competitions in magazines do people genuinely win?

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you know like in take a break or the crosswords in bella magazine. have you eve won or know someone who won?

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yes they do! At least on all the magazines I ever worked on, they did.

EXCEPT those ones with a 'lucky number' on the cover.

Those are actually a bit of a con. The mag (and/or the companies that are offering the luxury holiday prize or whatever) takes out insurance against someone claiming the prize.
I don't think I can ever remember anyone claiming one of those.

The chances of the person who buys the one and only mag with the lucky number being alert/bothered enough to ring in and claim are very very remote.

thanx. i wondered because at one time i entered everything going and won nothing

will try again then!