You keep a separate social-media account for competitions. It stops your friends’ feeds filling up with giveaways, and lets you enter without sharing photographs of your family. Then you win something — and the organiser … Read More
You have finally received the email every comper hopes for: congratulations, you have won. Then another thought arrives. What happens to your benefits? A competition win can affect means-tested benefits, but it does not automatically … Read More
Hello! Remember me? 👋 I feel as though I should probably start this post with a rather large apology, because it has been a ridiculously long time since I last updated Online Competition. My last … Read More
A page promising hundreds of instant prizes can still offer a very small chance of winning. To understand the odds, you need to know how entries are allocated, how many can win and what the … Read More
Instant-win competitions tell you promptly whether an entry has won, making them different from draws where everyone waits for a closing date. The quick result can be appealing, but the entry rules and prize conditions … Read More
Hello, fellow compers! If you’re reading this, chances are you’ve felt the thrill of entering a competition – and probably also some frustration when “free” competitions weren’t quite as free as they seemed. Today, I … Read More