> There has been an almighty stink here about shows charging for phone
> calls to shows, and the calls actually having no effect on the voting

The mismanagement, to give it a very charitable name, of UK game shows
was all the news not so long ago. Regular complaints were made by home
viewers about Wheel Of Fortune in NZ concerning TXTs being accepted
after the answer to the home viewer puzzle was broadcast. Although not
admitting "anything wrong with the way it was run", ISTR that TVNZ have
now changed that way

The point being that organisations will try it on if they think they can get
away with it. When they do get caught out, the repercussions for them
are minimal and the refunding of those who just know they were ripped
off is too costly and messy to be practical, so a bit of chicanery or mis-
leading by omission is a worthwhile gamble

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