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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 1503620, member: 112"]I am posting my answer to thecointrader when he asked me the same question this morning. This is what he asked me - </p><p><br /></p><p><i><span style="color: #000000">I have been developing new contest that is numismatically related, but used the slot machine. My plan is to overlay the reels with images of US Coins and have players answer a numismatic-related question about US Coins to qualify for a prize spin. Would such a contest be allowed, if in compliance with all Coin Talk rules?</span></i><span style="color: #000000"></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"></span>This is how I answered him.</p><p><br /></p><p><i><span style="color: #000000">If you do what you just described - yes.</span><span style="color: #000000"></span></i></p><p><i><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></i></p><p><i><span style="color: #000000"></span><span style="color: #000000">I want you to understand, I'm not trying to be a hard case. On the contrary, it was my own fault for being too lenient and turning a blind eye if you will that things got out of hand in the first place. In the beginning all contest were numismatically related, and we didn't even have any rules for the Contest section back then.</span></i><span style="color: #000000"></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"></span><i></i></p><p><i><span style="color: #000000">But when people started introducing contests that involved gambling, raffles, visiting other web sites to participate in the contests, etc etc - then we had to come up with rules. </span></i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><span style="color: #000000">The old saying is true - give an inch and they will take a mile. So I'm trying to get things back on track - where they belong.</span></i></p><p><i><span style="color: #000000"></span></i><span style="color: #000000"></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">This is the part that makes his new idea within the rules </span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"></span><span style="color: #000000"></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"></span><i><span style="color: #000000">and <u>have players answer a numismatic-related question</u> about US Coins to qualify for a prize spin.</span></i><span style="color: #000000"></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"></span><span style="color: #000000"></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Now, if you read the rules for the Contest section which are found in a sticky thread at the top of the section - </span><a href="http://www.cointalk.com/t5068/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/t5068/">http://www.cointalk.com/t5068/</a><span style="color: #000000"></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">- you will readily see that ALL contest must be numismatically related. Guessing the outcome of a slot machine spin has absolutely nothing to do with numismatics. The prize of any contest being a numismatic item does not make the contest itself numismatically related. And it is the contest itself that needs to be numismatically related.</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Those rules have been there for a long time, years. The only editing that I did on 7/29 of this year was to underline and make bold the parts that are underlined and bold. I did this because in recent times almost everybody has been ignoring those rules.</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Yes, I readily admit that I was letting everybody get away with doing that. That is my fault, my mistake. I am now trying to correct that mistake, which what you should do with mistakes.</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">And like I said above, I am not trying to be a hard case here. An example of that is the Olympic Medal contest. Medals are numismatically related, and that is why I allowed the Olympic contest to stand. In other words I am trying to be as lenient as I can and allow as much latitude in the contests as I can - for you folks. But I have to draw the line someplace. We have rules for reasons, they are not just arbitrary.</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"></span><span style="color: #000000"></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 1503620, member: 112"]I am posting my answer to thecointrader when he asked me the same question this morning. This is what he asked me - [I][COLOR=#000000]I have been developing new contest that is numismatically related, but used the slot machine. My plan is to overlay the reels with images of US Coins and have players answer a numismatic-related question about US Coins to qualify for a prize spin. Would such a contest be allowed, if in compliance with all Coin Talk rules?[/COLOR][/I][COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR]This is how I answered him. [I][COLOR=#000000]If you do what you just described - yes.[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]I want you to understand, I'm not trying to be a hard case. On the contrary, it was my own fault for being too lenient and turning a blind eye if you will that things got out of hand in the first place. In the beginning all contest were numismatically related, and we didn't even have any rules for the Contest section back then.[/COLOR][/I][COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR][I] [COLOR=#000000]But when people started introducing contests that involved gambling, raffles, visiting other web sites to participate in the contests, etc etc - then we had to come up with rules. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]The old saying is true - give an inch and they will take a mile. So I'm trying to get things back on track - where they belong. [/COLOR][/I][COLOR=#000000] This is the part that makes his new idea within the rules [/COLOR][COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR][I][COLOR=#000000]and [U]have players answer a numismatic-related question[/U] about US Coins to qualify for a prize spin.[/COLOR][/I][COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR][COLOR=#000000] Now, if you read the rules for the Contest section which are found in a sticky thread at the top of the section - [/COLOR][URL]http://www.cointalk.com/t5068/[/URL][COLOR=#000000] - you will readily see that ALL contest must be numismatically related. Guessing the outcome of a slot machine spin has absolutely nothing to do with numismatics. The prize of any contest being a numismatic item does not make the contest itself numismatically related. And it is the contest itself that needs to be numismatically related. Those rules have been there for a long time, years. The only editing that I did on 7/29 of this year was to underline and make bold the parts that are underlined and bold. I did this because in recent times almost everybody has been ignoring those rules. Yes, I readily admit that I was letting everybody get away with doing that. That is my fault, my mistake. I am now trying to correct that mistake, which what you should do with mistakes. And like I said above, I am not trying to be a hard case here. An example of that is the Olympic Medal contest. Medals are numismatically related, and that is why I allowed the Olympic contest to stand. In other words I am trying to be as lenient as I can and allow as much latitude in the contests as I can - for you folks. But I have to draw the line someplace. We have rules for reasons, they are not just arbitrary. [/COLOR][COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR][/QUOTE]
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