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Steve Jobs' Plan for a Willy Wonka-Style Celebration of the Millionth iMac

Does the lottery exist in the state of CA? Can I enter that without making a purchase?

Also, you could enter all those iTunes download contests without making a purchase. I often did.
 
This would have only been a good idea if the Oompa Loompas looked like Steve Balmer. And, hey, there is kind of a resemblance.
 
Man, I woulda Been Close

I got my Rev. B iMac just about at the right time. Could been me :). Better yet, I still have it, and it still runs (had to replace the HD though). Maybe I have to take the power supply out to find the ticket...
 
See, here's another good reason why I love Apple.

If only this could have happened. I could picture it now:

Tim Cook all wide-eyed and innocent, being told that everything he sees is now his. Tim Cooks' grandfather looking on, all proud. He almost didn't make it after the two of them stole a sip of Apple's fizzy lifting drink. All the FoxConn workers would be dressed in white and painted orange. One kid is even shrunk by an Apple TV. And of course, one can't overlook the horrifying iBoat.
 
Jaredly said:
In this case I agree with you. But what this law is trying to prevent is from anybody else starting a lottery (which is done by the state). They basically passed this law so that they could have a monopoly on lotteries.
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I don't understand this -- you still need to buy a lottery ticket (or many of them) to enter the sweepstakes. The law suggests that you should get free entry in any lottery, too, since you shouldn't be required to purchase anything.
 
phillipduran said:
Ya laws like this in the land of freedom piss me off. Government is constantly on our backs about everything.

If this can be exploited or something then make the law so it allows for limited or once per year events like this so we can have a little fun in our lives.

Whats the crime here? Making additional incentive for people to buy your product?

Gambling?

Unfair that you have to buy a $1000 computer to play?

:rolleyes:
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It's designed so that companies can't abuse consumers I imagine by gaming the system with a closed contest where you have to buy something expensive with the idea that you have a large chance of winning when in fact you don't. Opening it up to non purchase makes the contests more fair in that regard. Most people will certainly win after a purchase, but it insures that the company just can't game it so that nobody can win since the company would control all the entries.

finchna said:
I don't understand this -- you still need to buy a lottery ticket (or many of them) to enter the sweepstakes. The law suggests that you should get free entry in any lottery, too, since you shouldn't be required to purchase anything.
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State run lotteries are exempt from such laws I would imagine. The "no purchase required" only applies to contests and sweepstakes and not lotteries operated by the state.
 
WalkingSnake said:
Do you ever notice the "No purchase necessary"disclaimer on every contest or sweepstakes in existence? There's always another way to enter aside from purchasing.

Just FYI -

You don't have to buy McDonalds food to get their Monopoly pieces. Send a self-address stamped envelope to an address they specify in the fine print, and you get them for free - because of this law.

If a company advertises "Send in your proof of purchase for a chance to win an iPad/a million dollars/ etc." Then they have to, by law, also give you a non-purchase form of entry, usually also a mailing address.

Otherwise, they're infringing on gambling/lottery laws. It IS possible in most states to do what Steve was imagining (the law is more complicated than this article implies,) but it'd involve strict regulation and would be considered a form of gambling.

But you also have to consider that this would be a US-wide contest, so more than just California law would apply. It'd have to meet the standards of every state possible. Hence the other fine print: "Void where prohibited."

Plus consider the other legal problems - what's to stop someone from buying a thousand Macs, checking them all for the ticket, and then returning them only to buy more?
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Has anyone ever won after sending in one of those mailed entries?

Does anyone really open any of those mailed entries?

Gambling is a blight on our society. That includes lotteries, of course. People spend money that would be better spent on food for their families, all for the possibility of winning millions. Look at how much the lottery chairperson / supervisor gets paid annually.
 
macduke said:
Yet another example of government taking the fun out of everything. Haha.
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Another reason they do this is due to of things like mcdonald monopoly prizes, your "winning gamepeices" are more likely to come from a non purchased ticket than from a food item, many people don't even play the game so theres a probable chance the the winning piece would be thrown away, mcdonalds whats the prize to be claimed on for tax reason, another to avoid and speculation of fraud (ie the prize never existing)
 
Pshh...true Willy Wonka style would mean free Apple products for the rest of the person's life. Now THAT would be amazing.
 
