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A sweepstake is technically a lottery in which the prize is financed through the tickets sold. In the United States the word has become associated with promotions where prizes are given away for free. In other words, they specifically do not require a purchase to enter (these are called prize draws in the United Kingdom). Sweepstakes sponsors are very careful to dis-associate themselves from any suggestion that players must pay to enter, as this would bring them into conflict with lottery laws. The popularity of the term sweepstakes may derive from the Irish Sweepstakes, which was very popular throughout the world from the 1930s to the 1980s.
Sweepstakes typically involve aggressive enticements to enter a contest for fantastically large prizes; there should be no cost to the entrant to enter for the prize, with the exception of possibly being placed on a promotional mailing list. Winners should also not be required to pay a fee of any type to receive their prize.
Among the commonly known sweepstakes in the United States are the American Family Publishers Sweepstakes, Publisher's Clearing House and Reader's Digest Sweepstakes, each of which strongly persuade entrants to purchase magazine subscriptions by placing stickers on contest entry cardstock, while promising multi-million dollar winners who will be "announced on TV". The American Family Publishers sweepstakes has traditionally used paid advertisements during NBC's The Tonight Show to announce its grand prize winners (for many years, its celebrity spokesman was Ed McMahon).
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Contests and Sweepstakes :: Gambling
Weekends are for #weddingplanning: trying to score some wedding sweepstakes and contests, LOL! #LOVEinatimeofRecession
calvinwilliams3 (C.M.Williams III) Fri, 22 Jan 2010 22:29:44 -0000
Weekends are for #weddingplanning: trying to score some wedding sweepstakes and contests, LOL! #LOVEinatimeofRecession
Sweepstakes, Giveaways, and Surveys http://bit.ly/8pn5dO #money #frugal #contests
cheapogroovo (cheapogroovo) Fri, 22 Jan 2010 22:17:59 -0000
Sweepstakes, Giveaways, and Surveys http://bit.ly/8pn5dO #money #frugal #contests
RT @AboutHobbies: Contests Relax and Unwind in a Breathtaking Montana Resort with Eukanuba's Sweepstakes: Eukanuba and Men's Health ... http://bit.ly/8R03Wb
krenda (Krenda Frushour) Fri, 22 Jan 2010 03:53:16 -0000
RT @AboutHobbies: Contests Relax and Unwind in a Breathtaking Montana Resort with Eukanuba's Sweepstakes: Eukanuba and Men's Health ... http://bit.ly/8R03Wb
RT @BMcCaskillYES: VOTE FOR BRANDON & KIARRA-> http://www.mtvu.com/on-campus/contests-sweepstakes/oscars/brandon-mccaskill-and-kiarra-hart/
jrbland (James Bland) Thu, 21 Jan 2010 21:36:24 -0000
RT @BMcCaskillYES: VOTE FOR BRANDON & KIARRA-> http://www.mtvu.com/on-campus/contests-sweepstakes/oscars/brandon-mccaskill-and-kiarra-hart/
Contests Relax and Unwind in a Breathtaking Montana Resort with Eukanuba's Sweepstakes: Eukanuba and Men's Health ... http://bit.ly/8R03Wb
AboutHobbies (About Hobbies) Thu, 21 Jan 2010 21:01:27 -0000
Contests Relax and Unwind in a Breathtaking Montana Resort with Eukanuba's Sweepstakes: Eukanuba and Men's Health ... http://bit.ly/8R03Wb
@JustJeter http://www.mtvu.com/on-campus/contests-sweepstakes/oscars/brandon-mccaskill-and-kiarra-hart/
kaybhart (Kay B. Hart) Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:04:25 -0000
@JustJeter http://www.mtvu.com/on-campus/contests-sweepstakes/oscars/brandon-mccaskill-and-kiarra-hart/
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