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Posted by Anonymous on 24-Jun-2002 20:05 GMT | In reply to Comment 94 (Darrin): You don't need to snip anything out. They are required to let you enter just by sending a suitable cover letter (often just a bit of paper saying "Please enter me in your free prize draw") to the correct address. Smith's won't stop you looking at the address, and anyway...
YES, organisations exist whose members specifically send off applications for all "big prize" free draws. It turns out that on average this is actually profitable! These non-customers win a lot of the prizes but few people realise this and no-one cares. You didn't buy the product to win a prize, right?
If anyone DID try to avoid these people that would show that they were trying to run an illegal lottery (which is what the "No purchase" law is designed to prevent) and the organised draw entering groups would report them to the police.
For instance a UK Internet company proposed to "give away" valuable items in a prize draw. The usual people sent their entry forms off, and when they realised that none of them had won anything, they were suspicious and asked for a list of prize winners (required by the same law). I can't remember what happened next exactly, but I think it involved a lot of people suddenly receiving free goodies which had been "delayed in the post"...
BTW The difference between "Lotto" (a government sponsored lottery) and a Free Prize Draw is that the latter is ostensibly Free. If it wasn't Free then it would be gambling, which is strictly controlled by the government in most parts of the world. |
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