Those "instant win" lucky number competitions

pixelwife

I'm just curious...

A lot of the magazine websites and sites like thisiscompetitions.co.uk have those instant win sections where you choose 3 numbers or a lucky dip and then have to decline lots of rubbish offers.

But has anyone here ever won on one of those and if you have, did you input your own numbers or go lucky dip?

I've done loads of them and they feel like the biggest con but I have no facts to back that up, just a feeling...

Pixelwife

fire**fly

hi, interesting thread about them here..
not seen/heard of any winners since from them,

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4147803

& here..

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4666625


https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4269239

kzmicallef

what gets me is a lot of the mag daily instant wins have an end date and yet rarely disappear before that date, I mean if they were truly random someone could win five days prior and so there would be no prize for grabs the last five days? Does that even make sense to anyone? it's nearly 12 so hard to tell if i'm rambling sorry.

hamsterfan1

I'd noticed that - what I think it means is that the sponsors have bought advertising for a set period & even if the prize has been won the comp has to stay for the advertisers

yoeydavis

i think your right, they seem to be a con to me. ive entered but never won and never heard of anyone that has. the prizes are usually really good and that draws me in; i would love to know the truth but doubt we will ever know for sure. great idea for comp corner by tthe way

bex2002

My OH won a wii game off of one of these a couple of years ago but nothing else.

robbies_gal

nope apart from the above poster i stopped doing them as i think the prixe has already gone-they dont make sense to me