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How ITV select winners.
mjm3346
Posts: 47,364 Forumite
Found this while prowling the internet
http://www.ofcom.org.uk/files/2011/10/1-186464146.pdf
ITV operates an independently developed winner selector tool under licence from a third party.being selected, irrespective of the method of entry.
This is known as inner Selector’ and is a market leading solution used for managing many
competitions across the UK. The Winner Selector works by taking in all entries to a competition
from each entry route, and assigning a unique random number to every entry. This is done
independently of the original entry method, and assures that each entry has the same chance of
http://www.ofcom.org.uk/files/2011/10/1-186464146.pdf
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Us tightwads have the same chance as the pay gang then :-)
Good find.0 -
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Thanks for sharing.
Let's hope other companies use a similar tool to ensure fairness.0 -
What a great find, thankyou, have always wondered about this!HUGE thanks to everyone who works so hard posting comps xxx
Jan wins: Film download:),£50 vouchers0 -
interesting and good to know, thanks.
Does anybody else get the first "CAPATCHA" deliberately wrong, so that when you press back to enter again (3 times for dickinsons, 5 for the rest or whatever is) it then remembers your details, and you don't have to fill in the form again?0 -
great to know this - i always wondered how they made it fair! thanks very much for the post!0
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Thanks for the great info!!
I always wondered have they merged the differing route entries!Can't Smile Without You0 -
Thank you, interesting.0
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interesting and good to know, thanks.
Does anybody else get the first "CAPATCHA" deliberately wrong, so that when you press back to enter again (3 times for dickinsons, 5 for the rest or whatever is) it then remembers your details, and you don't have to fill in the form again?
Yep! I definitely do that, it's so much quicker (well it feels quicker!)Debt Free by Christmas '15 £0/£4452.280 -
Mine saves on google chrome anyway so don't need to get capture wrong just press back and details are still there.Good Luck and happy 2016 Everyone :smileyhea0
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