dude wins 359,814.00 on 5 dollar bet

[kickserv]

http://www.olg.ca/lotteries/winners/winner_story.jsp?winner=winner_rreece:propicks


wager 5 bucks

winnings 359,814.00 (tax free)


14 team parlay.....and wins :scared :scared


now that's a parlay :scared :scared



must be nice :com:

 

[The Sponge]

Hey KIck what is the deal in Canada. I heard that if you win a contest you have to answer a math question and if you get it wrong you can not keep your prize. Is this really true? That is some strange stuff.

 

[yyz]

He had to win.....he's Pete Rose's son!

 

[AR182]

He had to win.....he's Pete Rose's son!

was it ?...i heard it was raymond...:142smilie

 

[kickserv]

Sponge........

not sure where the heck ya heard that.....but I can assure you when you win any $$$ on Sport Select (legal sports betting in Canada) you don't have to answer any math questions....if that were the case....I'd never claim a prize :mj07:

 

[The Sponge]

here you go Kick read this. It is also sweet of Canada not to charge taxes on winnings. You will never see that here. Hold onto that law.

I live in Canada as well and never understood the point of a skill testing question, a couple years back a friend of mine won on the Tim Hortons roll up the rim, they denied him the prize because of the question. He was all excited for his new TV or home theater that he rushed the question and forgot to carry the 1 or something silly. He was in university for Engineering which made it even funnier.

All jokes aside my point is the testing is ridiculous, it would be sad if someone got denied a large cash prize based on a skill testing question, it has no relevance to any contest or claiming prizes, it's just a last effort on the part of whoever is running the contest in hopes of not having to fork out that big prize.

 

[kickserv]

Sponge......

As for "contests" yes there is a skill testing question. The reason is simple...if there is no skill testing question then it falls under a "lottery". Under Canadian law if there is no skill testing question then it is not a "contest". For legal reasons 99.9999% of companies will offer the "contest" If they don't then it falls under a "lottery" which falls under gambling. Then your getting into issue licenses (casino, horse racing, etc.). Bottom line.....make it a contests...ie no gambling...and the companies are good to go.


There.....got it!



And by the way you have to be a moron not to be able to solve the questions, a 2nd grader could solve it. Some are as easy as 2+8-3 =

 

[The Sponge]

Sponge......

As for "contests" yes there is a skill testing question. The reason is simple...if there is no skill testing question then it falls under a "lottery". Under Canadian law if there is no skill testing question then it is not a "contest". For legal reasons 99.9999% of companies will offer the "contest" If they don't then it falls under a "lottery" which falls under gambling. Then your getting into issue licenses (casino, horse racing, etc.). Bottom line.....make it a contests...ie no gambling...and the companies are good to go.


There.....got it!


And by the way you have to be a moron not to be able to solve the questions, a 2nd grader could solve it. Some are as easy as 2+8-3 =

I don't know Kick maybe we should have that skill question over here. You here stories of people blowing right thru 50 million maybe they could have saved some pain by getting one of those questions wrong. If a person blows right thru 50 million im not to sure they could answer a question like that.