If a contest is only for Canadians, and no one really knows much about it..?

Question

Like a contest to go see a band and not many people in Canada know much about that band, does it increase your chances of getting picked?

I really need to know.

Answer 1

You would think so but not likely. Maybe in your area or school no one seems to know about a certain band, but that might be different everywhere else.

Plus, people love free things and free trips. Usually no one cares who's playing LOL

Answer 2

Indubitably, go for it!

Answer 3

The odds in contests where you have to write/phone/text-message/etc to someplace to enter are based entirely on the number of entries they get.

So if you have a band like Duchess that is only known in certain circles, and a newspaper runs a contest to win tickets to go see them, you may get a bigger chance than if a band like Aerosmith was coming to town and had the contest in the same newspaper.

Example: you enter the contest four (4) times to try and win tickets, and there were only 1200 entries for the contest, you have one chance in 300 of winning.

If you only entered twice, but only 100 entries were filled out, your chances are 1 in 50, better odds because less people entered.

So the answer is yes....

- If the contest is only open to Canadians, you are competing with less people than if it was open internationally.

- If the contest is in English only, then by Quebec law, Quebec residents are not entitled to enter either, so you cut out another group of people.

- If not many people know the band, less people are likely to enter the contest, since they say who cares? On the other hand, you do still have people who enter contests anyway, just because hey! it's free tickets.

Good luck!