TV lotteries

From: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6190674.stm
TV quiz shows which can charge viewers as much as 75p for phone calls even
if they do not get through are a "lottery" not a test of skill, MPs have
heard.
The Commons culture committee was told some channels lured players with easy
questions and big prizes, without stating only 0.5% of calls get through.

Nick Rust, of Sky Bet, which is calling for stronger guidelines, said
phone-in games should count as gambling.

If they were reclassified, they would be "properly regulated", he told MPs.
















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The Commons culture committee was told some channels lured players with
easy questions and big prizes, without stating only 0.5% of calls get
through.

I was amazed when i heard the 0.5% figure as well because i thought that the
sheer number of calls would always pay for the prize, the cost of do the
admin etc and make a handsome profit for the company running it.

dave wrote:

The Commons culture committee was told some channels lured players with
easy questions and big prizes, without stating only 0.5% of calls get
through.

I was amazed when i heard the 0.5% figure as well because i thought that
the sheer number of calls would always pay for the prize, the cost of do
the admin etc and make a handsome profit for the company running it.

Yes, but they could still be paying listening to some prerecorded set of
rules etc. Don't know wether that would be legal thought.

Dave

"gort" wrote in message
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dave wrote:

The Commons culture committee was told some channels lured players with
easy questions and big prizes, without stating only 0.5% of calls get
through.

I was amazed when i heard the 0.5% figure as well because i thought that
the sheer number of calls would always pay for the prize, the cost of do
the admin etc and make a handsome profit for the company running it.

Yes, but they could still be paying listening to some prerecorded set of
rules etc. Don't know wether that would be legal thought.

Dave

AIUI, you get charged whether you get through or not. Think that is what
they say in their 'small print', not that I spend much time looking at these
channels though...

What does anybody expect? They can only talk to one person at a time
and if each call lasted a minute that's only 60/hour compared with the
1000s of calls.

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@btinternet.com says...
What does anybody expect? They can only talk to one person at a time
and if each call lasted a minute that's only 60/hour compared with the
1000s of calls.


If it's one of those 'quizzes' where the answer IS an easy and straight-
forward one - which is reflected in the prize of about £50 instead of many
thousands - you're lucky if they take a call within 30 minutes of putting it
onscreen, all the while telling you "it's a great time to call".

The people who ring up shouldn't be allowed to have a phone in the first
place, let alone breathe, if they're that stupid.
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....and do you truely believe that all the time the presenter is blabbing on
about whatever rubbish come to mind while 'waiting' for the phone to ring
that no-one is actually calling...
Apparently, if you do ring and don't get through, you get told that you
haven't been successful this time, please call again... and get charged
again, of course...

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ups.com...
What does anybody expect? They can only talk to one person at a time
and if each call lasted a minute that's only 60/hour compared with the
1000s of calls.

/\BratMan/\ wrote:
From: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6190674.stm
TV quiz shows which can charge viewers as much as 75p for phone calls even
if they do not get through are a "lottery" not a test of skill, MPs have
heard.
The Commons culture committee was told some channels lured players with easy
questions and big prizes, without stating only 0.5% of calls get through.

Nick Rust, of Sky Bet, which is calling for stronger guidelines, said
phone-in games should count as gambling.

If they were reclassified, they would be "properly regulated", he told MPs.

People who get pulled into these channels must be either stupid or thick.

We all know they are not what they seem and the chance of even getting
though is very low.

People are so pathetic.