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Hello my name is Rusty I am fairly new to this page and I am entering as many sweeps as I can per day I have started but I know by entering these I get alot of spam mail but how will I ever know if I win anything will they call me or email me or just ship out the prize! If anyone could help awnser the ?'s for me I would apprecitate it. Plus I have the worst luck in the world b/c I have never won anything! But it is not b/c of the lack of trying. Ty so much feel free to add me as a friend!

 Rusty

Rusty,

In my experience, you never know where the wins will come from and when you will win a big prize.  I get a lot of spam also and I sometimes have to risk missing a prize to keep my spam under control.  However, the big prizes will usually come by Fed-Ex or Priority Mail in the form of an affadavit (affy) to sign and return to be eligible to receive your prize.  You may also get a notification directly to your email inbox or in your snail mailbox, often with limited time to respond to claim your prize.  My two biggest wins were delivered by Fed-Ex within two days of each other - paperwork came first and then a few weeks later, the prizes arrived.

 A nice win here and there will keep you coming back, so try to be consistent with your sweeping.  Enter as many sweeps per day as you can.  It's more of a numbers game than a luck game, although luck never hurts!  This is a great site, well organized, with a lot of dedicated sweepers who can help you along the way.  Good Luck!

Hi Rusty, On your first point, there is a big difference between spam and opt-ins from the sponsor. Spam is totally unwanted email and usually comes from a foreign country (bad guys). Since we put up sweeps from quality name sponsor, they will send newsletters or advertisement. All of these you can opt-out under the Can-Spam Act.  The bad guys disregard every law there is.

With that said, the best wins is where you receive a telephone call. If you receive a call, the odds are pretty good that it will be a big prize. The next best is special delivery or FedEx. The sponsor or administrator will send you the paper work, Affy and details about the sweep and prize. Last is a email notification method.

Last, luck has nothing to do with winning a sweepstakes or prize.  Winning the big sweeps is a numbers game. If you want to win a car, it is about entering not in one sweep but think in terms of entering in 20 or more sweeps with a car prize per year. I have won 2 trucks but never have won a iPod or Zune which I really wanted.  So I can say the truck wins is no more about good luck than I can say that not winning the iPod is about bad luck. I can say that there was a mathamatical chance that either could happen. I have seen steaks of both kinds in sweeping, both winning and non-winning. If you keep your entry basket full, one day you entry will be picked.

Thanks for the question,

Mr. Sweepy