Anybody won one of those car lotteries?

Anybody won one of those car lotteries?

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biggbn

23,386 posts

220 months

Saturday 27th November 2021
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OK, cheers for this info, I have misread the posts complaining about entries not being processed. I guess at my entry 'level' of a couple of contests a month I will jist keep paying for them...good luck all!!

Turkish91

1,088 posts

202 months

Sunday 28th November 2021
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Can someone explain to me how these postal entries work and how you know they’ve been processed?

I’m only really interested in the DCG ones as its the only page I buy tickets from currently

hairykrishna

13,168 posts

203 months

Sunday 28th November 2021
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You fill your details in on a postcard along with the answer - the website lists which details they want. Post it to them and then they give you a ticket number exactly as if you'd bought one.

griffin dai

3,201 posts

149 months

Sunday 28th November 2021
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GTR winner on DCG was the same guy who won the GTR/Touareg combo a few weeks ago! Mega lucky!!!!!

Previous

1,446 posts

154 months

Sunday 28th November 2021
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biggbn said:
Fair point, I had not realised I was so unregulated.
It's probably been asked before...

I always wonder with these, especially the smaller ones, how often they simply chuck a load of mates names into the hat for free.

They don't even need to rig the numbers or draw, a few free entries here and there and let statistics take care of the rest.

SteRB5138

173 posts

214 months

Sunday 28th November 2021
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griffin dai said:
GTR winner on DCG was the same guy who won the GTR/Touareg combo a few weeks ago! Mega lucky!!!!!
I watched the draw earlier, 2 R35s, Tourareg and £10k won in just over a month! I would do the Euromillions if I were him.

cadmunkey

458 posts

89 months

Monday 29th November 2021
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griffin dai said:
GTR winner on DCG was the same guy who won the GTR/Touareg combo a few weeks ago! Mega lucky!!!!!
What a lucky scumbag laugh

Its Just Adz

14,097 posts

209 months

Monday 29th November 2021
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griffin dai said:
GTR winner on DCG was the same guy who won the GTR/Touareg combo a few weeks ago! Mega lucky!!!!!
No way, that's just unfair on me.

ch37

10,642 posts

221 months

Tuesday 30th November 2021
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This site was mentioned some time ago...

https://racingcomps.co.uk/

Still claiming on their Facebook page that these are being drawn tomorrow. I can't see that happening, so it'll be interesting to see what they do. Their T&Cs seem to allow them to extend indefinitely.

Level 7 Boss

209 posts

136 months

Tuesday 30th November 2021
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What are Revcomps like with postals, they were quite poor with me when they changed their website. I desperately want to enter the M3 but think I'm too late.


Jimmy No Hands

5,011 posts

156 months

Tuesday 30th November 2021
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A mate of mine started a motorcross/dirt bike one of these. As far as I can see they barely sold out the first competition and seem to have packed it in. Saturated much? I think people really underestimate the advertising required for such a venture.

joropug

2,578 posts

189 months

Tuesday 30th November 2021
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Jimmy No Hands said:
A mate of mine started a motorcross/dirt bike one of these. As far as I can see they barely sold out the first competition and seem to have packed it in. Saturated much? I think people really underestimate the advertising required for such a venture.
Yeah a friend and I had the same idea starting with watches and tech before moving into cars - as soon as you start playing them you get hammered by adverts, in the trustpilot reviews of many sites you will see comments about how much they spend on advertising.

Once you start getting the adverts yourself you see just how many sites there are

ch37

10,642 posts

221 months

Tuesday 30th November 2021
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Sites like Rev Comps and Redline have mentioned spending thousands per draw on advertising and absolutely hammering the ads in the final few hours to get comps sold out.

BTCC_racer

186 posts

43 months

Tuesday 30th November 2021
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Level 7 Boss said:
What are Revcomps like with postals, they were quite poor with me when they changed their website. I desperately want to enter the M3 but think I'm too late.
Hit and miss from my personal experience.

Level 7 Boss

209 posts

136 months

Tuesday 30th November 2021
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joropug said:
Yeah a friend and I had the same idea starting with watches and tech before moving into cars - as soon as you start playing them you get hammered by adverts, in the trustpilot reviews of many sites you will see comments about how much they spend on advertising.

Once you start getting the adverts yourself you see just how many sites there are
It's neigh on impossible to start up car/tech lottery site without a large pre-existing fan base. It could be incredibly lucrative mind, look at the Dreamcargiveaways balance sheet.

can't remember

1,078 posts

128 months

Tuesday 30th November 2021
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Avoid Bridges Classic Cars. They have had a niceish Merc 250 up for a few weeks. Nowhere near sold out so extended it by two weeks. Piss poor way to operate.

DodgyGeezer

40,482 posts

190 months

Tuesday 30th November 2021
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can't remember said:
Avoid Bridges Classic Cars. They have had a niceish Merc 250 up for a few weeks. Nowhere near sold out so extended it by two weeks. Piss poor way to operate.
I will say that an acquaintance of mine has won 2 cars from them which makes me interested - that said pushing out an end date does seem somewhat poor

joropug

2,578 posts

189 months

Tuesday 30th November 2021
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DodgyGeezer said:
I will say that an acquaintance of mine has won 2 cars from them which makes me interested - that said pushing out an end date does seem somewhat poor
I think a lot of us have started with a particular site because of a mate !

Extending a draw and completely ignoring postals - two massive red flags, no thanks!


ch37

10,642 posts

221 months

Wednesday 1st December 2021
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Racing Comps have pushed their Caterham season end date back to February. Still a big ask in my opinion, as that'll now come with months more advertising costs.

can't remember

1,078 posts

128 months

Wednesday 1st December 2021
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joropug said:
I think a lot of us have started with a particular site because of a mate !

Extending a draw and completely ignoring postals - two massive red flags, no thanks!
They caught my interest because they weren't offering the usual fare. I'd have gladly kept giving them my money but, when they extend dates, that's it for me. A lottery (because that's what it is) is a gamble. You put up the prize and a ticket price you think will earn you a profit, I consider if it's worth throwing away a few quid on and the likely chance I have of winning based on the tickets I think you will sell.

Changing the rules at the end of the draw is cheating. If they will do this, can you believe in the honesty of the draw?

Avoid Bridges Classic Cars.