On 1/23/2013 8:55 AM, Seb Perez-D wrote:
Any idea why Quebec is in the list of "friendly states"
<quote> A Competitor is not eligible for this Competition if he/she is a resident of the Quebec province of Canada, Iran, Cuba, North Korea, Sudan or Syria. </quote>
The inclusion for Quebec has nothing to do with international politics. Many contests have such exceptions because Quebec has particularly onerous legal restrictions on sweepstakes competitions. See http://contests.about.com/od/sweepstakes101/f/VoidinQuebec.htm for more details. It's not clear to me that this contest actually falls under those laws, but obviously it's easier to be safe. There was a similar issue with the Netflix Prize a few years ago; they eventually reversed themselves and made Quebec eligible. -- Fred W. Helenius fredh@ix.netcom.com