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TOYS 'R' US FLIP-FLOPS, GIVES 3 BABIES NEW YEAR PRIZE

After coming under fire for denying a Chinese-American infant a $25,000 prize in a New Year's baby contest because her mother was not a legal U.S. resident, the Toys "R" Us company said that it had reversed its decision.
Ref. https://www.cnn.com/2007/US/01/06/first.baby.ap/index.html

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I should think that the company did do a U-turn on this one. They were still paying the money out anyway, so really as the baby was born an American citizen, it shouldn't really have come into account the status of the Mother's birth!

It was also a very bad financial move in my opinion, as toys r us had only recently opened their first store in China!

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Ain't the world Twisted! Some contests do say that you must be a legal resident of a certain area to participate - this is usually so that someone from another State does not benefit from something that should be given to someone with the State. However, we are talking about a National / International business here. I do not see how a contest should be based on whether I am legal or not, that is like saying I cannot play Bingo on Saturday Nights because I have immigration issues, or better yet I cannot collect winnings from a Bingo Card because I am Chinese!