Why Canadian Lottery Winners Must Answer a Math Question

[@halfasinteresting]

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[@my__account]

Yay I’m the first reply and like

[@basingold3651]

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelorus_Jack

[@matthewwagner5824]

It equals an average HAI video...

[@angrypepe7615]

that equals youtube comments section or the average hai video

[@ultrainstinctgarfield2661]

maybe make a video about planes

[@pkz420]

Short Answer: It's a legal loop-hole to bypass anti-gambling laws. And proof that while the letter of the law must be obeyed, you are free to piss on it's spirit.

[@SupLuiKir]

It's the law's fault for having the loophole in the first place. There's no such thing as a 'spirit' of a law.

[@OntarioTrafficMan]

@@SupLuiKir The spirit of the law is the entire basis of the Common Law legal system (which we use in almost all English-speaking countries). The law sets out the general idea ("spirit") of the rule, and then all the details are fleshed out in court cases which set precedents for future interpretations of the law. That's why Sam kept giving examples of court cases which determined what was and was not considered 'skill-testing'.

[@MidWitPride]

In Nordic countries it's the opposite. Laws are written loosely(compared to USA for an example) and can be interpreted broadly, so the judge is expected to use common sense in the verdicts. Benefit of a system like this is that people are much less likely to get fucked over by some technicality, and the downside is that if the judge is corrupt/asshole, he/she can drop the hammer on you much worse. But as Nordic countries have very little corruption and the maximum possible sentences are quite mild, this usually isn't a problem. It does lead to highly inconsistent verdicts from very similar crimes, though. In general it's rare for someone to get absolutely destroyed by a flawed trial, but it's more common for an evildoer get away with very little punishment.

[@anttihelin6820]

@@MidWitPride I think this is a pretty good summation. I'd just add that another reason to write laws loosely is because it's very arrogant of a legislator to assume that they can cover every single eventuality. But if there is a situation where the letter of the law definitely says one thing, even against its spirit, you have to follow the letter. The spirit is only when there is room for interpretation or ambiguity.

[@seraphina985]

@@MidWitPride In general that is how things are written in common law systems too, those technicalities you speak of are generally where the state seeks to benefit from human rights abuses and such. That is to say violations of the bill of rights in the US or magna carter and later legislation along that same vein including for example the human rights act in the UK. This underlying principle that the state may not benefit from violating it's citizens rights is also where the fruit of the poisonous tree doctrine comes in, basically this means if the police decide it would be a good idea to beat a confession out of a suspect and in that confession is the one and only piece of information in the investigation that led to the discovery of some other evidence that evidence is also tainted. This latter one is much weaker though they can get it back in if they can find a link to it post hoc through legitimate investigation that doesn't involve torture or any similar abuses but the courts do tend to be rather flexible on this you may get away with later canvassing for witnesses in the area near where the evidence was found for example despite there being a shaky to non existent connection to that area otherwise though this will generally be more likely if they can get away with expanding the radius of an area they already canvassed a little and catch it in that. Kinda tricky in that case though I guess after all no way to change the past and remove the prior knowledge of the information and expanding a search radius would otherwise be a reasonable course of action so...

[@Morgan423Z]

"51." "No, try again." "51!"

[@SquirrelKnight50]

Ignorance will be the death of the human race!

[@arcaneminded]

@@SquirrelKnight50 No. Apathy will.

[@csweezey18]

@@arcaneminded Why not both apathy AND ignorance? Nobody said it had to be one or the other.

[@theswatteam1909]

It's 52 right?

[@ishadalal9034]

@@theswatteam1909 yeah, I got 52 as well

[@mikepictor]

As a Canadian, I can tell you for small prizes, they absolutely do not even check the question. Technically there is one of these tests if you win a free donut, but no one cares.

[@Crescent-IV]

9+10 kid would do well in Canada

[@jayit6851]

Do they even ask it? I've never been asked a math question for a free donut or coffee

[@mikepictor]

​@@jayit6851 No, or I've never been asked. They probably do with more expensive prizes, but the free coffee or donut or whatever, no.

[@pawpatrolnews]

Oh, I see. Only the smart kids are allowed to be fat and get free doughnuts

[@Wailwulf]

Well, is it You win by doing a test of skill, or successfully doing a test of skill.

[@lucasgatrell212]

Job interviewer: “Do you have any skills? *Me: “Well I can shoot a turkey from 50 yards with a rifle 🤷‍♂️”* Joh interviewer: “No sorry, that doesn’t count as a skill. What’s 8/1?”

[@gardian06_85]

well how often does shooting a turkey at 50 yards with a rifle come up in day to day business, but division that might happen..... math is a skill ok.

[@harveyabel1354]

How did that turkey get its' wings on a rifle?

[@arcengal]

It's the odds of me shooting a turkey with a rifle from 100 yards.

[@KnuckleHunkybuck]

"I can shoot a turkey from 8*6-5+9 yards away." "How many yards is that?" "51" "No, it's not. How many is it really?" "51" "Congratulations, you got the job."

