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This Morning - Britain's Luckiest Gran

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On TV now ... This Morning - Britain's Luckiest Gran
won over £100,000 of prizes .... enters 30-50 a day (WOW)

Watch out for the influx of new compers
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  • lucinad
    lucinad Posts: 5,327 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    30-50 comps a day!!!! and this they think is a lot! 300-500 is a lot
    Compers challenge 2024 wins!!!!.... Oct £60... £10 free spins, £50 palm, m&m pouch
  • BlueBella
    BlueBella Posts: 10,374 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Yes, she seems really lucky only entering that number a day?
    :TA big thanks to all who post and sprinkling lucky dust to all who enter :smileyhea
  • mjm3346
    mjm3346 Posts: 47,274 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    edited 8 March 2016 at 12:12PM
    This was in the daily mail a few days ago, others have picked it up since


    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3478141/Amazing-winning-spree-Nottingham-Granny-addicted-entering-competitions-s-won-500-totalling-100-000-worth-prizes.html


    She enters up to five competitions every day but used to do between 30 and 50
  • DynasticDux
    DynasticDux Posts: 3,549 Forumite
    mjm3346 wrote: »

    Looks like a serious comper

    She enters up to five competitions every day but used to do between 30 and 50
  • RyesMummy12
    RyesMummy12 Posts: 257 Forumite
    Ninth Anniversary Combo Breaker
    My thoughts exactly when I saw it! :)
    :love: My Best Win: My Princess delivered by her daddy 16.12.14 :love:

    2016: 20 wins approx value of £1200 :j
  • lhl24
    lhl24 Posts: 1,394 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    I know, 30-50, and they thought that was amazing!
    2017 Prizes - £713, 2016 Prizes - £2836, 2015 Prizes - £3598, 2014 Prizes - £3671
  • HoneyBooBoo_2
    HoneyBooBoo_2 Posts: 5,399 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    I did laugh at the year's supply of condoms she won - 12 in total!!
    :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
  • toniq
    toniq Posts: 29,340 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    edited 8 March 2016 at 1:10PM
    Sorry total baloney! she probably estimates she has won 500 prizes from 5 entries a day but unlikely.

    Maybe 2008/2009 you could do 30/40 prizes a month as a lot of us were doing then off 50/80 or so a day, but no chance on 5 a day.

    About time compers had a code like fight club........

    The first rule of comping is: You do not talk about comping. The second rule of comping is: You do not talk about comping.
    #JusticeForGrenfell
  • DynasticDux
    DynasticDux Posts: 3,549 Forumite
    edited 8 March 2016 at 1:14PM
    But 500 wins is over 20 years .... so 25 wins a year
    After 20 years of entering competitions this grandmother has won over £100,000 worth of prizes including dozens of holidays and even a brand new £18,000 Toyota.
    And most of the holiday photo's shown in the newspaper article (supposedly from comp wins) are from the early 1990's

    Barbados pic is 1991 - so that's 25 years ago
    Florida pic is 1998 - so that's 18 years ago
    And the car was 2008 - so that's 8 years ago
  • toniq
    toniq Posts: 29,340 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    I just don't understand why people sell their story, they never come off good and get eaten alive.

    Why would you do that to yourself?

    If you want to boast or get a wow, go post in I won, it is amongst fellow compers so you wont be eaten alive.

    In 2011 I was approached by a major publication to follow my Ivf journey ......... I was mortified and said no chance, even with the money offered, not having my life judged by randoms.
    #JusticeForGrenfell
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