Does A Contract Exist?

DingosAteMyBaby

Does a contract exist if one entered a legitimate competition on the internet (e.g on a website such as Facebook or Twitter), even if there were no term's and conditions stated.


For example: Tweet this code HSWHDJ before midnight and a winner will be chosen to recieve a free concert.


If the person that won the competition never recieved the prize due the error of the competition runners, would the winner be eligle for any form of recourse?


Let me clarify using the above example:

Mr X tweets the code and is later informed that he has won the competition. His name and address are requested and he sends them on. A week passes and the concert is taking place soon and Mr X still hasn't recieved the ticket so he contacts the competition runners and they inform him of a delay in the dispatch of the tickets and request his phone number to arrange delivery. He obliges but the concert comes and goes and he hears nothing.

FreudianSlippers

Sounds more like a scam to me.

DingosAteMyBaby

Yes sounds like it but lets say it was a large, well-known company that was a sponsor of the concert.

dermot_sheehan

Gambling contracts are not enforceable