Anybody won one of those car lotteries?

[SpanishTony]

SimonTheSailor said:

Well done, you've done well.
Some people will have spent 10 times that and won f*ck all.
That's 1 pound a day for a bit of fun, don't think you can buy a bag of crisps now for a pound ?

Couldn't agree more. The odds whilst much better than the lottery are still tiny. Buy a ticket, dream a bit and repeat.

[Yellowfez]

oobster said:

I've just sat and worked out (yea, sad, I know on a Friday evening) that I've spent £758.38 via Dream Car Giveaways in the past 2 years and won sweet fa.

I play across a few sites so probably spent double (or more) but on the other side I don’t have any hobbies at the moment and it’s a nice distraction from the crapness of life

[S7GVC]

oobster said:

I've just sat and worked out (yea, sad, I know on a Friday evening) that I've spent £758.38 via Dream Car Giveaways in the past 2 years and won sweet fa.

This is the problem with these sites, and the false impression the give about how unlikely it is to win. This shouldn't be a surprise that you haven't won a £20k/£50k/£150k car for £758.38.

Statistically you're going to end up paying about 150% of the value for whatever you win.

You're paying for the excitement of having a (tiny slim price) of winning. That's what you're paying for. It's also the reason I would never buy more than one ticket.

[Its Just Adz]

I agree, it's a small bit of excitement, especially if you watch the live draws.

Escort Cosworth gone onto DCG last night, I expect that will be popular.

[SimonTheSailor]

That Golf R on DCG - is the cash alternative very generous at £38K ?

A quick look and there seems to be a few 2021 cars around that price or cheaper ?

Edited by SimonTheSailor on Sunday 19th March 16:45

[phpe]

The DCG Golf R has some very expensive factory options such as full leather, performance pack and Akrapovic titanium exhaust amongst others

That would have been a low £50k car at new list price

[Yellowfez]

Well look at it this way you are paying for the entertainment/dream and if you happen to actually win then great, it’s just a bit of fun, I suspect this is why they are so popular and caught this market perfectly

[FilH]

APP20 for 20% off at 7 days.....


Come on an RS6 for 79 pence !

[Xenoous]

I only really enter the comps when there's a VW camper on offer. I would adore one of those. Would probably get more enjoyment out of that with the family then anything else there, considering we have already have family car and a 'fun' car.

Never blooming win though!

[phpe]

My colleague's old BMW X4 has been bought by a local competition outlet and offered as part of a car/caravan combo prize

This lot seem to have a good reputation up here in Scotland for their draws, and I know of a good few local winners of some big ticket prizes

https://www.bountycompetitions.co.uk/competition/b...

[cuprabob]

phpe said:

My colleague's old BMW X4 has been bought by a local competition outlet and offered as part of a car/caravan combo prize

This lot seem to have a good reputation up here in Scotland for their draws, and I know of a good few local winners of some big ticket prizes

https://www.bountycompetitions.co.uk/competition/b...

I saw an advert on STV for them over the weekend.

[phpe]

cuprabob said:

I saw an advert on STV for them over the weekend.

Yeah, I think I saw it on STV as well, probably to publicise their house draw, or £400k cash alternative

https://www.bountycompetitions.co.uk/competition/4...

[Yellowfez]

And I thought my addiction was bad !

[cadmunkey]

Yellowfez said:

And I thought my addiction was bad !

Will be plenty of people doing the exact same thing. One of the reasons Ive stopped playing on 7days now, those instant wins are praying on people that might not necessarily have the disposable income to be dropping the amount on them that they do. Its a step too far imo.

[ThomW]

Yellowfez said:

And I thought my addiction was bad !

He can’t even spell ‘instant’ FFS.

[Yellowfez]

cadmunkey said:

Yellowfez said:

And I thought my addiction was bad !

Will be plenty of people doing the exact same thing. One of the reasons Ive stopped playing on 7days now, those instant wins are praying on people that might not necessarily have the disposable income to be dropping the amount on them that they do. Its a step too far imo.

I totally agree, for an addict that’s bad news and it’s easy to see how someone could fall victim to gambling and run up thousands they don’t have

[Zippee]

Yellowfez said:

And I thought my addiction was bad !

I don't get people like this and the review sites are full of these idiots. Because they spend a couple of hundred in one go they seem to think they have this right to win and when they don't they moan. It's no different to the lottery (aside form lower odds) FFS!

For me, I stick with DCG or Aspire - the latter as I'd love one of their camper conversions

[DodgyGeezer]

The Aston on Revs is tempting - but £25 is a chunk

[Rod200SX]

phpe said:

My colleague's old BMW X4 has been bought by a local competition outlet and offered as part of a car/caravan combo prize

This lot seem to have a good reputation up here in Scotland for their draws, and I know of a good few local winners of some big ticket prizes

https://www.bountycompetitions.co.uk/competition/b...

I knew one of them very well and refuse to play out of morals (Friend's Ex) but credit where credit is due, they've done very well and have a good rep for it.

[Killer2005]

DodgyGeezer said:

The Aston on Revs is tempting - but £25 is a chunk

Giulia QV for me