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Instant Win Magazine Competitions
MOPI
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Hi I am relatively new to comping and have read that daily competitions, in particular magazine ones (chat, now etc) are good ones to incorporate into the comping regime. However I was just wondering do people do the 'instant win' competitions on these sites, as well as the 'prize draw' ones?
I have been trying the instant win ones and using the lucky dip option every time with no success to date..
Also what is the quantity of prizes available, do they have one prize per day across all of the magazines, is it one per magazine per day or something different?
Thanks for your help
I have been trying the instant win ones and using the lucky dip option every time with no success to date..
Also what is the quantity of prizes available, do they have one prize per day across all of the magazines, is it one per magazine per day or something different?
Thanks for your help
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The magazines dailies, such as Chat, Woman and Woman's Own usually have 1 or 2 prizes per competition, not prizes daily. Each individual comp will say how many there are to win. Glamour magazine usually has a prize every day.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 – Anonymous0 -
I don't bother with the instants at all.0
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I don't bother win the instant win ones - the chances of winning them is so slim for most of them that I don't think it's worth wasting my time with. Not very good at maths but I know that I'm not likely to guess three numbers between 1-100 correctly.
They used to do it so that if no one guess correctly by the time the competition ended they did a random draw out of all that had entered but they don't do that any more so more likely than not the prize is never actually won.
If I had all the time in the world I might do them but I'd rather concentrate on the ones I might actually have a real chance at winning.2008: £783.12 - 2009: £6,401.15 - 2010: £4,230.61 - 2011: £8720 - 2012: £2,041.89
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blackmidnight wrote: »I don't bother win the instant win ones - the chances of winning them is so slim for most of them that I don't think it's worth wasting my time with. Not very good at maths but I know that I'm not likely to guess three numbers between 1-100 correctly.
They used to do it so that if no one guess correctly by the time the competition ended they did a random draw out of all that had entered but they don't do that any more so more likely than not the prize is never actually won.
If I had all the time in the world I might do them but I'd rather concentrate on the ones I might actually have a real chance at winning.
some of them go up into the 100's for the bigger prizes!0
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