EP14 - Gadget to help win supermarket prizes

COMPETITION SCANNER: Brilliant or Bonkers?

Amanda wants a scanner that can detect winning tickets inside competition products BEFORE you open them. Is this brilliant entrepreneurship or bonkers cheating?

Amanda argues it's just smart use of technology—no different from checking if fruit is ripe before buying. Why leave winning to chance when you can use a precision scale or portable scanner to spot the extra weight of a golden ticket? It's spotting a market inefficiency and using your brain to exploit it.

Mark calls it bonkers. These competitions have ONE rule: random chance. Using a scanner breaks that social contract and ruins the magic for everyone else. Plus it's probably illegal. The ultimate test? Would Charlie Bucket have scanned Wonka Bars to find the Golden Ticket? Of course not—because winning through deception isn't really winning.

Where do YOU stand? Brilliant entrepreneurship or bonkers cheating? Let us know in the comments!