ITV ran competitions that left more than 40,000 people with no chance of winning, it has been revealed.
“ITV failed to follow proper procedures and this led to a clear breach of our rules, which require all broadcast competitions to be conducted fairly.”
“The six competitions amount to roughly one third of one per cent of our competitions since 2014, and a tiny fraction of total entries.”
A spokeswoman for the TV watchdog said: “Our investigation found that people who entered these competitions by post were excluded from the draw, with no chance of winning.