SMS Quiz Controversies

Gulf News, the number 1 English Newspaper in UAE, has been running a series about the sms quiz promo contests from the 2 mobile service provider in the Gulf, namely, Etisalat & Du.

This started when Gulf News compiled the complaints of their readers about the quiz contest.  The contest seems like a rip off.  It keeps asking you to answer questions which cost from 2DHS up to 5DHS per sms response.  Their logic:  the more you answer, the more entries you enter and the more chances of winning.  But what I think made this looked like a hoax was the absence of winners when they say that daily and weekly draws are being made.

The best way to do this is to announce the winner drawn every time a winner is proclaimed.  This is the only way to erase the doubts from the participating subscribers.  I do not know why the think tanks of the 2 telecom giants cannot think of an easy solution to this controversy.  They are too busy with the mechanics of the contests that they forgot to notify the public who won in these contests.

I never participated because of budgetary constraints.  But had I have extra load, I would gladly answer some questions and win some prizes.