British man enters 1000 different competitions in 50 days, prizes prove elusive

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Sam Haysom
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On the internet, in magazines, printed on the back of chocolate bars – competitions are absolutely everywhere, but what would be your chances of actually winning if you bothered to enter any?

That was exactly what Cardiff-based YouTuber Andrew Lloyd set out to discover when he decided to enter a whopping 1000 competitions in 50 days, creating a film of his entire journey – from the initial motivation to the end result.

We're not going to spoil things by telling you how many contests he actually won, but we will say this – he doesn't come away the whole entirely empty-handed...

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