1 entry to 1000 competitions or 1000 entries to 1?

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sleepyjones
sleepyjones Posts: 6,087 Forumite
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Was just trawling through some C2W's and I wondered if I might be better just choosing one prize and only entering that, which raised the thought in my head ... what would you rather?

1000 entries into 1 competion
or 1 entry into 1000 competitions

What would you rather 157 votes

1000 entries into 1 competition
12% 20 votes
1 entry into 1000 competitions
87% 137 votes
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  • Makeandsave
    Makeandsave Posts: 3,790 Forumite
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    1 entry into 1000 competition for me :)
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  • sleepyjones
    sleepyjones Posts: 6,087 Forumite
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    Yup, me too :)
  • Dormouse1940
    Dormouse1940 Posts: 484 Forumite
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    Same- much more annoying not to win a competition you've spent so much time on.... plus, if you enter lots you may just win one or even more!
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  • JayJay1874
    JayJay1874 Posts: 60 Forumite
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    1 entry into 1000 comps. Multi-entry comps should be outlawed!
  • lisylou21
    lisylou21 Posts: 229 Forumite
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    1 entry into 1000 comps.
    I won a laptop recently from one of a mag dailies, I only entered it the once
  • hdh74
    hdh74 Posts: 2,855 Forumite
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    I'd die of boredom if I had to enter the same one 1000 times. And I'm with JayJay - hate multientry comps anyway.
    2018 - £562  2019 - £130 2020 - £276  2021 - £106 2022 - £140
  • sleepyjones
    sleepyjones Posts: 6,087 Forumite
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    On the flipside of this, if it was lottery tickets ... I'd want 1000 tickets on one draw rather than 1 ticket on 1000 draws.
  • Moneybot
    Moneybot Posts: 10,465 Forumite
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    sleepyjones wrote: »
    On the flipside of this, if it was lottery tickets ... I'd want 1000 tickets on one draw rather than 1 ticket on 1000 draws.

    Why?

    Doesn't really increase your odds of winning significantly having 1000 tickets into one draw
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  • sleepyjones
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    I don't know why, it's just a psychological thing ... doesn't apply to competitions but does to the lottery, weirdly
  • Marg2k8
    Marg2k8 Posts: 5,838 Forumite
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    I went the opposite way to most of you. 1000 entries into one competition. I would sooner put all my efforts into a couple of prizes that I would really love to win than lots of prizes that I wouldn't mind winning. I choose a handful of click to wins and enter them every day.
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