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Unfair win? What do you think?

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I entered a competition on Facebook with the regional bingo club castle bingo main page and the question was what would you like to see in our new bigo hall? So I said a pick n mix stand would be heaven sweets as you play ect ect. Somebody 2 comments below me then said I agree with Kim Kim I love sweets. And she won! And I didn't! Yet all she did was agree with my answer! X

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  • BlueBella
    BlueBella Posts: 10,374 Forumite
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    If it was a random draw and the company used some sort of random generator to pick the winner, then unfortunately anyone could have won. Maybe send them a message and tell them what you have told us?
    :TA big thanks to all who post and sprinkling lucky dust to all who enter :smileyhea
  • mjm3346
    mjm3346 Posts: 47,267 Forumite
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    Their comment was a bit more than just agreeing but it was a random draw for the 10 prizes so the content of the comments didn't matter
    All comments entered into the draw
  • WeAreGhosts
    WeAreGhosts Posts: 3,111 Forumite
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    This is why I put about 1% of effort into random comment comps.
  • serenity2012
    serenity2012 Posts: 2,175 Forumite
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    Most are random comps on fb even when they ask a specific question. So they picked it randomly and fairly
    August-September 2017: Lots of stuff :)
    :beer::beer::)
  • Happened to me on a caption competition with the Daily Mirror and they didn't give a toss. Lost out on a £300 Smyths voucher.
    Why do mice have such small balls?
    Because so few of them can dance.
  • it's not unfair at all, they have honoured their promise to pick the winner randomly
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    Best win all time - World Cup Final Trip to Japan :j
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