Make Me A Winner - General Chat

Etccarmageddon

Did anyone win today?

Dust_Bunny

Yes....two rings, Brummie lad won

£80,000 tomorrow

MargateAdam

cagsd said:

Well I've just given the lady at my local library a laugh... My phone rang on the dot of 4pm from a private number... Heart thumping, I answered "make me a winner!" Only to be greeted with, "hello, I'm just ringing to let you know the book you reserved has arrived" 🤣🤣
Oh well, I'd sooner it was that than answer hello and lose the chance of ££££s 🤣

That's brilliant. Did you explain it to her?

Didoow

justasimpleton said:

Didoow said:

I’m not sure what you want them to be more transparent about. 

They tell you how many times you can enter via text and you can see how many times you’ve entered that way, and you can enter online and it will tell you when you’ve exceeded the limit. Is it something else you want them to be transparent about? 

Entry list - hosted each day removing the contact info and indicating if it was text or online entry - that is being transparent.
It's something that's required by the Gambling Commission so that they can check to see if they are still within in the rules relating it to being a prize draw and not a lottery (by way of offering free entries)

I'm kind of guessing here but I think all entries are pooled so there's no bias, if the Gambling Commission (not even sure they'd be involved) or, more usually, I think ASA, require something like that, I don't think it's something they are required to allow the general public to see. I'm sure they don't want to highlight the free entry route that much, else there'd not be enough paid entries to make it viable. 

mjm3346

Didoow said:

justasimpleton said:

Didoow said:

I’m not sure what you want them to be more transparent about. 

They tell you how many times you can enter via text and you can see how many times you’ve entered that way, and you can enter online and it will tell you when you’ve exceeded the limit. Is it something else you want them to be transparent about? 

Entry list - hosted each day removing the contact info and indicating if it was text or online entry - that is being transparent.
It's something that's required by the Gambling Commission so that they can check to see if they are still within in the rules relating it to being a prize draw and not a lottery (by way of offering free entries)

I'm kind of guessing here but I think all entries are pooled so there's no bias, if the Gambling Commission (not even sure they'd be involved) or, more usually, I think ASA, require something like that, I don't think it's something they are required to allow the general public to see. I'm sure they don't want to highlight the free entry route that much, else there'd not be enough paid entries to make it viable. 

Just to emphasise that it really makes no difference if a free or paid entry is chosen as a winner

From the blurb on site that handles some/all Bauer Media competitions among other things

*****'s  Winner Picker imports text, postal, online and IVR* competition entries and will quickly select a winner so this can be announced on air immediately. The platform ensures that winners are picked randomly, making the whole process transparent, compliant and efficient.

*I looked it up Interactive voice response or IVR is an automated business phone system feature that interacts with callers and gathers information by giving them choices via a menu

When ITV accidentally omitted a very small number of free entries it was ITV who discovered and self-reported the issue when they discovered it some time later - there would be no point in deliberately omitting the free entries as it makes no difference how a winner actually entered and being able to ovoid GC control allows these competitions to run as they do (the smaller on-line "raffle" type things may be another matter)

cagsd

MargateAdam said:

cagsd said:

Well I've just given the lady at my local library a laugh... My phone rang on the dot of 4pm from a private number... Heart thumping, I answered "make me a winner!" Only to be greeted with, "hello, I'm just ringing to let you know the book you reserved has arrived" 🤣🤣
Oh well, I'd sooner it was that than answer hello and lose the chance of ££££s 🤣

That's brilliant. Did you explain it to her?

No, I was too embarrassed so just pretended I hadn't said it 🤣🤣

heidimannifield89

Any winner today? 

Etccarmageddon

Dunno, things fall apart when Bridger isn't around!

Ke11iott

3 rings…”hello” 

£90,000....Friday

Bridger12

Apologies, as HeyJude kindly posts details of the call for make me a winner regularly, even if I do listen to this call, I do leave it for HeyJude to post. If it is getting to past 11pm, and HeyJude has not managed to post any day, I will post.