In reply to Post #75
Yup, nothing stopping anyone starting one. FB is flooded with them, obviously not just fishing gear.
Yup, nothing stopping anyone starting one. FB is flooded with them, obviously not just fishing gear.
In reply to Post #74
I'd switch and pick 3 🤣
I'd switch and pick 3 🤣
In reply to Post #74
Quote... Very few people understand even the most simple odds.
The radio competitions I quoted before. If you ask the average man in the street what these competition's are about in the run up to Xmas, to a man they would all tell you it's the radio giving away Christmas free money. What they do not understand, is that was the good old days. It's not like that anymore.
To answer the question, so easy my dog could answer it.... You will be kept on the line for 4mins1sec, at £2.50-£5 per minute. They are raking in £500k, and giving away £50k.
The man in the street truly imagines this is Christmas goodwill from the radio station. Members of my own family included. A competition company runs the game, not the radio. It's not done for goodwill.
We are 100% becoming less intelligent as a species.
Quote... Very few people understand even the most simple odds.
The radio competitions I quoted before. If you ask the average man in the street what these competition's are about in the run up to Xmas, to a man they would all tell you it's the radio giving away Christmas free money. What they do not understand, is that was the good old days. It's not like that anymore.
To answer the question, so easy my dog could answer it.... You will be kept on the line for 4mins1sec, at £2.50-£5 per minute. They are raking in £500k, and giving away £50k.
The man in the street truly imagines this is Christmas goodwill from the radio station. Members of my own family included. A competition company runs the game, not the radio. It's not done for goodwill.
We are 100% becoming less intelligent as a species.
Andy Peters has a lot to answer for. 
I'd have stuck with door 1, it's now 50/50 and why would the host have any interest in you winning 🤔
I'd have stuck with door 1, it's now 50/50 and why would the host have any interest in you winning 🤔
In reply to Post #79
Not 50:50, odds are now 33:67, against you.
Not 50:50, odds are now 33:67, against you.
In reply to Post #80
This is why I don't gamble, I couldn't see that. 2 choices, only one of them wins and its not 50/50 ?
This is why I don't gamble, I couldn't see that. 2 choices, only one of them wins and its not 50/50 ?
Your not following Moosh tips by any chance TC...LOL...??
Regards Tad.
Regards Tad.
In reply to Post #78
Thing gets me with the radio competitions, ow they aren't always open about telling you the competition is actually across multiple radio stations. People think they are just phoning into Heart FM, putting you against the other listeners of Heart FM, but the reality is the competition is across the network, maybe 5 or 6 other stations full of listeners to contend with.
Thing gets me with the radio competitions, ow they aren't always open about telling you the competition is actually across multiple radio stations. People think they are just phoning into Heart FM, putting you against the other listeners of Heart FM, but the reality is the competition is across the network, maybe 5 or 6 other stations full of listeners to contend with.
In reply to Post #83
The call for these radio comps takes 1 minute and is free........
The call for these radio comps takes 1 minute and is free........
I was on about 50 yrs ago when I was 7 yrs old and I gave out the wins to the old girls who played bingo in my aunts arcade in jaywick by ping ball balls,not by some electronic con..and mobile phone
In reply to Post #83
For sure Leroy, but if someone is giving away £500k and the listernership of Jazz FM is 500k it has to be across the network. And as Mark was saying, these comps are done by outside companies. They need to take in more than £500k to make it work.
Recently, Jazz FM were giving away huge sums and only their listnership were involved. I personally couldn't see how they did it.
For sure Leroy, but if someone is giving away £500k and the listernership of Jazz FM is 500k it has to be across the network. And as Mark was saying, these comps are done by outside companies. They need to take in more than £500k to make it work.
Recently, Jazz FM were giving away huge sums and only their listnership were involved. I personally couldn't see how they did it.
In reply to Post #84
Quote.... The call for these radio comps takes 1 minute and is free........
£2 per text plus network charges. Online packages to enter start at £2. Enter as many times as you want. People can spend their entire giro on it, no one is checking.
"Be careful not to enter after the comp closes, as we will still take your money and you will still be charged".
Or maybe you are correct, and the goodwill fairies are printing the money in Santas grotto, just to give it away to you for free Wayne. The free £100 you won was advertising. An investment into turning you into a gambling addict. Once you get the taste for the win, they will get that £100 back ten thousand fold.
It's the same reason Bookmakers will double or treble your initial first time deposit as a new customer. Make you feel special. Get your heart pumping.
Quote.... The call for these radio comps takes 1 minute and is free........
£2 per text plus network charges. Online packages to enter start at £2. Enter as many times as you want. People can spend their entire giro on it, no one is checking.
"Be careful not to enter after the comp closes, as we will still take your money and you will still be charged".
