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Marg2k8
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I have read a couple of threads today about the number of entries into competitions.

One was for the huge number of entries into the ITV competitions. Another mentioned the daily competition to win a pack of batteries. I thought it might be interesting to have a thread dedicated to listing the number of entries that a particular competition had. So if for example you have had a WEM that states that you have been selected out of 3957 entries to win a pushchair for example, would you mind listing the brief details here, so that we can all see.
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  • nelie
    nelie Posts: 1,568 Forumite
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    I won Extractor Fans with Quiet Mark - I was told I was selected out of over 7000+ entries.

    There were up to 6 things you could choosefrom so I am unsure as to that was for that particular 'Prize' of for the competition altogether.
    December Wins: £300 worth of board games, £500 Tesco Vouchers Best Win in 2023: £500 Tesco Vouchers
  • emiai
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    I won a coffee machine which required 5000 entries to click like before a winner was picked, (After the 5000 clicked, a new prize was unlocked.) The machine was worth £500 :o (so I assume 1 in 5000 chance.)

    Another lady contacted me after I won a necklace from a magazine (Postal competition) she said there was over 1000 entries and an extra 150 people had the answer wrong - and some didnt even give an answer!!

    I have won from blog comps, really good prizes too where there has only been 150/200 overall entries.

    Id love to see the coke cola data for the competitions you pay 2 points to enter, I estimate the chances are one in hundreds of thousands.

    Stay Lucky xx
    Wishing you all good luck!
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  • ellemm
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    I won Elemis goodies on FB this week (only do app ones) and was told there were almost 2000 entries
  • Barnabysue
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    I won an electric drill and they said they'd had over 7,000 entries.
    Luck is believing you’re lucky – Tennessee Williams

    May your pockets be heavy and your heart be light. May good luck pursue you each morning and night – Anonymous
  • mjm3346
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    Batteries value £1 daily comp yesterday 454 entries.
    Shower gel value £2 weekly twitter comp 1276 entries
    Tescobooks a cookbook value £10 twitter comp 1209 entries
    Homebargins £100 voucher weekly FB comp 26037 entries (closes today)
  • Barnabysue
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    Bunch of flowers, posted on Facebook less than 24 hours ago:

    You and 6,379 others like this.
    Luck is believing you’re lucky – Tennessee Williams

    May your pockets be heavy and your heart be light. May good luck pursue you each morning and night – Anonymous
  • Marg2k8
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    A rafflecopter competition that has just finished for a Lucille teal Denby dinner set for four had 5262 entries. But with these rafflecopter competitions, I reckon the average person entering probably had around 10 entries or more.
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    Twitter comp for a £2.69 jar of marmite 979 retweets.
  • mjm3346
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    Dorset Cereals run a monthly competition, you get one entry for each token you earn over the month.
    Dorset Cereals pledge that for every 2,500 tokens collected, we'll plant a tree with our friends at the Woodland Trust. We're aiming to plant up to 200 each month

    200 trees covers 500,000 entries a month

    (so far this month 34 trees = 85,000 entries)
  • beardedsalmon
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    i won a holiday to las vegas in 2009 with selfridges and there was 5,000 entries
    also won a holiday to LA in 2011 with miss selfridge and there were 10,000 entries!
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