Keysight Scope Giveaway, Canadians and South Africans must pass a math test

[kg4arn]

So my friend actually won the Keysight scope giveaway. 
Take a look at item 15 of the acceptance form.
Canadians and South Africans must pass a Mathematical Skill Test

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15. For Residents of Canada and South Africa Only: To be declared a winner, in accordance with local laws, Canadian and South African residents must correctly answer the mathematical skill-testing question below without any assistance of any kind:
Mathematical Skill-Testing Question:
Step 1: Multiply 15 by 60
Step 2: Add 150 to the answer from Step 1
Step 3: Divide the answer from Step 2 by 5
Step 4: Subtract 25 from the answer to Step 3
My answer to the mathematical skill-testing question above is: ______________________


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[georges80]

The 'test' is most likely to comply with some law or other regarding contests & prizes in those particular countries and possibly various tax implications...

cheers,
george.

[kg4arn]

Agree.  I didn't think Keysight came up with it.
Seems like an odd legal requirement

[Len]

The 'test' is most likely to comply with some law or other regarding contests & prizes in those particular countries and possibly various tax implications...

That's right, it's to pretend the giveaway is a contest of skill, to avoid anti-gambling laws.

[Brumby]

Australia specifically has very, very complex regulations and a very long registration process with the local government.  We definitely wanted to include Australia, we just couldn't do it in a legally compliant way.

I will admit I don't know what the full legal situation is here in Australia - but I suspect the reason it is not easy is to make it difficult for sleazy operators, preventing them from using the system.

I do remember years ago legally you could not hold a 'raffle' but you could have a game of skill - and where there was more than one successful entry, you could draw a winner out of a hat.
The solution was to have a  G _ _ S _ I N _     C _ M P _ T _ T I _ N

The idea has been around for a while.