Teenager Spends £121 On McDonald's In Bid To Win Monopoly Jackpot

On the day of the Grand National, it's worth noting that you'll never win big unless you put down some cash. Similarly, you'll never win the McDonald's Monopoly jackpot unless you buy some Maccies.

But one teenager decided to boost her odds of winning the £100,000 top prize by buying £121 worth of grub from the fast food chain - and it didn't work.

Saffron Barker, from Brighton, UK, filmed herself as she 'ripped her bank account', ordering 10 lots of french fries, dozens of doughnuts and shitloads of burgers, among other things. She basically ticked off the menu on the self service touchscreen.

YouTube/Saffron Barker

In the video, she said: "We've written down our list, this is literally going to rip my bank account but you never know it might be worth it from the prizes that we win.

"None of this food is going to go to waste. My family are friends are buzzing off the walls because I'm going to bring them McDonald's just so I can peel off the stickers."

But after peeling off the stickers once she got her hefty order home, Saffron realised the most she had won was a Kindle book and a few free meals... which wasn't quite what she was after.

In case you have no idea what McDonald's Monopoly is, an explanation: Basically, qualifying purchases come with a peel-back sticker attached to the packaging which have 'instant wins' on them or codes you can use online to claim bigger prizes. Others are 'collect to win' stickers, and you'll need two or three of these to bag a prize.

YouTube/Saffron Barker

Players can win all sorts, including MINI Cooper cars, Boohoo.com vouchers and City Breaks, as well as cash prizes ranging from £5 to £100,000. But yeah, Saffron didn't win any of that exciting stuff.

However, Saffron is perhaps not as daft as she may seem. For while she may have come away with nothing more than a few free meals and a Kindle book, the video of her doing so has racked up 796,000 views.

You see Saffron is a vlogger, with almost two million subscribers on YouTube, so all the Maccies was really just an investment for her video... speculating and accumulating right there.

If you wanna take a pop at the McDonald's Monopoly jackpot, you have until Tuesday 30 April and you must be at least 16 years old.

Topics: Food, UK News, McDonald’s, Fail

Jake Massey

Jake Massey is a journalist at LADbible. He graduated from Newcastle University, where he learnt a bit about media and a lot about living without heating. After spending a few years in Australia and New Zealand, Jake secured a role at an obscure radio station in Norwich, inadvertently becoming a real-life Alan Partridge in the process. From there, Jake became a reporter at the Eastern Daily Press. Jake enjoys playing football, listening to music and writing about himself in the third person.

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