"Piedmont" wrote in message
not in Columbia, SC, all contestants gave samples away, a $10 ticket got
you
all you can eat.

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Mike Willsey (Piedmont)
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Who was competing? I've seen where a group of commercial vendors have had
"contests" like that and they were all certified rigs. Maybe the laws there
are more lenient, but in most states, the typical local competition would
never be allowed to sell anything.