Canadian here. You are making assumption about decisions you don't know about,- like "Do theses companies had too much anxiety for our regulation? None at all, they were some multi billions companies that did this. It was just not worth it."
That is a sweeping generalization and if you dilute and guess what the most probable reason for excluding Quebec was,- it's probably for the best. It was a shady contest to begin with.
The Canadian sweepstakes law and corresponding province laws are not that hard and costly to comply with as well. Look at the countless valid and non-scam contests present and available to our citizens. You, I and rest of us should be glad that rules like these exist since a there are people companies out there willing to part you with your hard earned money.
As an example, you just need to store my skill testing answer and if I get awarded a price, reset a flag that I need to fill out a new answer. In Quebec, you need to give monetary guarantees to make sure you pay out and give contest rules out to the bureau ahead of time. That is not a tall task. It's for the better if those shady contests did not want to participate
That’s what you think. But its still a risk, because its different. It’s still easier and cheaper short term and long term just to skip the oddballs.
It’s why you see so many online contests in the US that only apply here. Not because they want to avoid it, but because its easier and cheaper not to comply with other laws.
That is a sweeping generalization and if you dilute and guess what the most probable reason for excluding Quebec was,- it's probably for the best. It was a shady contest to begin with.
The Canadian sweepstakes law and corresponding province laws are not that hard and costly to comply with as well. Look at the countless valid and non-scam contests present and available to our citizens. You, I and rest of us should be glad that rules like these exist since a there are people companies out there willing to part you with your hard earned money.
As an example, you just need to store my skill testing answer and if I get awarded a price, reset a flag that I need to fill out a new answer. In Quebec, you need to give monetary guarantees to make sure you pay out and give contest rules out to the bureau ahead of time. That is not a tall task. It's for the better if those shady contests did not want to participate