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E: 31/01/2011 Win 25,000 prizes with Barclays as well as normal Premiership tickets

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  • nikkikayj
    nikkikayj Posts: 802 Forumite
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    kinaton wrote: »
    As I said not in anyway implying people are lying.. nor expecting people to justify what they claim to have won.. its not my business.

    I am playing to prove a point, nothing more.. To show that the odds of winner if prizes are spread out over the numbers of days the claim would mean on average you'd win not very often.

    I just got the same code twice and it said "message failed" on 2nd attempt, changed team and it went thru ;)

    so going now to put same code in 20 times LOL

    The same code will go through twice for me regardless of what team I choose! Just tried changing team to put it though a 3rd time to test this and it did not work
  • lasata
    lasata Posts: 256 Forumite
    kinaton wrote: »
    As I said not in anyway implying people are lying.. nor expecting people to justify what they claim to have won.. its not my business.

    I am playing to prove a point, nothing more.. To show that the odds of winner if prizes are spread out over the numbers of days the claim would mean on average you'd win not very often.

    I just got the same code twice and it said "message failed" on 2nd attempt, changed team and it went thru ;)

    so going now to put same code in 20 times LOL


    good luck hope it works for you. :)
  • kinaton
    kinaton Posts: 89 Forumite
    liamell wrote: »
    Yeah i can see your point as its easier to be sceptical if you havent won....the first time i played it was a sunday morning i think a week before xmas and it came up with £70 worth of vouchers and an espn mobile thing and a mag subs....and i kid you not all in the space of an hour....i thought it had to be an error to be fair as i was new to comping....but they have all arrived....the rest ive won after xmas which havent arrived yet.

    Yeah the top prizes i think have been a few pairs of hospitality tickets and the sky hd boxes as far as im aware....i dont recall any of the other ones being won (behind the scenes ones) but i may be wrong.

    I know somebody claimed the Trophy for the day, but I am sure I've seen 2 people claim that :)

    I calculated 40000:1 or so (but that should be x20 as there is 20 teams per win. which means its would take you a day or so to win 1 prize (on average)
  • kinaton
    kinaton Posts: 89 Forumite
    nikkikayj wrote: »
    The same code will go through twice for me regardless of what team I choose! Just tried changing team to put it though a 3rd time to test this and it did not work

    so does that mean each code is good for 2 teams!... do winning codes work again for another user. ;)
  • mandycr
    mandycr Posts: 4,238 Forumite
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    kinaton wrote: »
    I am always very sceptical about people who claim to have won a vast amount (and not saying they haven;t).. I guess time will tell when they publish the winners list (and you can ask for it by law as it comes under the gaming act) :)

    Its just seems odd that some of us have been playing this as long or longer with 1000's of spins and haven;t won anything.

    Top prizes seems to have been claimed by 3 people I seem to recall.. how is that possible.

    why would u think anyone would lie about having a huge amount wins wouldnt that just be setting themselfs up for negative comments and backlash from folk tbh i think a lot of ppl have had a lot more wins than they are letting on as i can see why no one would post here and tell us what they have won getting a bit fed up with some of the comments on this thread and most are coming from newbies not very nice that the msers have to endure such words at the end of the day we are all here for the same reason....

    no one forces anyone to comp its supposed to be a hobby and some just take it way too far
    best win in 2011:eek: 4 nights in Las Vegas :eek:
    2011 wins £8,752.00
  • nikkikayj
    nikkikayj Posts: 802 Forumite
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    kinaton wrote: »
    so does that mean each code is good for 2 teams!... do winning codes work again for another user. ;)

    I used the code twice on the SAME team! Did not work for a 3rd time when i changed it! As I say I dont think the codes have anything to do with it and I think they have 17 (approx) prizes per hour that go every hour regardless of what the code is!
  • kinaton
    kinaton Posts: 89 Forumite
    mandycr wrote: »
    why would u think anyone would lie about having a huge amount wins wouldnt that just be setting themselfs up for negative comments and backlash from folk tbh i think a lot of ppl have had a lot more wins than they are letting on as i can see why no one would post here and tell us what they have won getting a bit fed up with some of the comments on this thread and most are coming from newbies not very nice that the msers have to endure such words at the end of the day we are all here for the same reason....

    no one forces anyone to comp its supposed to be a hobby and some just take it way too far

    Totally agree. and I said Never said people are lying :) - I've been 100% honest and listed my wins.. (NO WINS) LOL.

    I think what is annoying people is not that they ain't winning is people who BOAST about wins.. Personally I'd keep my wins quite on a comp like this.. if its a Random hat draw then I'd list what I won with photos etc :)

    Anyway, not hear to cause fights.. my balls are waiting for me.. (that sounded wrong.. the barclay balls LOL)
  • kinaton
    kinaton Posts: 89 Forumite
    nikkikayj wrote: »
    I used the code twice on the SAME team! Did not work for a 3rd time when i changed it! As I say I dont think the codes have anything to do with it and I think they have 17 (approx) prizes per hour that go every hour regardless of what the code is!

    Yeah....so then if we spin between 2:00 and 2:01 we should get a win!

    I would say they probably have a code and a team as a pair so that 1:20 chance then :) .. so you could get 1234567890 as a code and cheslea and be wrong. and somebody else could same code different team and be right ;)
  • nikkikayj
    nikkikayj Posts: 802 Forumite
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    mandycr wrote: »
    why would u think anyone would lie about having a huge amount wins wouldnt that just be setting themselfs up for negative comments and backlash from folk tbh i think a lot of ppl have had a lot more wins than they are letting on as i can see why no one would post here and tell us what they have won getting a bit fed up with some of the comments on this thread and most are coming from newbies not very nice that the msers have to endure such words at the end of the day we are all here for the same reason....

    no one forces anyone to comp its supposed to be a hobby and some just take it way too far

    Well said! :beer:

    I update my wins in my sig daily before i go to bed as I have nothing to hide and dont care what people think as i havent broken rules by winning multiple times! I will be adding my 1 ball very shortly as I have to be up at 8
  • lasata
    lasata Posts: 256 Forumite
    why should we keep quiet about what we have won?????
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