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Old 09 April 2002, 08:37 AM
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Does anybody know why most competitions you hear about always state: 'no purchase necessary'??
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Old 09 April 2002, 08:52 AM
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It's to do with gambling laws I think
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Old 09 April 2002, 09:06 AM
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its illegal to run a competition where you must buy say a Mars bar to compete as its effectively an unlicenced lottery. All these competitions allow you to write to Coke or Mars or whoever on a postcard and ask them to open a wrapper or can for you. I'm not sure how much its policed on what they do for you but that I believe is the reason behind it.

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Old 09 April 2002, 09:09 AM
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It allows under 16's to gamble (effectively)
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Old 09 April 2002, 09:35 AM
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LOL, I wonder who has the job of answering postcards and unwrapping the wrappers.

Thanks for clearing that up anyways.
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Old 09 April 2002, 09:55 AM
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MOST COMPETITIONS ARE CONS!!
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I always like the ones that say "Details inside!" or something and then has "No purchase necessary". Surely that's encouraging shop-lifting??
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Old 09 April 2002, 03:23 PM
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ha ha hee hee!
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