There was a TV show in Japan that depicted him being forced to isolate from society for a long long time, where he could only inhabit a really small apartment, naked, where he could only eat/wear/use things he won in sweepstakes. Since most sweepstakes are scams, it didn’t go well for his physical or mental health (understatement). He was once told that he was done with the challenge and was led to believe that he’d be free. Instead they made him do it again.
In a more relaxed and humane setting something like it more akin to Man v Wild or something could have been a good proof-of-concept of how sweepstakes are mostly scams. Thing is, he didn’t know what he was getting into and they gaslit the shit out of him while he was starving etc. Like someone else said, it’s unclear how this was considered legal and not straight up kidnapping.
There was a TV show in Japan that depicted him being forced to isolate from society for a long long time, where he could only inhabit a really small apartment, naked, where he could only eat/wear/use things he won in sweepstakes. Since most sweepstakes are scams, it didn’t go well for his physical or mental health (understatement). He was once told that he was done with the challenge and was led to believe that he’d be free. Instead they made him do it again.
that’s awful :(
In a more relaxed and humane setting something like it more akin to Man v Wild or something could have been a good proof-of-concept of how sweepstakes are mostly scams. Thing is, he didn’t know what he was getting into and they gaslit the shit out of him while he was starving etc. Like someone else said, it’s unclear how this was considered legal and not straight up kidnapping.
oh. damn bro. that’s just. brutal.