With respect Ian I think we are are most of us well versed in the TV so called competitions and the way they work, these others are no different. All being businesses not charities.
Several charities use this form of competition including the 1M house one's,
I don't enter any of them or the Lottery as I know sufficient maths to know it's a losers game.
My point of posting this was to give someone a chance to join us Mogger's that may not have otherwise been able to fund one, at £9 a crack or free entry there is little to lose for those that like the game of chance..