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A mom of 2 is playing her likelihood … for a living.
Rebecca MacBain is simply a stay-at-home mom who started entering giveaways and online competitions while connected maternity time off successful 2016.
The 37-year-old said nan first title she won was for a hamper afloat of babe products and clothes. That's erstwhile she was connected maternity leave, she told SWNS — truthful nan timing couldn't person been better.
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"I had a eureka infinitesimal erstwhile I was connected maternity leave and had a spot of other time," she said.
After MacBain returned to work, she said kid attraction was costing her complete $800 a month, truthful she decided to discontinue her occupation to beryllium a stay-at-home mom while entering these online giveaways.
A mom of 2 discontinue her full-time occupation to beryllium a stay-at-home mom and participate title giveaways. "I had a eureka moment," she said. (SWNS / SWNS)
"It’s an absolute buzz — it doesn’t matter if it’s a large prize aliases small prize," the Lancashire, England, resident noted to SWNS.
Now, MacBain said she spends astir 2 hours each time entering 100 competitions while her youngest kid naps.
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Over nan past 7 years of entering competitions done Facebook pages, newsletters and websites, she has accumulated complete $35,000 successful prize winnings, she reported.
Some of nan astir memorable items she’s received, she said, see a astir $1,000 luxury suit for her husband, positive different apparel arsenic good arsenic toys and pet products.
MacBain won a luxury suit for her hubby done 1 of her entries. (SWNS / SWNS)
Her favourite prize, however, was a travel to nan Isle of Man, which sits successful nan Irish Sea.
"It was conscionable beautiful, and nan institution that ran it paid for everything — food, nan compartment connected nan ferry, each nan kids’ activities — it was a awesome fewer days away," she told SWNS.
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MacBain said she's besides won trips to Poland and to Italy.
"It’s helping to amended my lifestyle."
"It’s fixed maine nan opportunity to do things we wouldn’t usually beryllium capable to do, truthful it’s helping to amended my lifestyle," she said.
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Although MacBain said nan prizes aren’t life-changing, they person allowed her and her family to recreation to places they mightiness not person been capable to spot without nan other help, she said.
The MacBains besides traveled to nan Isle of Man for free, acknowledgment to a giveaway that Rebecca MacBain won. (SWNS / SWNS)
"Without it, we astir apt wouldn’t beryllium capable to spend to spell connected [vacation] aliases connected other days out, truthful it helps money that," she said.
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MacBain said she's met galore different competitors online and mostly enters prize drawings done nan "Lucky Learners" page connected Facebook.
FOX Business reached retired to MacBain for further comment.
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