Anyone can become an e-millionaire and you don't need any business sense to manage it.

The number of online competitions, draws and quizzes increases daily on the Internet and all you have to do is log on.

The most high-profile of the sites must be the lottery site www.bananalotto.com which offers an online prize of £1m and has been advertising heavily on television.

All you have to do is visit the site, choose your numbers and then take a look at one of the adverts on the site to be entered into the lottery.

Another site along the same lines is www.winamilliondollars.com where you can enter regular sweepstakes. But if prizes rather than cash is what you are after, check out www.winfreestuff.com where you can enter draws for everything from luxury cars to gadgets and gift certificates by just supplying your e-mail address.

Most of these sites rely on advertisers for cash so entrants should expect some promotional material by e-mail in return.

For people who want to take part in a competition rather than just strike it rich by chance, The Northern Echo's own web site has this week launched a cash prize treasure hunt.

WebQuest has been launched following the huge success of the EchoQuest treasure trail which proved to be popular with thousands of our Internet readers during the past six weeks.

The WebQuest contest, devised by the creators of EchoQuest, costs £5 to enter with the prize money coming from the entry fees. To take part people need to register to get the passwords which will open up the clues from midday on Saturday, September 2.