Postal, text, phone - how do they pick their winner???

Annie123456_2

I just wondered when the entries can be made by either postal, text or phone, how the companies pick a random entry?

Any ideas?

mjm3346

Were/may still be a couple of methods used

Itv

itv operates an independently developed winner selector tool under licence from a third party.
This is known as 'winner 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 being selected, irrespective of the method of entry

ch 4

winners and runners up will be selected at random by a computer process that produces verifiably random results from all the entries, usually within 7 days of the prs competition closing.

Annie123456_2

Thank you mjm3346. Really appreciate your reply. Reassuring to know that you can enter by any method and have the same chance.

Thanks

mjm3346

http://www.promoveritas.com/Test-Yourself