[@gardian06_85]

@@KnuckleHunkybuck umm.... that would be 8*8->46, 9-5->4, 48+4 = 52. (corrected)

[@anewspinonthings]

“It’s 51” “No it’s not 51, but we still want you to win this! Can you send another answer?” “Sure, 51” “ ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ “

[@NeoShot]

She did not deserve the win because she is so stupid.

[@cabrondemente1]

I don't even understand how she came to that number.

[@boulderbash19700209]

@@cabrondemente1 An ant took a nap at 5.

[@MsZsc]

I know they’re different skills and all but how’s she gonna use that gps i dont see how she learned to drive

[@henokabdo9663]

@@alvarorey9308 lmao that is wrong. its 80.

[@yedoom]

I remember growing up thinking this was a normal thing all around the world. At least we don't have to pay taxes on our lottery winnings haha

[@ScholarlyQ]

Wow that’s a low blow

[@jamiewade]

We don’t need to pay taxes here in the UK!

[@lilpeach101]

@@jamiewade Oi, got a loicence for that lottery ticket m8?

[@McNippyG]

No tax or maths here in Aus

[@DAndyLord]

We pay taxes when we play.

[@BigMcPeen]

Yeah my mom had to do a math quiz before getting her wins but she doesn't have to pay taxes for it 🤷‍♀️ (But I thought everyone paid taxes on lottery winnings)

[@KuraIthys]

I live in a country where I don't have to do either, so... Eh. ;p

[@ChristopherTJacob]

No one is more triggered than Canadians. Video was just a factual commentary and you bust in REEEEE no taxes were good right? Someone tell me we're good

[@mikepictor]

@@ChristopherTJacob How did you read that comment, and conclude that they were triggered in the slightest?

[@forksandpopsticles9183]

@@ChristopherTJacob how was the comment complaining exactly?

[@cherryblossomed]

@Christopher Jacob talk about being triggered

[@Mechsrule1]

Being unable to do math with a calculator for a prize, and complaining until you get the prize anyway, is very karen.

[@thesabre8458]

Scootaloo 009 bodmas

[@Kartik-yi5ki]

@@thesabre8458 nope

[@EGRJ]

@@thesabre8458 You don't even need bodmas. If you just do it from left to right, you should get the right answer.

[@danielferguson821]

@@thesabre8458 the question is 8 x 6 - 5 + 9 you do not need bodmas

[@thesabre8458]

Dust My Broom nvm its supposed to be bdmas

[@jaridkeen123]

Math Guy: Are you Sure you want to keep the answer of 51? Its wrong. Ill give you another chance. Woman: ok.... 51

[@magellanicraincloud]

especially since the answer was 52 like... she got confused with the addition or subtraction or something and just... refused to check?

[@StYxXx]

Well she still got the prize xD

[@_yellow]

If you're that stupid you shouldn't get the prize

[@Yubey934]

@@_yellow agreed

[@nukeularbanana2016]

Nik Saunders and you sir, shouldn’t get the money aswell

[@llammb]

As someone wet has taken an online AP test, cheating is actually insanely difficult because you have almost zero time to write your essay which means you don't have time to cheat

[@dunyacaliskan7495]

And they don't let you go back to questions like you can in person.

[@sourfar]

s-someone w-wet?

[@TekExplorer]

@@sourfar "who" is what I imagine they meant. Autocorrect?

[@adog3129]

dry yourself off, you're gonna short circuit your keyboard.

[@racool911]

The only online test I took was Chem and that was such a joke

[@sebastianelytron8450]

Canada could have had it all: American industry, British Culture, and French Cuisine. Instead, they got: French Industry, American culture, and British cuisine

[@obscureoccultist9158]

God as a Canadian I love that saying

[@OntarioTrafficMan]

What? I'm Canadian and I'm pretty sure the top combo is way more accurate than the bottom one...

[@cloodberst]

Why would you want a British culture in the first place

[@Inquiring]

reaperexpress then you are deluded

[@joe972]

Sebastian Elytron well French industry workers have rights at least

[@AyushKumar-qj6yb]

When you can't cheat on online AP exams because you can't submit your answers in the first place.....

[@jan_h]

Do I look like I know what a HEIF is? I just want to submit a picture of my god dang test answers.

[@omnitroph1501]

F

[@cynthiakazmierzski8144]

I am Canadian and I once won $2000 in a newspaper contest. I had to answer a simple math question live on the phone in order to claim the prize. My math skills aren't very good, but I did answer correctly. The person administering the contest told me that they had drawn my name after the first contestant they contacted had answered wrong. I went and picked up the cheque at the newspaper's offices three weeks later. Prizes in Canada are not taxed, so I got the full amount!

[@user-tr2dh4xx6u]

Congrats, sucks for the guy who answered wrong lol there goes 2000

[@tappajaav]

@@user-tr2dh4xx6u Skill issue

[@moenantonio]

2:58 When you said "The Ontario High Court of Justice", you showed a picture of the Canadian supreme court building.

[@B3Band]

We don't care.

