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Ever won magazine instant win?

Has anyone ever won a magazine instant win? You know the one's where you can do a lucky dip or pick the numbers? They always have a certain amount of days left to enter, I was just wondering if anyone has ever actually won on those or if it's a complete waste of time?

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  • I was wondering the same with the prize draw ones too
  • ive won a prize draw one but never an instant
    £32 worth of prizes in 2015 so far
  • mjm3346
    mjm3346 Posts: 47,376 Forumite
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    edited 11 January 2016 at 4:52PM
    This would be better posted in the chat corner, most recent of several threads is here

    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5388061



    (a £1,000 cash prize had odds of over 3.2 million to 1 so there was very little chance of winning and unlike a prize draw where someone will be drawn as the winner with these ones no prize is given away if no one matches the combination)
  • orangelily8
    orangelily8 Posts: 4,877 Forumite
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    Picked 3 numbers and won a PS3 a few years back on the mag instants :)
    I AM WHAT I AM ;)

  • mjm3346
    mjm3346 Posts: 47,376 Forumite
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    Picked 3 numbers and won a PS3 a few years back on the mag instants :)

    Congrats, they can be won it's just the odds are very long against and unlike a draw there is no guarantee a prize will be won.

    (There is one at the moment for a Samsung 65-inch Ultra HD Smart Curved LED TV and the odds are approaching 13 million to one with 234 numbers on each "reel")
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