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Discussion Boards => Off-Topic => Topic started by: countrygirl12 on March 23, 2014, 05:18:29 pm
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I am just curious as to if any of you have ever won any contests or sweepstakes? I have been entering for years. All kinds of contests. Even local drawings. I have never won anything. EVER! And then like with the lottery I see where the same person wins in excess of a million dollars like 3 times. They don't even need the money. I don't understand why somebody who is struggling can't win some of these sweeps.
Thoughts?
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I have won several sweepstakes and scratch off lotto.... One funny moment was when I was a teenager and was around the checkout counter waiting for the cashier to finish the line of customer to get my families cart, I pressed one of the scratch off lotto and to my surprise it popped out one $1 lotto... Since I was underage, I gave the lotto to my parents but I was the one scratching the lotto off... I won the lotto and the total earning was $1... I guess my parents was $1 richer..
The other sweepstakes I won is from Swagbucks sweepstakes... I try aiming for Amazon/paypal rewards
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I won a 25.00 american express gc ,but that is about it.I've seen on tv people who enter 4 hrs a day.Seems like alot of time and they always say they win.Funny what you can win from live chickens to expensive cars. I'd probably win the chickens.
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I won a portable TV one time from an office supply company we did business with. I guess there weren't that many entries. I used to be lucky and won a couple of things when I sent in post cards or plain paper to enter sweepstakes. I won a children's computer. That was during the 80s so it was nothing like there is now. What I really need to do is REMEMBER to enter the lotto!
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One of my new hobbies is entering sweepstakes. I've been at it for two years now. When I first started it took a while for me to get my first win. Do not give up! Whenever I'm close to giving up, I get a surprise in the mail and it gets me motivated all over again.
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I actually won a sweepstakes a few months ago. It was from another survey site. Every time you take a survey, your name is entered into a daily, weekly and monthly sweepstakes drawing. I won the daily sweepstakes prize drawing of $100. I received an email notifying me of my winnings and at first I thought it was a scam. But it was not a scam. I did win. I was pleasantly surprised to say the least. That was the first time I ever won a contest or sweepstakes and probably the last time.
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Nope i have never won any sweepstakes but i have won on scratch offs the most i got once was $50 which i was excited about since it was only a 2 dollar card.
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yes- but they've all been minor. The first one i won was when i was 8 or 9 and my school was hosting a parent meeting and there was a $70 raffle.
over the past few years, I've won DVD's, books, gift bags and points from reward sites. I've never won a local lottery or anything like that.
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Congrats to those who have won. I have entered all kinds of online sweeps. Usually all I win are calls from telemarketers. That is when those online numbers you can get for free that goes straight to voice mail comes in handy. lol. Idk. I saw where the same couple had won the lotto 3 times in the past month. Once was like a million, another was 50,000 and then they won another time. I don't under stand why people who don't even need the money keep winning and someone who could really use it and would use it for good can't catch a break. And I am not talking lotto there but just entering contests where the prize is like 50,000 cash.
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I have never won any contests or sweepstakes but I keep on trying. I like to enter the home improvement sweepstakes. One day I will win.
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I have never won any contests. In today's market I think all the contests and sweepstakes they offer is just a scam to get all your pertinent information so that you are bombarded with unwanted info. A lot of businesses do sell your info.
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nope never. i cant even win on the dollar scratch off lottery tickets!!!!
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Not really but would love to.
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I've never won any sweeptstakes or contest. However, I've received a ton of free samples but I guess that is not the same.
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I have never won any contests. In today's market I think all the contests and sweepstakes they offer is just a scam to get all your pertinent information so that you are bombarded with unwanted info. A lot of businesses do sell your info.
Sadly I believe this is the truth. I think the winners are hand picked.
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I've never won any sweeptstakes or contest. However, I've received a ton of free samples but I guess that is not the same.
Free samples are not the same as a big win but it is a nice surprise to go to the mail box and get a useful free sample. Or to think you are getting a dinky free sample and you actually get a full sized product. Oh yay! That happened once years ago. It was some kind of new cracker snack thing. I am just really in need of some money right now and would put it to good use. Not just for myself but someone else who really needs some help right now. And like someone else said - I can't even win a stinkin dollar on a scratch off ticket. Not that I buy them all the time. lol
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I don't think I've ever won a contest or sweepstakes. I think a lot of contests and sweepstakes are scams..just to get your info.
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i never win anything,,,smh :'(
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I don't normally play Lotto unless I dream of the numbers. The time I did that, I gave the numbers to my husband to play and we won $200. I'm also a member of another community online and every two weeks they give away a $25 Visa Card. I've been lucky enough to win that TWICE already!
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I have won a few small lottery tickets, largest was $400.00. Also so some scratchers. Usually come out alright at the casinos. But Hubby has beat me on winning big. We were at a friends of the NRA banquet last Sat and he won the guns of the year. He was in shock for a couple of days. He only bought 1 ticket. Great door prize.
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I have won a few door prize drawings at trade shows. The best ever was $250. I would not go to a lot of trouble or waste a stamp to enter contests as the odds of winning are not very good, but if it is easy and free-- what do you have to lose--although I have learned to avoid some of those sweepstakes that bury you in follow-up emails.
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I hear ya!!! I've entered contests and such many, many times over the years but never win anything. Sometimes I just think its to get more viewers or subscribers to whatever company is "giving away" the prize. Not too sure anymore.
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I have never won and sweepstakes or contests though i have been involved in many... My friend a few years back won 10000 on a scratch off though that was very exciting even though i wasnt getting an money lol
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It's funny, the only one I ever won was one I didn't know I entered. When graduating college they entered us in a drawing when we picked up our cap and gown. When they called and told me I won something I thought it was a friend playing a joke on me. lol
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I enter all those sweepstakes and contests but I never win anything. It's nice to hear that someone does. I always wonder if anyone wins.
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I have never won and sweepstakes or contests though i have been involved in many... My friend a few years back won 10000 on a scratch off though that was very exciting even though i wasnt getting an money lol
My aunt works in a gas station and a girl she worked with bought a $1 scratch off ticket and she won $10,000. I thought that was pretty cool. All I do if I buy a scratch off ticket is trade my $1 for a worthless piece of paper. :(
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I've often asked myself the same question. My inbox is flooded with Publishers Clearing house, right now I simply just delete them all, are these so called winners real or paid actors??