[@qwerty_and_azerty]

Blood Bath and Beyond - Pop Goes Metal Covers Every once in a while, HAI posts a video correcting all the mistakes in their videos. So yes, we do care. You can see yourself out now, thanks.

[@ariztrad]

Wow it looks so small

[@theunwelcome]

wow, I sure hope someone got fired for THAT blunder!

[@jayjackson5705]

Storyblocks might not have had a picture of the Ontario high court of justice.

[@oscarr0_794]

Imagine awnsering a simple math question like that wrong, have the company literally tell you its wrong and give you a second chance anyways and then u fk it up again just to proceed to complain about it and somehow u get the prize like who is thid karen??

[@jacobsun1564]

karen 100

[@kazsura9812]

I mean the answer was close.

[@kwaitefuni9152]

I thought she had a disability, according to the video?

[@CSLucasEpic]

I'm actually wondering why didn't Tim Horton's get closed up by the Canadian government since what they did was illegal. The woman did not pass the test of skill, which means that giving her the prize means she won it purely by chance, which as we learned is illegal in Canada, so bu giving her the prize after she didn't give the correct answer, Tim Horton's broke the law.

[@kugelblitzingularity304]

Eh about what you would expect with someone who plays the lottery

[@yaboi7773]

Glad to hear that Tim Hortons apologized profusely to the woman who lost, just as any real Canadian should

[@zack-xb9po]

Are you talking about the person who got the math question wrong if so someone that stupid does not deserve anything

[@wintrwunderland]

Zack Snelgrove To be fair, it does say she has a learning disability in the article.

[@1701spacecadet]

@@wintrwunderland She should not be gambling then. Horton was right to refuse.

[@matthewmartin7639]

@@1701spacecadet How does having a learning disability disqualify a person from legal competition? It's not gambling. She ordered the coffee fair and square. Unless it is specifically written in the rules that people who have learning disabilities are not elligable.

[@jonathandpg6115]

@@matthewmartin7639 It DOES say that it is a game of skill. it’s illegal for it not to be game of skill. (most companies use simple math)\

[@JxsonKing]

Me who successfully solved the equation after months of online school: I’m still worthy!!

[@asahioflight]

cAnt relate lol

[@Ocer.]

ok

[@whaddyamean99]

I'm 21 and I couldn't answer the question because I forgot how to do long division and after looking at 2 websites I still couldn't figure it out.

[@MarcLucksch]

I managed to solve it in my head at 5 am in the morning. So proud, not gonna lie.

[@tech-hilfeportal6611]

@@whaddyamean99 ÷÷÷÷

[@naterk9460]

"Oh come on, teacher. When are we ever going to need math for anything important in life?"

[@levih.2158]

4:48 her: it's 51 tim hortons: psst no it's not her: nah it's 51

[@luked8449]

"I'm pretty sure I'm right here Tim"

[@speedy01247]

It actually sort of pisses me off, like WTF you submitted a wrong answer they told you you were wrong, but rather then idk checking your math you submit the same fucking answer a second time. And then you have the gall to complain about failing a SIMPLE fucking math problem.

[@Dominodude55]

@@speedy01247 We're closely tied to American culture and politics to the point that the stubbornness rubs off in the weirdest ways.

[@sarah867]

I did the math in several orders and tried to find the mistake she made and I still can't seem to figure out she ended up with "51" as the result

[@camtothemax]

@@sarah867 apperently it said in the article she had a learning disability... I was first thinking "how could you get 51??" but now I feel bad

[@CbassPlaysGames]

Heads up from an actual Canadian. This ONLY applies on sweepstakes and random games of chance. Actual lottery's (6/49 and Lotto Max among many others) do not require a skill testing question. If you are paying for a lottery ticket then it's been paid for and covered. Skill testing questions only apply for lotto from a private or public traded company and even then it's their discretion if they want to do that or not.

[@beezymark3926]

Depends. My dad won lotto max and had to provide a skill test. This was in the early 2000's.

[@sweetascandyxoxo]

Thank god cause I have severe dyscalculia

[@Dee20244]

@@sweetascandyxoxo I don’t think they have a question. It’s only sweepstakes winners. And they are really simple like 2+2=

[@empath69]

@CbassPlaysGames That only applies NOW; I had a 6/49 win of a couple hundred bucks back in the '90s, and to cash the ticket at the store, I was required to fill out the rota form on the back of the ticket: Name, Address, Tel., and the answer to a simple four-function 'skill-testing question'. If you look at the back of the tickets now? It's just the first three items; not sure when it got dropped (at least after the early 00's according to @breezymark3926 - thanks 👍) I'd be willing to bet (heh) that this change happened after the lottery corporations talked to the CCB and changed the laws...which only makes sense because they ARE government-operated lotteries, after all. Fun Bonus Fact: the CCB's condition about requiring the 'skill-testing question' is why so many US giveaways and sweepstakes etc. have to restrict their scope to "only open to US Residents", because getting people to do basic single-digit math to claim a prize is unreasonable down there, apparently.

