Have you played Roll Up the Rim this year?

Tim Hortons' annual spring prize contest - once called Roll up the Rim To Win - went fully digital in 2021, swapping out printed messages under rolled up coffee rims for scanning a loyalty card or app. Customers now scan the Tim Hortons app on their smartphone at the time of purchase to earn a "roll" that could reveal a prize like "free doughnut," or scan a loyalty card and later log into the contest's website to see the rolls and prizes they've earned. If you do play or have played roll Up The Rim, what do you prefer?

Tim Hortons said Wednesday that for a few hours on Monday - the contest's first day - a "small subset" of players were incorrectly notified that they'd won the company's jackpot draw, a $10,000 daily prize meant to be awarded to one person per day. The company added that it has offered a $50 gift card as compensation to players who received the erroneous award notice and is in the process of contacting the false winners "to express our regret for the disappointment caused by this error." Do you think Tim Hortons should be liable and have to pay the $10k to each person who was told they won?