Comments on: Dumb TV Question Pattern in Britain http://almaer.com/blog/dumb-tv-question-pattern-in-britain blogging about life, the universe, and everything tech Sat, 08 Sep 2012 07:06:53 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Mike http://almaer.com/blog/dumb-tv-question-pattern-in-britain/comment-page-1#comment-28935 Mike Tue, 18 Oct 2005 01:22:23 +0000 http://almaer.com/blog2/dumb-tv-question-pattern-in-britain#comment-28935 I believe it may have something to do with government regulations and what constitutes a 'game of chance' and a 'game of skill'. Something that is a pure game of chance (lotteries, scratch cards, etc) are regulated much more strictly than 'competitions' (no matter how low the barrier to entry). I think that's why you see so many promotions where in order to enter, you have to answer some ridiculous question rather than just write down your name and address and post it in. I believe it may have something to do with government regulations and what constitutes a ‘game of chance’ and a ‘game of skill’.

Something that is a pure game of chance (lotteries, scratch cards, etc) are regulated much more strictly than ‘competitions’ (no matter how low the barrier to entry).

I think that’s why you see so many promotions where in order to enter, you have to answer some ridiculous question rather than just write down your name and address and post it in.

]]> By: Who Cares http://almaer.com/blog/dumb-tv-question-pattern-in-britain/comment-page-1#comment-28934 Who Cares Mon, 17 Oct 2005 20:20:45 +0000 http://almaer.com/blog2/dumb-tv-question-pattern-in-britain#comment-28934 IMHO, The real purpose of the question is to measure the number of viewers from the number of responses. By making the questions really dumb, they ensure that almost everyone who watches responds and hence the viewer count is approximately close to the number of responses. IMHO, The real purpose of the question is to measure the number of viewers from the number of responses. By making the questions really dumb, they ensure that almost everyone who watches responds and hence the viewer count is approximately close to the number of responses.

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