[@JulieKawiGirlDesilets]

​@@sweetascandyxoxomine isn't severe but suffer from the same (along with ADHD). I don't understand how answering a skill testing question has anything to do with lawfully winning a prize, no matter what it is. So if someone with LDs is unable to answer a question, they are deemed too "stupid" to claim a prize they've essentially already won? That's not fair. On the plus side, I am happy we don't have to pay the crazy amount to taxes Americans do. Bend over lucky U.S. lottery winner. This is dry.

[@vrind2705]

This is why remember kids... Do your Maths and you’ll get money

[@tacticalfall4505]

*Math

[@vrind2705]

@@tacticalfall4505 Oh Ya Sry

[@dannykurland3866]

Or you can just complain a lot until they give it to you

[@TheWereouttothewoods]

300th like!

[@vrind2705]

@@TheWereouttothewoods Thank You :)

[@paperip1996]

I live in a US state where slot machines aren't a legal form of gambling. There are a few places around here with machines where you can pay 50 cents to play a ludicrously easy "Spot the Difference" game, where your reward for skillfully noticing that one of the two images has an elephant instead of a baby is a random cash prize of at least 10 cents - determined by the spin of three wheels with 7's and fruit

[@EdKolis]

That probably explains a lot of mobile games that I see advertised. "Are you smarter than this idiot playing our game who doesn't even know that gravity pulls things downward?"

[@gloriousdelta1430]

2:58 this building isn’t the Ontario court of justice, it’s the Supreme Court of Canada

[@MatthewCasey]

Thank you! Can second that.

[@B3Band]

We don't care.

[@qwerty_and_azerty]

Blood Bath and Beyond - Pop Goes Metal Covers For someone who doesn’t care, you sure are commenting a lot. Same reply on every comment mentioning this mistake.... you ok there bud?

[@gloriousdelta1430]

Timothy Mckee What do you mean ?

[@thomasattard9821]

Me: Opens 100 tabs to help charity My ram: Oh No

[@clarepro6327]

“as easy to cheat on as online AP tests” 💀💀

[@aoaoaaoaoao889]

Clare Pro I read that comment as arbeiderspartiet tests. Oof

[@NewmanWaters]

Chicken Nuggies haha det er morsomt

[@phantom4E2]

Ngl I do that every mf time and get good grades, stonks people, stonks

[@benjaminguzman3428]

@jocaguz18 the Advance Placement test is an American standardized test that, if passed, gives a high school student college credit

[@branthebrave]

Searching online barely helped at all for AP tests

[@my3dviews]

Lotteries in Canada do not require you to answer a math or skill testing question, only contests do. Lotteries are run by provincial governments and are exempt from that requirement.

[@empath69]

That changed in the last while - like 10-ish years ago. Someone else commented his father had to complete a STQ, in the 00's, and I had to fill out a simple STQ on the back of the ticket to claim a prize from 6/49 itself in the late 90's. Looks like the lottery corporations (government-owned Crown Corporations) hashed things out with the Cdn. Competition Bureau and got the restriction removed from the lotteries. (which makes sense because that's WHY the STQ was in there in the first place for the US - to distinguish private contests from the government-run lotteries)

[@my3dviews]

@@empath69 We bought lottery tickets in the 80s and they never had a skill testing question, but contests did. Even small prizes like winning a drink or burger had a STQ on the back of the paper. But, I've never seen a lottery ticket have one. Lotteries are run by the provinces, so unless there are different rules in different provinces. I have bought and won small amounts in lotteries in Sask. and Alberta and never had to answer a skill testing question.

[@nicholask9791]

2:58 thats actually the Supreme Court of Canada, and not the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, and especially not the Ontario High Court of Justice, which isn't actually a thing.

[@Ryan64987]

In 1989 the High Court of Justice of Ontario merged with the District Court and the Surrogate Courts of Ontario to create what is now the Ontario Superior Court of Justice. The video's right in citing the Ontario High court of Justice but it's pretty confusing since it isn't doesn't exist anymore and can mislead people not willing to do further research. The fact that this wasn't clarified in the video and that the photo was mixed up just screams that no more than 30 minutes of research went into this video. It's easily correctable mistakes like these that really lower Wendover's and HAI's credibility.

[@novahspins5153]

HE ACIDENTALLY PUT A WRONG PICTURE OF SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T EVEN EXIST ANYMORE?!?!?!! HOW COULD A HUMAN DO THAT??? youtubers these days smh

[@novahspins5153]

@Michael JH Yeah but High Court of Justice of Ontario doesn't

[@B3Band]

We don't care.

[@batatat]

@@B3Band you seem to care

[@MontrealMinecrafter]

I once heard that a lottery set up by Quebec was justified as a “voluntary tax” where winning was a “tax return” since provinces can collect taxes as they see fit

[@tappajaav]

Usually lottery is called poor tax

[@jonasbrown1]

“down south if you live in detroit” that’s the funniest thing i’ve seen on this channel

[@zombanator3000]

And to think... I'm north of Detroit... that means I'm still south of canada..... yaaaaaay

[@thor335]

@@timmtheilig6827Detroit is a border city with Canada. The Canadian side of the border is actually south of Detroit.