Why is this Article about the Movie and not the Book?

Am I that old or is this the book out of print?
God, How I loved "Roald Dahls' Charlie and the chocolate Factory" and to see it only being referred to as movie..
 
bmturney said:
Yet another great idea squashed by big government...
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Hardly, for one it was a state law (not all states operate like this) and second, the state didn't make it illegal, it just spoiled Apple's intent. I am willing to bet that it was likely not practical for other reasons anyhow.
 
macduke said:
Yet another example of government taking the fun out of everything. Haha.
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It makes me wonder if there is a way to enter the California Lottery without purchasing a ticket. . . I'm sure, like all government policies, the government itself is exempt from the regulations that it inflicts on us.

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Nrwrit3r said:
Pshh...true Willy Wonka style would mean free Apple products for the rest of the person's life. Now THAT would be amazing.
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No. . . True Wonka style would appoint the winner as CEO of the company at the end of the event but only after the winning party was nearly killed by an experimental Apple product that they were not supposed to use.
 
The knee-jerk reactionary nature of the mac community is becoming tiresome. Jobs was just a man. I heard no one complaining about contests and prizes and the law yesterday. But toss in some absurd notion that Steve Jobs wanted to do it and couldn't and you all gather round in your tweed slacks and offer up your wise opinions. It's become a boring game. "how to turn absolutely anything into a pro apple/steve jobs bore-fest."

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dr-jerry said:
Am I that old or is this the book out of print?
God, How I loved "Roald Dahls' Charlie and the chocolate Factory" and to see it only being referred to as movie..
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Dude. Have you even seen Gene Wilder act for 3 minutes? There's a reason the movie is freaking awesome.
 
I didn't see if this was stated so I'll say it.

The reason the government does this is because if you require a purchase to entire a contest, it becomes coined a "lottery" and they want only states to control lotteries I believe.
 
Fwink! said:
The knee-jerk reactionary nature of the mac community is becoming tiresome. Jobs was just a man. I heard no one complaining about contests and prizes and the law yesterday. But toss in some absurd notion that Steve Jobs wanted to do it and couldn't and you all gather round in your tweed slacks and offer up your wise opinions. It's become a boring game. "how to turn absolutely anything into a pro apple/steve jobs bore-fest."

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It's not about Steve Jobs. If we learnt that Bill Gates was once about to dress up as Edward Scissorhands, we would probably be sad that this also didn't come to fruition.

Less about Jobs, more about SILLY UNCHARACTERISTIC DRESSES ON CELEBRITIES NOT USUALLY SILLY.

The only thing that's boring here is that some people keep having some issue about people liking Steve Jobs.

In a friggin' Mac community of all places.
 
Hold on....

...what about the iTunes 1 billionth download contest then???

That requires people to purchase from iTunes to win.
 
Epic Xbox Revie said:
I didn't see if this was stated so I'll say it.

The reason the government does this is because if you require a purchase to entire a contest, it becomes coined a "lottery" and they want only states to control lotteries I believe.
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"No purchase necessary"... The whole idea behind the Golden Ticket was to reward an iMac purchaser, not anyone who doesn't deserve it.

Maybe Apple should have started the contest at a State that doesn't have that "No purchase necessary" requirement (if it is possible!).
 
Fwink! said:
The knee-jerk reactionary nature of the mac community is becoming tiresome. Jobs was just a man.
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Maybe, but it's no more annoying than the knee-jerk reactionary nature of Apple haters every time Apple fans react to a new Job story.

Yes, Steve Jobs was just a man, but one infinitely savvier and more visionary than 99.9% of other humans in the world. The guy changed the way we live no less than Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Willis Carrier, Alexander Graham Bell, or a mere handful of other inventors and entrepreneurs.

These people all had flaws yes, some significant ones that are abhorrent, but they get the due in how they helped society move forward. In the past quarter century there is no one who has done all that Jobs has done. It's quite remarkable if you take your anti-Apple blinders off.
 
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