A MOTHER has quit her job to enter competitions full-time after raking in £250,000 of prizes.
Di Coke chucked in her freelance graphic designer job and work-from-home social media manager role to spend her days trying to win contests.
The 40-year-old, who lives near Preston Park in Brighton, spends about two hours a day entering about 400 competitions a week, which brings in £15,000 a year.
Mrs Coke got the bug after winning an all-expenses-paid trip to Iceland 17 years ago and began blogging about her successes – offering tips to other ‘compers’ on her blog Superlucky.me.
Speaking to The Argus during a family holiday in Lanzarote yesterday, she said: “I realised it was an experience money couldn’t buy and I wanted more.
“My winnings fund luxury treats, not everyday essentials, but I do win lots of clothing and supermarket vouchers.”
Some of her most lavish winnings include a £13,000 VW Beetle, £7,500 in cash, VIP Glastonbury tickets and a butler for the weekend worth £500.
Mrs Coke even managed to furnish her home, where she lives with husband Rob, 42, and their four-year-old son Ryland, through her winnings.
Some prizes have been won in Sussex but she is yet to win a competition in The Argus. She says she will keep trying.
She used her local knowledge to bag a free holiday to New York – her fourth so far – with Gatwick Airport by entering a photo competition.
Entrants were asked to submit an American themed picture of themselves – so she visited JB’s Diner, in King’s Road, Brighton, for the perfect backdrop.
She said: “I’ve won a lot of photo contests with a snap of Brighton seafront.”
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