[@thor335]

@@zombanator3000 Not necessarily. Parts of Ontario are south of Detroit

[@garcemac]

@@zombanator3000 The southernmost part of Ontario (Point Pelee) shares the same latitude as northern California.

[@gardian06_85]

almost like borders between states (both meanings here) are just imaginary lines that only sometimes account for geography.

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

When you have to do homework before you're allowed to play video games

[@kevinatarsya2532]

Popular guy gets no replies :sad:

[@jackiguess]

“bigger minnesota, also called canada...” as a minnesotan, i disagree, that’s actually norway.

[@diamondgecko_7127]

Agreed

[@ppripara]

as a canadian i can confirm this

[@canadaehxplained77]

You don't think that Little Canada, Minnesota isn't a bit of a giveaway? 😉

[@AddaxCrazy]

The only thing that Canada and Minnesota have in common is we both are cold and we both love hockey

[@JonathonV]

How dare you, Sam. How dare you.

[@nuclearfox210]

0:14 ok but why does that American flag have only 15 stars?

[@Kartik-yi5ki]

HAI doing a Simpsons

[@sebastianolmsted2867]

That’s the memorial for the war of 1812 in Baltimore, so it’s supposed to be a representation of the flag from that time period

[@lourencovieira313]

Somebody forgot to update their flag lool

[@pezpeculiar9557]

We deleted all the unimportant states

[@luked8449]

don't worry, it also has 15 stripes

[@mgroh5564]

Thanks for the Detroit comment! Visitors here are always surprised by Canada being south in downtown.

[@croissant9127]

3:30 oh that’s why there’s math questions on any sweepstake I enter I thought it was just a test to see if I could read and have some mental capacity or something

[@ParkerRat]

Ngl bruh Im just surprised a croissant can do math. Great job 👏

[@eqton729v]

Correction: technically, it's not an equation, it's an expression. :)

[@nk6197]

More mistakes episode content

[@jacobschweiger5897]

They had equal signs in them the variable was the space symbol I guess....

[@emilianomoreno9183]

technically the question is to give a numeric form of that expression

[@QSeries69]

Sorry eh

[@aryanbhaskar6502]

Let's not bother with the se'math'ics, shall we?

[@copperjack]

Loved the video Sam. As a Canadian I love to see content about my quirky homeland and love your content. Thanks for doing a great job and working hard!

[@malcolmodell3170]

2:58 That's the federal supreme court of Canada. Ontario superior courts are held in many locations none of which are the one pictured.

[@dylanboz306]

Can confirm. I won Saskatchewan Roughriders season tickets a few years ago and had to answer a skill testing question. I don’t remember the question, but I did initially answer incorrectly. The woman on the phone said “uhm... are you sure about that?” to which I said “Nooo?” With that I actually wrote it out, used a calculator, and then managed to come up with the correct answer.

[@jlamb4415]

This same concept is used for slot machines in some states. For example, in Georgia there has to be some skill element to the game. The skill is often something like, "Click this button for more money, click this button for less money".

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

“Down south actually if you live in Detroit” *Born and raised in South Detroit*

[@stormbob]

I thought you were raised in Pyongyang, Dear Leader?

[@NotAmira_]

Idea: Make a lottery on who to nuke next, it will help with world domination!

[@doctorvladandhisbluejaysd2802]

Hey kimmy

[@yutahkotomi5156]

Wait, Kim Jong-un came from _Detroit?_

[@OntarioTrafficMan]

That song always bothered me. "South Detroit? So, like, Windsor Ontario?"

[@two-dimensionalhorse1599]

“Above, except in Detroit” Alaska: *Grunts*

[@thenickster015]

I won Leafs tickets on a radio call-in show once. When I went to pick up the tickets, the skill testing question was already answered and all I had to do was sign a form and I got my tickets. The "skill testing question" is more of a formality really.

[@room34]

"1984" in Chicago font… I see what you did there.

[@isaacdaffer1711]

4:50 The answer is actually 52 so she was just one off.

[@sneakyturtle5425]

I thought it too

[@LZ-zi3ll]

Did the rules change? 48 - 14 = 34 right? I thought adding up has higher priority then substracting?

[@ingamer5195]

Lukas van der Zee adding and subtracting are of equal priority. You go from left to right.

[@Garfie489]

@@LZ-zi3ll The rules have never changed. As InGamer says, adding and subtracting are equal priority. If i told you to have 1 cow, take 1 cow away and then add another cow you have 1 cow. By your method you have -1 cows.

[@Manager_Mister]

They have same priority. I think the confusion was with PEDMAS. In that reasoning addition has priority over subtracting. I just want to know how she got 51

[@marsgal42]

I actually did know about this, having seen the wording about a "time-limited skill-testing question" many times. Note that "real" licensed lotteries (e.g. 6/49) do not have this requirement, while cereal box giveaways and such do.