Or maybe you are correct, and the goodwill fairies are printing the money in Santas grotto, just to give it away to you for free Wayne. The free £100 you won was advertising. An investment into turning you into a gambling addict. Once you get the taste for the win, they will get that £100 back ten thousand fold.
It's the same reason Bookmakers will double or treble your initial first time deposit as a new customer. Make you feel special. Get your heart pumping.
Ask yourself why these competition companies are offering all these massive prizes specifically in the run up to Christmas? Be that on radio, or online?
Because they are tapping into the need for families to have a better Christmas, that's why. The whole thing is run on pushing a better life to people who are not so well off. Through gambling.
"Look at my posh fishing van, do you want my posh van that you cannot afford? Pay me lots of money and I'll enter you into a draw where the odds of winning my van are 10 billion to one." "You need to trust me that everything is pukka, just look at my Teflon smile again".
There are SPECIFIC gambling laws and legislation to protect against gaming companies doing that. These companies are skirting these laws. Bookies can't show you a mega expensive carp set up in adverts, telling you if you pop inside and risk your months wages so you might be able to win that set up. Specific laws against it to protect vulnerable people. Laws which are being circumnavigated, for the hosts benefit. Not the benefit of any vulnerable people that it's chewing up and destroying along the way.
If you want to know why every sausage is now opening a competition company, this is why. Easy money.
Because they are tapping into the need for families to have a better Christmas, that's why. The whole thing is run on pushing a better life to people who are not so well off. Through gambling.
"Look at my posh fishing van, do you want my posh van that you cannot afford? Pay me lots of money and I'll enter you into a draw where the odds of winning my van are 10 billion to one." "You need to trust me that everything is pukka, just look at my Teflon smile again".
There are SPECIFIC gambling laws and legislation to protect against gaming companies doing that. These companies are skirting these laws. Bookies can't show you a mega expensive carp set up in adverts, telling you if you pop inside and risk your months wages so you might be able to win that set up. Specific laws against it to protect vulnerable people. Laws which are being circumnavigated, for the hosts benefit. Not the benefit of any vulnerable people that it's chewing up and destroying along the way.
If you want to know why every sausage is now opening a competition company, this is why. Easy money.
In reply to Post #85
Quote.... I was on about 50 yrs ago when I was 7 yrs old and I gave out the wins to the old girls who played bingo in my aunts arcade in jaywick by ping ball balls,not by some electronic con..and mobile phone
50 years ago everything was straight up mate. People were being conned sure in gambling games, it's always gone on. But not on a scale like today.
The reason these fecks can all get away with what they do, is because we are all pre programmed that this stuff could not be happening to us. Because of 50 years ago likke you mentioned. Or 30 years ago. We are still far to trusting about the world we live in, due to past experiences. The past is long gone.
Since the internet, things changed. The computerisation of gambling is one of the biggest cons in the history of mankind.
Quote.... I was on about 50 yrs ago when I was 7 yrs old and I gave out the wins to the old girls who played bingo in my aunts arcade in jaywick by ping ball balls,not by some electronic con..and mobile phone
50 years ago everything was straight up mate. People were being conned sure in gambling games, it's always gone on. But not on a scale like today.
The reason these fecks can all get away with what they do, is because we are all pre programmed that this stuff could not be happening to us. Because of 50 years ago likke you mentioned. Or 30 years ago. We are still far to trusting about the world we live in, due to past experiences. The past is long gone.
Since the internet, things changed. The computerisation of gambling is one of the biggest cons in the history of mankind.
In reply to Post #88
Apologies, I was taking about the reyo comps (kisstory, kiss etc)
It's free to enter via phone or post.......the call is charged at standard rate from mobiles which is a free number.......
The £100 free comps are like you say a tempter to spend more.......the one I won had spend a £1 on same order and win a 65 inch TV too.......which I didn't do as I have more than enough TVs in my house.....
Easy money is to hard to ignore.......does make me laugh reading comments on the FB pages of these comps though as some people are so stupid they expect to win the cars when they have 199999 tickets up for grabs.......those odds make it extremely unlikely you will win but someone has too every time......
Apologies, I was taking about the reyo comps (kisstory, kiss etc)
It's free to enter via phone or post.......the call is charged at standard rate from mobiles which is a free number.......
The £100 free comps are like you say a tempter to spend more.......the one I won had spend a £1 on same order and win a 65 inch TV too.......which I didn't do as I have more than enough TVs in my house.....
Easy money is to hard to ignore.......does make me laugh reading comments on the FB pages of these comps though as some people are so stupid they expect to win the cars when they have 199999 tickets up for grabs.......those odds make it extremely unlikely you will win but someone has too every time......