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General Competition advice please?

I've started doing alot of competitions over the past 2 weeks, I used to just do a few postal entries a month but no wins!

I've noticed that alot of competitions state '1 entry per household' which is fine. However where a competitions states '1 entry per person' this means I could enter myself and partner or both my children if it is for a under 16's competition.

My questions is, if I send 2 entries should I use separate email addresses? I wondered how they determine that youve entered more than once? presumably by the email address used?

How are competitons picked these days? Alot of comps can be entered via text, phone, email and post does everything get put on a database? Has anyone noticed one particular method of entry to be more successful than others?

Lots of questions I know but just trying to give myself the best possible chances of winning!

Thanks for your help in advance.

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  • black-saturn
    black-saturn Posts: 13,935 Forumite
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    If it's one per person I usually enter it as everyone in the household and use separate email addresses.
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