[@jmanig76]

I really want to say I saw it on the back of lotto 6/49 tickets as a kid, but I could be misremembering and it was another contest.

[@empath69]

@@jmanig76 nope, the pre-printed 'skill-testing-question' was right under the line for 'telephone number' as recently as the 00's apparently. I know I had to fill out a 6/49 ticket in the 90's and do that basic four-function math equation. But sometime after that, looks like the rules changed and they only ask for "Name" "Address" and "Tel." now. Guess the CCB got a clue and remembered the whole reason for the STQ was to distinguish the privately-operated contests from the government-run lotteries (which 6/49, Lotto Max, etc. all are)

[@Gameflyer001]

On the subject, you ought to make a video on why most contests enabling Canadian winners do not allow residents of Quebec to enter (unless said contest originated in that province). The reason's pretty interesting, but also pretty corrupt.

[@EdKolis]

Because contests cause cancer in Quebec? No wait, that's California! 😛

[@djayembe]

That's not the "Ontario High Court of Justice" in the photo, it's the Supreme Court of Canada

[@netking66]

In New Zealand retail and similar competitions also included a simple 'skill' question to avoid being classed as a lottery. A department store for its centenary baked a large cake and gave customers a slice. They included some six pence coins (about the size of a dime) in the cake similar to Christmas puddings. They got done for running an illegal lottery. Cash prizes were illegal for lotteries so the mail legal lottery offered a valuable work of art as the prize so the lottery was called an 'Art Union'. The organisers successfully argued that a bar of gold was a 'work of art'. The authorities finally relented and allowed cash prizes. They had a drum containing 250,000 small balls engraved with ticket numbers to do the draw and later changed to a Lotto style draw which could be shown on TV.

[@AgeingBoyPsychic]

They do this on UK TV shows too, like: Q. Tom Hanks is a... A. Fish B. Asteroid C. Actor

[@TheSecondVersion]

When he said "Roll-Up Rim" my mind was trying to say "hey, that's the promo at Tim Horton's!" but instead came up with "Tom Hooters"

[@elh93]

There is a town in the twin cities metro area called "Little Canada"

[@evankrosney6759]

Me, a Canadian: Americans lotteries *don't* make you answer a math question? wtf?

[@jimmyyu2184]

Actually they 'do'... Would you like the prize as 30 year installment or as one time payment at (approx) 70% of the prize before taxes? And watch as the brain/head of the prize winner explodes in confusion. Say, you won 100M lottery, you can get the sum (and more) over 30 years, or one time payment of 70M, then pay an one time tax payment on that 70M?? If you should invest that remainder (let's just say 50M, to keep the math easy). Any money you make is taxed as capital gain (short term, or long term...) I think Canadians have it easier.

[@Bradex.]

As a Canadien unlike you I won a local lotterie and didn't answer a math question at all

[@Ancano]

When you look at the odds but still buy a ticket, you've already failed math.

[@FacePomagranate]

I mean, it makes perfect sense that a country wouldn't have a law that basically accomplishes nothing now that everyone knows the loophole.

[@doubledenial8178]

@D Early that's not how human brains work

[@erdaddy5845]

Not entirely correct, this doesn't apply to official lotteries and scratch tickets in Canada, only to private sweepstakes and free entry sweepstakes that the lottery corps occasionally run. The national lottery corporations (of which there are 4-5 in Canada) sell all of the official lotteries and scratch tickets (lotto max and 649, etc). All of those are indeed exempt from the skill testing question. Basically the government is indeed allowed to run a lottery that satisfies those 3 criteria, but private entities are not allowed, but they are allowed to run a sweepstakes as long as it is "free entry" like you said, but with a skill testing question.

[@liveen]

Dude if I make money for charity by opening tabs, you know my RAM disks will be on FIRE

[@daandanx]

4:01 The subtitles say "I really hope you did" But that voiceover guy Sam doesn't say it

[@AlvinBalvin321]

1:45 That’s why this video is sponsored by ___VPN

[@dappergander]

Many years ago I worked as a cashier. If a customer was nice, I would just tell them the answer while they were filling out the ballot.

[@Yolwoocle]

That's nice

[@BrendaPenton]

This only applies to contests and sweepstakes. Lotteries don't have a skill testing question requirement.

[@bot_jonah]

This is like an IRL captcha test. "Please prove you are Canadian by answering the following math problem".

[@jacktattersall9457]

I heard of that once. Someone lost their passport while abroad and on return to Canada the officer from Customs and Revenue Canada (predecessors of today's CRA tax authority and CBSA border control) asked her for the phone number for Pizza Pizza. She stated the phone number to the border services officer, who replied 'You're Canadian, Welcome home' and let her into the country. I'm not sure if the CBSA ASFC would still do that today.

[@jayit6851]

I love how gambling is supposed to be illegal in Canada, but the country's largest lottery corporation (OLG) is owned by the Government of Ontario.

[@jmanig76]

All lotteries and casinos are government owned. And gambling isn’t illegal, just heavily regulated.

