'I enter competitions for a living - I've won over £35k worth of prizes including cash and holidays'

Meet the mum who enters competitions for a living - and has won over £35k worth of prizes including cash, gift cards, holidays and tailored suits.

Rebecca MacBain, 37, says she first started entering competitions while on maternity leave in 2016 - and after her first win was hooked. And when she went back to work and realised she was spending £800 per month on childcare, she decided to quit her job and enter competitions full-time.

She now won thousands of pounds worth of prizes - and says "comping" has allowed her to give her family experiences she could never have afforded. They have been on holidays to Poland and Milan as a result of Rebecca's competition entries.

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And she even won a £1k luxury suit for husband Rod MacBain, 54, as well as clothes, toys and pet products.

The mum-of-two says she finds the competitions she enters through Facebook groups, newsletters and websites and says there's a huge community of compers who support each other.

Rebecca, from Preston, Lancs., said: "It's an absolute buzz, it doesn't matter if it's a big prize or a little prize, it's all the same buzz. It means I can give my family something I wouldn't usually be able to give them.

"Anyone can do it, you just have to get started. The first thing I won was in 2016, I had a eureka moment when I was on maternity leave and had a bit of extra time and it went from there really.

"I quit my job and started entering more competitions I've won holidays to Poland and Milan, cash prizes, clothes and vouchers. The best prize I've won was a trip to the Isle of Man, it was just beautiful and the company that ran it paid for everything - food,