[caissy]

As a fellow french speaking Quebecer, this is because of the "Régie des alcools, des courses et des jeux", the main office regulating alcool, races and gambling.

In our legislation, if you are making a contest with the intent of giving away more than CAD$2000, you must get a licence from them[1]. Many companies just don't want to get their head in this.

The main reasoning behind this is to keep track of the contests and make sure that no one is trying to scam you.

[1] http://www.canlii.org/en/qc/laws/regu/rrq-c-l-6-r-6/latest/r...

[JiPi]

Exactly! As simple as that! This is why we are always (almost) excluded from any contests :)

[psychopaf]

But we smoke Cuban cigars - legally ;)