[@aidan7376]

I'm glad I don't live in Canada because would lower my odds of winning from 0 to -736

[@sebastianelytron8450]

love your name lmao

[@mehrozkhan2948]

@@sebastianelytron8450 everyone: 100 subscribers with no video Someone not sure about his skills: 7.5 million subscribers with no video

[@mikepictor]

use a calculator. Double check it with your friends. No one cares if you were really good enough to do it, it's a legal technicality.

[@gl1500ctv]

I never thought I'd live long enough to see an objective science like mathematics become a matter of opinion.

[@divicarpe1844]

@Grip My Clips 😉 more like centuries: size of the Earth (if you wondrr: Colombus had that debate with every other person, and he was wrong, he thought Earth was far smaller, which is the reason why he fought he could reach China via sea), whether it turns around the sun or the sun turns around it (turns out that if you are really pedantic, both are true, it depends of your repository),

[@Dee20244]

This isn’t a thing in Manitoba? A family friend won 1 million here and didn’t have to answer any skill testing questions. This is definitely a thing in Ontario though.

[@namenamename390]

I love how there are multiple discussions as to what the actual solution is.

[@kelp2697]

2:23 [deeply inhales the finest maple syrup] *𝙉𝙊*

[@ericl8743]

When he said "snipe a turkey", I thought he was talking about shooting a hockey puck (sniping) at it lol.

[@LARAUJO_0]

I thought it was to prevent people from buying them while drunk

[@slovnicurling9808]

If they told her to submit different answer and she was like "nope I think this one is right" then I wouldn't feel bad for her if she didn't get the money.

[@jackreece123]

I live in the south eastern us and I am ashamed of how many of my friends couldn’t hit the broad side of a barn at 50 yards let alone a turkey

[@streetrider11]

I remember even having to do the math question if you won a free item on McDonald's Monopoly. It was the same question for a few years, I'm pretty sure the answer was 27 😂

[@Alex_Turner]

I won $10k on a lotto in Alberta and I don"t ever remember doing a skill testing question. I did have to do an interview to prove I was the rightful owner of the ticket. They took my picture and published it in the newspaper. I never had to answer a skill testing question. I thought the skill testing questions were for things that weren't "technically" gambling.

[@blackprince7510]

There is no requirement to answer a skill testing question for the likes of Lotto 6/49 or LottoMax.

[@Michael_Livingstone]

@@blackprince7510 Good. I absolutely hate math with a passion. If I won and had a skill-testing question, I'd find a Professional Engineer and pay them to do the calculation and give them $1000 for their assistance.

[@Alex_Turner]

@@blackprince7510thanks for confirming. I was scratching my head for a sec. like maybe i forgot in all the excitement.

[@empath69]

@@blackprince7510 not NOW; but that changed in like the last 10-ish years. I know for a fact I had to fill out the boilerplate form on the back of a 6/49 ticket in the 90's that had "Name", "Address", "Telephone Number" and "Answer this skill-testing question: " Also another commenter noted his father had to complete a STQ to claim a Lotto Max prize in the 00's, so I'd imagine the Canadian Competition Board finally came to its senses soon after that, since the STQs aren't on the backs of the tickets anymore. Good thing too, because they were only there to distinguish a privately-operated contest from a government-run lottery (which 6/49, LottoMax, etc all are) so it's foolish to put THEM under the same restriction. :)

[@remp919]

@@Michael_Livingstone 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@johnny_eth]

I tried to do that small calculation in my head, just to argue it requires skill. I got all the way to 300-120 then I got stuck

[@devicemodder]

canadian here... i've never been asked a math question from roll up the rim or even lottery.

[@PROPAROXITONO]

here in Brazil the only lottery by "lucky" legal its the "govermental", rulled by a state bank. the others have to be "skill", like in Canada. but the question its usually different: if its a refrigerator company that is making the promotion they ask "what is the company that made the best refrigerator?" its literally that way. or they make you complete they slogan, like if mcdonalds would do, would be "complete the phrase: I'm ______ it".

[@pgplaysvidya]

I was going to say "Canadian skill testing questions are all BS if you disagree on bedmas order" and then I saw the woman answered 51 to 8*6 -5 + 9 and died

[@KaliTakumi]

🅱️arenthesis?

[@KuraIthys]

@@KaliTakumi Brackets, silly. ;p

[@demmer44]

Bedmas? I was taught pemdas (parenthesis, exponent, multiply, divide, add, subtract). Regardless, I've yet to find an order that leads me to 51 lol

[@Garfie489]

@@demmer44 BIDMAS is another common one, with the I standing for Indices (or Index when singular). Yeh shes dumb because even x even, and odd +/- odd will always produce an even result. Thus you can actually follow the method wrongly and still not get an odd number.

[@michaelzhou5316]

Why Canadian lottery winners must answer a math question? To prove they aren't american

[@aerodynamicist4]

This is fuckin gold

[@paidinbluess]

underrated

[@googleuser7823]

Thats actually so good

[@ItsHimBro]

"For this next question.. How tall are you? In kilometres." "I-I don't know." "Remember, you can listen to a nickelback song in its entirety to get a free lifeline." "I think I'll walk.."

