Five Years: Five Contests!

#0 - March 4, 2010, 8:29 p.m.
Blizzard Post
On February 11, 2005, World of Warcraft launched in Europe. To celebrate our five year anniversary, we've teamed up with J!NX, Gunnar Optiks, NVIDIA, SteelSeries and ASUS to give out some truly epic loot! Over five weeks, we'll be hosting a series of photography contests. Each week, we'll announce the theme for that week and the sponsor. Don’t forget to include yourself and the special 5th anniversary Horde logo in your picture to be eligible to win! Be sure to check out our Five Year Anniversary Contest page and the Terms and Conditions for entering!

http://www.wow-europe.com/en/contests/fiveyear/

Today marks the start of the fourth week of this contest. This week's theme is For the Horde and is sponsored by SteelSeries. Get your cameras out and send us your photos!
#2 - March 5, 2010, 12:52 p.m.
Blizzard Post
http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=10701147&sid=1
Q u o t e:
Q: Why can't players from all countries participate in your contests?
A: Unfortunately there are restrictions outside our control that apply to contests of this kind, and we as well as our sponsors have to abide by the laws and regulations of the different countries in Europe. Some restrictions apply due to the value of the prizes, some due to the nature of the contest - wherein the definition of "game of chance" is a tricky one. We do our best to work with (or around) this and adapt our contests to the different regulations, but we will not gamble with the law and must therefore exclude some countries from our contests. We will continue to adapt our contests, gather additional information and look into the fine details of national lottery and contest laws to try include as many countries as possible in the future.