Is this a form of legalized gambling?

[redtuna]

A furniture store in Houston is offering this deal:

Buy $6,000 in furniture from that store before the Superbowl and if the Seahawks win you get the furniture for free.(There is no Denver side of the bet). Do other stores in other states also have deals like this? Shouldn't the Justice Department look into this? It is almost like betting.

[Vegas39]

Furniture store here gives purchases 2 weeks before game for free if opening kickoff returned for TD

[Chi_archie]

interesting

wonder what the return policy is and if they have specific documentation for the 6k purchaser to sign, relinquishing the right to any return whatsoever.

[747planes]

its bull. they will scrap this offer with an excuse before it ever goes online. nice way to advertise though.

[Ghenghis Kahn]

i would do some research and see if this guy is a big time denver homer or some mobster that has inside connection...

[Chi_archie]

was it this guy? He already lost 600k on the conference championship games.

this might be a chase/airport bet by him.

http://www.inquisitr.com/1105500/super-bowl-promotion-costs-houston-furniture-store-600000/

Super Bowl promotions are huge at retail stores. It is an opportunity to get customers to come in and spend money on things they would not normally buy. Usually, the contestsinvolve picking winners and then a raffle, or having to at least pick a point spread.
Houston area furniture store Gallery Furniture decided to run with a promotion for customers who could pick the teams that would be playing in the Super Bowl. All they had to do was come down, visit the store, spend $5,000, get their furniture delivered before the conference championship games and pick the winning teams. If they picked the teams right, they would be refunded all their money.
According to Gallery Furniture owner, Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale, about 80 percent of participants got the right answer! Of course with only four possible outcomes, the odds weren’t really in the furniture store’s favor. McIngvale and his team dreamed up the promotion, but never dreamed the results would hit the stores bank account so hard.
“I was not only surprised, I was shocked.”
More than one hundred customers came in and spent the $5,000 while picking the winning teams. The promotional miscalculation by Gallery Furniture will cost the store more than $600,000. Some customers are walking away with as much as $12,000 worth of furniture, like Troy Moreland. He couldn’t believe the opportunity when he saw the commercial and says he went crazy after Seattle defeated San Francisco in the second game.
Apparently, the furniture store still hasn’t figured out this math thing, either. “Mattress Mack” says they are considering running the promotion again for the Super Bowl. If they do, make sure you get on down to Gallery Furniture in Houston. You could be in for some luck.
Who do you have winning the Super Bowl? The Denver Broncos or the Seattle Seahawks?

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A furniture store in Houston is offering this deal:

Buy $6,000 in furniture from that store before the Superbowl and if the Seahawks win you get the furniture for free.(There is no Denver side of the bet). Do other stores in other states also have deals like this? Shouldn't the Justice Department look into this? It is almost like betting.

No . It is not gambling.

They bought insurance to cover damages.

Like a hole in one offer at a golf outing.

Smart IMO. It drives business and recognition.

Just ask if they bought insurance or not and varify.

If not, run.

If so, then buy.

[Chi_archie]

one dude got 12k worth of free furniture last round

[InTheDrink]

interesting

wonder what the return policy is and if they have specific documentation for the 6k purchaser to sign, relinquishing the right to any return whatsoever.

archer finding fukkin loop poles within 4 minutes of the op

archer fukkin rnrale

[Chi_archie]

https://www.furniture-rebatewager.com

[jjgold]

Not just a promo plenty of places do this

Settle down kids stop being a detective

[manny24]

some bookmakers will accept high end furniture against an outstanding marker

mostly jews and chinamen

[Smoke]

Manny gets it

[Thor4140]

i bet that furniture is marked up pricier than the money JJ pays his booky yearly.

[InTheDrink]

Settle down kids stop being a detective

this is how people get hurt gueyes

[Chipup]

It's legal. Car dealerships do it. The only reason it skirts gambling laws is because your technically not Risking anything. You intended to buy the furniture at full retail price and that is what you did. You didn't put any cash towards a "Bet".

[d2bets]

It's basically like getting ~ 47% off. Maybe it's marked up so high that the $6 furniture would really only sell for $3k anyway.

[sickler]

It's legal. Car dealerships do it. The only reason it skirts gambling laws is because your technically not Risking anything. You intended to buy the furniture at full retail price and that is what you did. You didn't put any cash towards a "Bet".

Yeah it isn't gambling because the consumer isn't risking anything.

[BennyBigNuts]

This is old news.
Some guy took a beating on the SuperBowl last year with a promo he did.
It's insured for a certain amount and great advertisement for their business.