What Happens To Used Competition Postcards?
What started off as a mystery text message has now developed into a serious data protection issue for postcard compers. On the 19th April 2008, Midastouch reported that she’d received a random text message from ‘Dave’, who we’ll call the mystery mobile man. She soon learnt that the mystery mobile man had found her details, [...]
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Wedding Winners Divorced From Prize!
We like finding strange competition stories and this one from This is South Wales highlights why honesty is the best policy, but if you can’t be honest (shame on you) then keep your mouth firmly shut, especially on the web!
According to the report the original winners of an all expenses paid wedding became divorced from [...]
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Compers To Be Hit By New Competitions Tax
UK compers face the prospect of having to pay tax on their winnings and on their competition entries if new government tax proposals are finalised in The House of Lord. Under the scheme competition promoters would be forced to inform tax offices of entry details and winner details so that the new ‘compers tax’ can [...]
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Fanta To Launch Want It Win It on April 1st
Every year Fanta run a massive competition and 2008 is going to no exception as on April 1st they’re launching a great new giveaway. It’s called Want It Win It and the competition is running in association with Play.com. The competition will run from 1st April for 12 weeks - and there are loads of [...]
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Purely Creative Scratchcard Winner Gets £1million!
An article in The Sunday Mirror reports that lucky Lorna Carr has won £1million from a newspaper scratchcard. She spotted the scratchcard after it fell from her sunday newspaper magazine and had a go. The result was she became Purely Creative’s first million pound winner.
So who are Purely Creative?
Well, they’re the company who produce [...]
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