.
I decided to enter Topps' No Purchase Necessary contest just for the hell of it because I had never done so before and when reading the instructions I read the weirdest thing...
"Potential Canadian winners will be required to first correctly answer the mathematical skill-testing question. Include on a 3 x 5 card the answer to the following skill-test question 10 x 2 + 8 -4 = ?"
Click on the above image to see it for yourself [I've underlined it in red].
What is the possible logic of this requirement?
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If entry in the Topps contest were completely free, it wouldn't be a problem. But Canada considers the cost of postage an "entry fee", just like the cost of a lottery ticket.
To get around this, the "game of chance" becomes a "game of skill" -- ergo the math question, even though it's a simple one. That way, the winners don't by luck, but rather skill -- or so the loophole goes.
At least, that's the way I remember it -- I may have the details slightly wrong or maybe the law has changed over the years, but the math puzzle for Canadian residents has been on cards for years....
Eh?
Canada does have a national lottery so that puts a twist on things too...