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1 entry to 1000 competitions or 1000 entries to 1?
sleepyjones
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Was just trawling through some C2W's and I wondered if I might be better just choosing one prize and only entering that, which raised the thought in my head ... what would you rather?
1000 entries into 1 competion
or 1 entry into 1000 competitions
1000 entries into 1 competion
or 1 entry into 1000 competitions
What would you rather 157 votes
1000 entries into 1 competition
12%
20 votes
1 entry into 1000 competitions
87%
137 votes
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1 entry into 1000 competition for me
Jan Wins: .0 -
Yup, me too 0
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Same- much more annoying not to win a competition you've spent so much time on.... plus, if you enter lots you may just win one or even more!Living thriftily
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1 entry into 1000 comps. Multi-entry comps should be outlawed!0
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1 entry into 1000 comps.
I won a laptop recently from one of a mag dailies, I only entered it the once0 -
I'd die of boredom if I had to enter the same one 1000 times. And I'm with JayJay - hate multientry comps anyway.2018 - £562 2019 - £130 2020 - £276 2021 - £106 2022 - £1400
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On the flipside of this, if it was lottery tickets ... I'd want 1000 tickets on one draw rather than 1 ticket on 1000 draws.0
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sleepyjones wrote: »On the flipside of this, if it was lottery tickets ... I'd want 1000 tickets on one draw rather than 1 ticket on 1000 draws.
Why?
Doesn't really increase your odds of winning significantly having 1000 tickets into one drawRational judgement, now, at this very moment.
Virtuous action, now, at this very moment.
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Willing acceptance - now, at this very moment - of what you can’t change0 -
I don't know why, it's just a psychological thing ... doesn't apply to competitions but does to the lottery, weirdly0
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I went the opposite way to most of you. 1000 entries into one competition. I would sooner put all my efforts into a couple of prizes that I would really love to win than lots of prizes that I wouldn't mind winning. I choose a handful of click to wins and enter them every day.0
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