The problem of too-vaguely-worded official rules reared its head again recently in the case of a Decatur, Ga., man who won — then lost — a $100,000 grand prize.
The winner, Theodore Scott, is a lawyer by trade, not a farmer. But the contest sponsor, Coca-Cola, claimed Scott disqualified himself by engaging in a type of farming: “Vote farming.” This term is somewhat hard to define. But with the ever-increasing use of social media promotions, I suspect it will crop up in the sweepstakes and contests lexicon more and more.
Broadly defined, “vote ...