Anybody won one of those car lotteries?

Anybody won one of those car lotteries?

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wst

3,494 posts

160 months

Monday 28th September 2020
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...16 pixels out from having to find space for a Nissan GTR. That stings a bit!

The Moose

22,821 posts

208 months

Monday 28th September 2020
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Glenn63 said:
Ah i don’t watch football no wonder I was baffled!
I don't watch football either!

anonymous-user

53 months

Monday 28th September 2020
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BOTB are doing +50k as well which makes it slighty more attractive.

Legacywr

12,017 posts

187 months

Monday 28th September 2020
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Glenn63 said:
On a slight different note, playing botb this question/riddle whatever it is has stumped me anyone have a clue? Don’t know if aloud to post it etc so admin delete if not,

I’m lost? What is this?

Glenn63

2,732 posts

83 months

Monday 28th September 2020
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Legacywr said:
Glenn63 said:
On a slight different note, playing botb this question/riddle whatever it is has stumped me anyone have a clue? Don’t know if aloud to post it etc so admin delete if not,

I’m lost? What is this?
It’s the question you have to answer to enter BOTB lifestyle competition.

James B

1,300 posts

243 months

Wednesday 30th September 2020
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I was watching a YT video and a BOTB ad came on so I decided to play for the first time in a year or so.

This was for a Taycan Turbo + £50k. 6 pixels off! Got all my money back as they were all within the zone 1. Would have made for a nice week had it come off.


DustedNerd

1 posts

35 months

Saturday 17th April 2021
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I keep trying these car comps, 7 days performance and such, after 3 years of entering at least 4 a week without winning sod all i had to give up, especially when i saw how much I'd spent, i could've bought something like a lambo or range rover or similar with how much i spent lol. So it shows yea the odds are good but i absolutely guarantee i can't win lol

AJB88

12,269 posts

170 months

Saturday 17th April 2021
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Glenn63 said:
It’s the question you have to answer to enter BOTB lifestyle competition.
London I reckon

irocfan

40,153 posts

189 months

Saturday 17th April 2021
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DustedNerd said:
I keep trying these car comps, 7 days performance and such, after 3 years of entering at least 4 a week without winning sod all i had to give up, especially when i saw how much I'd spent, i could've bought something like a lambo or range rover or similar with how much i spent lol. So it shows yea the odds are good but i absolutely guarantee i can't win lol
I can see that it could be very tempting to enter quite a few comps a week ('reasonable odds') so for me I'll now only enter if it's something I actually would want to keep so (perversely I guess) no lambos/BMW X-whatever/Audi Q-whatever, but a Peugeot RCZ (for example) or a 240Z (there was one up a few months ago) would be a definite entry



ETA - I hate you!!! Just seen this comp...

https://dreamcargiveaways.co.uk/current-competitio...

Edited by irocfan on Saturday 17th April 19:02

scottyfocus

153 posts

81 months

Saturday 17th April 2021
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I've always been very wary of these types of sites although I did used to dabble on DCG as it seemed as legit as you could possibly get.

When you think about it they must be making a killing so why they would risk being dodgy just doesn't make sense.

That being said I haven't entered a draw since a lad I know (Who owns his own software/engineer company) won there. The very next day the website was down for a load of upgrades.

It's obviously nothing but its clearly stuck in my subconscious as i haven't entered since.

joropug

2,547 posts

188 months

Saturday 17th April 2021
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I've now won 2 watches, some furniture and half a car through a joint venture with my brother.

I have however since these spent FAR too much so I'm winding back my spending and going cold turkey for a while.

200Plus Club

10,673 posts

277 months

Saturday 17th April 2021
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joropug said:
I've now won 2 watches, some furniture and half a car through a joint venture with my brother.

I have however since these spent FAR too much so I'm winding back my spending and going cold turkey for a while.
How many tickets did you buy to gain a realistic chance of winning tho, are you still up or breaking even ?

joropug

2,547 posts

188 months

Sunday 18th April 2021
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200Plus Club said:
How many tickets did you buy to gain a realistic chance of winning tho, are you still up or breaking even ?
Watch #1 I had 20x 99p out of 6000 =1/300

Furniture had 3x£2.20 out of 499 = 1/166

Watch #2 I had 2x 3.99 out of 699 = 1/350

Car we had 12 tickets each at 99p, 24/13000 ISH so 1/540 roughly

I reckon I have spent 3k but I don't dare add it up, I think that's about right though and it's far more than I would like to have staked I got carried away.

I sold the furniture and the second watch, the deal with my bro was whoever's ticket wins keeps the car but gives the other a £4k consolation prize, so I'm definitely up and have a nice watch so I'm happy.

Definitely reigning it in for a while though...

Edited by joropug on Sunday 18th April 08:34

200Plus Club

10,673 posts

277 months

Sunday 18th April 2021
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A good insight though really ta.

Mark8815

205 posts

81 months

Sunday 18th April 2021
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joropug said:
I've now won 2 watches, some furniture and half a car through a joint venture with my brother.

I have however since these spent FAR too much so I'm winding back my spending and going cold turkey for a while.
Just out of curiosity, what car did you win?

coffeebreath

181 posts

92 months

Sunday 18th April 2021
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What I don't understand about these raffles is that a lot of them have an option in the T&Cs to apply in writing, free of charge. What's up with that?

https://dreamcargiveaways.co.uk/postal-entry-route...

twizellb

2,774 posts

211 months

Sunday 18th April 2021
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The_Nugget said:
Mr Tidy said:
Bought an entry to BOTB once for a bit of a laugh!

And amazingly enough I didn't win. biglaugh

I had to buy the entry before I found out it was basically a "Spot the Ball" competition. rolleyes

I may be cynical, but I can't help thinking that by the time all the entry fees have been collected the "prize" has already been funded!

IMO these sort of things seem like a scam - just save the entry fees until you can buy what you want.
Yeah, that’s right just save up your 20 quids until you can buy a £100k car.
Also the lottery, don’t know why people play. Why don’t they save up their £2 until they have £4million instead?
First prize must have been a Z4 that weekbiggrin

joropug

2,547 posts

188 months

Sunday 18th April 2021
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coffeebreath said:
What I don't understand about these raffles is that a lot of them have an option in the T&Cs to apply in writing, free of charge. What's up with that?

https://dreamcargiveaways.co.uk/postal-entry-route...
They have to so they aren't classed as a lottery. Timing isn't always in your favour and it's a bit of effort but I do some postal ones too and they're usually accepted.

joropug

2,547 posts

188 months

Sunday 18th April 2021
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Mark8815 said:
Just out of curiosity, what car did you win?
My brother technically but an Abarth 595. Great little car

anonymous-user

53 months

Sunday 18th April 2021
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coffeebreath said:
What I don't understand about these raffles is that a lot of them have an option in the T&Cs to apply in writing, free of charge. What's up with that?

https://dreamcargiveaways.co.uk/postal-entry-route...
would be classed as a lottery and need a licence.