[@legrandliseurtri7495]

About 0, 00182 km, why?

[@EweChewBrrr01]

0:09 That poor guy. He saw nothing but empty shelves. He never saw all the bounty right behind him. :(

[@dunyacaliskan7495]

Thank you for acknowledging that Canada is actually south for some of us, haha

[@beefbrisket168]

when you said Ontario High Court of Justice that picture is the Supreme Court of Canada. Also it Supreme Court of Justice of Ontario

[@B3Band]

We don't care.

[@jaysaint5744]

At 2:57 showed a picture of the Supreme Court of Canada, not the Ontario high court of justice. Great video tho!

[@B3Band]

We don't care.

[@qwerty_and_azerty]

Blood Bath and Beyond - Pop Goes Metal Covers You’re still here...

[@kylerivera3470]

I have a question: Would a giveaway for the nth customer be legal? It isn't really a test of skill, but it isn't really random either. Does anyone know the answer to this?

[@Megan-ii4gf]

It was pretty fun doing these mentally and getting them all right.

[@rdhdhttt]

at 0:14 what's up with that American Flag? Does not look like it has enough stars.

[@ComingInHotPink]

Must be the Poundland version

[@rdhdhttt]

After doing some reverse image search, looks like it's in Baltimore. It's a 15 star flag. The 2nd US flag and the one that the Star Spangled banner is talking about.

[@petethetraveler]

The last time I was this early I had won the lottery

[@TNaizel]

Pete the Traveler did you pass the test?

[@petethetraveler]

TNaizel nope 👎🏻:(

[@taylortheyummy]

Well that explains why we do those weird math equations when we win something 😂😂 Also LOL at the lady who lost a roll up the rim 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Machtyn]

I tried a mail in option for a sweepstakes last year. I didn't win anything. But I spent about $50 in stamps, paper, and envelopes. Purchasing one entry, otherwise, would have been about $5 spent at the store. For the amount of entries I did get, I would have had to spend about $10,000.

[@HVAC_Jae]

I am impressed by that woman's willful defiance, by giving the same wrong answer twice on simple math.

[@unclecreepy4073]

I like how you screwed up saying “screw up”. “Screw rup”.

[@ryanramjattan8714]

Me:*hears America have 55 million people in game shows* Also Me(a proud Canadian): So Canada times 1.4-ish?

[@fqidz]

Boy! I would love to watch an underground chimpanzee wrestling match.

[@Manager_Mister]

Simpsons did it! Simpsons did it! S11 Ep12. Called it Monkey knife fight. But hey, that would be cool.

[@gabrielf111]

I'm surprised- This is the only sponsor on a video that I actually became interested in.

[@ronblack7870]

this has been around way before 1984. when i was in grade school in the 60's there were skill testing questions which were also simple math problems. as kids we didn't know why . also all winnings of any kind in canada are tax free. they changed the laws in 1974 allowing lotteries for the olympics in montreal to help pay for them.i think the tickets cost 10 bucks and prize was 1 million.this was the worlds largest prize at the time all tax free.

[@dkanters]

going to mcdonald’s anyone want anything

[@nickphilipson7910]

big mac

[@the_americangamer4296]

Nah I'm good

[@edwardwatchesyoutube]

BBQ sauce

[@gordoawesome8590]

2 fish fillets please

[@keshav9548]

Chicken nuggets pls oh and Schezwan sauce

[@austinrebello]

0:16 .....that American flag is missing some stars

[@hotchurkey2]

The footage is from Fort McHenry in Baltimore, and the 15-star flag there was what Francis Scott Key was referring to when he wrote "The Defence of Fort McHenry", which later became The Star Spangled Banner. I suppose they fly that flag there now for historical reasons.

[@sam08g16]

"I'll be deep in the cold cold ground before I recognize Missouri" Grandpa Simpson

[@frmcf]

@@hotchurkey2 Good knowledge, thanks for sharing!

[@RichConnerGMN]

ok but why did you choose to put a timestamp for the last 5th of a second of being able to see the stars

[@willmarine1287]

@@hotchurkey2 It's actually Federal Hill Park.

[@drfireball2856]

What’s the difference between drugs and kids I don’t sell drugs

[@octaviews]

I don't do drugs

[@drfireball2856]

I guess you do kids If you know what I mean

[@jacks5369]

YOU STOP RIGHT THERE SIR !

[@olivierblais-turcotte2841]

That's not the Ontario High Court of Justice building at 2:58. That's the Supreme Court of Canada building, which is federal and not provincial.

[@MinistryOfMagic_DoM]

Or down south if you live in Alaska. Considering the average Canadian lives within 100 miles of the southern border nearly all Canadians live south of the United States.

[@OmnipresentPotato]

In one of my previous schools, they had us take Maths exams without calculators, so most of these problems would be normal and very easy for us to solve.