 | A question of WHY(1) | Category: GeneralMay-12-2014 3:25 AM PDT (9 years ago)  |
| I have a (maybe) dumb question about Diablo III Anniversary Treasure Pack Giveaway. I am located in Romania, but according to official rules THIS CONTEST IS OPEN ONLY TO RESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, AUSTRIA, BELGIUM, BELARUS, BULGARIA, CROATIA, CZECH REPUBLIC, FRANCE, GERMANY, HUNGARY, ITALY, NORWAY, SERBIA, SWITZERLAND, TURKEY, THE UNITED KINGDOM, HONG KONG, SOUTH KOREA, MACAU, TAIWAN AND THAILAND. Please let me know why Romania (or other countries) residents are not accepted to participate to this contest, but countries that are near Romania (Bulgaria, Hungary, Austria, Czech Republic) are accepted. I would like to have a chance at this items but it seams that I ca not. A reply will be highly appreciate it. Thank you. | ||
 | A question of WHY(8) | May-13-2014 1:30 AM PDT (9 years ago) |
| We would of course like to include all countries in our contests, but often that is not possible. I have posted the following a couple of times before in the past, but I will post it again since it has been a while since our last contest: Q: Why can't players from all countries participate in your contests? A: Unfortunately there are restrictions outside our control that apply to contests of this kind, and we as well as our sponsors have to abide by the laws and regulations of the different countries in Europe. Some restrictions apply due to the value of the prizes, some due to the nature of the contest - wherein the definition of "game of chance" is a tricky one. We do our best to work with (or around) this and adapt our contests to the different regulations, but we will not gamble with the law and must therefore exclude some countries from our contests. We will continue to adapt our contests, gather additional information and look into the fine details of national lottery and contest laws to try include as many countries as possible in the future. Q: Why can people who don't play the game participate? A: Requiring that participants own the game is in some countries defined as a promotional contest, i.e. a contest encouraging you to buy the product to be able to win. The rules for such contests are very strict. Between excluding more countries from our contests and allowing people not playing the game to participate, we usually choose the latter. | ||
