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Understanding Odds
One of the biggest factors in winning a sweepstake is the rules on who is eligible to enter. There are many states that do to restrictions, may not allow the sweep to be run in their state. Or the sponsoring company may not want to pursue it for legal reasons.
Below are the National Census population figures for the United States. If you see a sweep that is not offered in New York, and Florida, then the odds of winning in the other states would be approximately 12 percent greater. This is of course that the percentage of computers in the used is roughly the same in terms of percentage.
I show you this because there are many sweeps, based on the rules, can change the odds of winning. New York, Florida, Rhode Island, Alaska, and Hawaii are the states most often that you will see sweeps are void in. Utah will have restrictions on alcoholic beverage sponsors along with California and Tennessee in some cases. Puerto Rico which is included in this chart is nearly always excluded.
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Cumulative Estimates of Population Change for the United
States and States, and for Puerto Rico and National Rankings of States:
April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003 |
Geographic Area |
July 1, 2003 Population |
April 1, 2000 Population Estimates Base |
Numerical Population Change |
Percent Population Change |
July 1, 2003 Population National Rank |
April 1, 2000 Population National Rank |
Numerical Population Change National Rank |
Percent Population Change National Rank |
United States |
290,809,777 |
281,423,231 |
9,386,546 |
3.3 |
(X) |
(X) |
(X) |
(X) |
Alabama |
4,500,752 |
4,447,100 |
53,652 |
1.2 |
23 |
23 |
32 |
43 |
Alaska |
648,818 |
626,931 |
21,887 |
3.5 |
47 |
48 |
43 |
18 |
Arizona |
5,580,811 |
5,130,632 |
450,179 |
8.8 |
18 |
20 |
5 |
2 |
Arkansas |
2,725,714 |
2,673,398 |
52,316 |
2.0 |
32 |
33 |
33 |
28 |
California |
35,484,453 |
33,871,653 |
1,612,800 |
4.8 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
9 |
Colorado |
4,550,688 |
4,301,997 |
248,691 |
5.8 |
22 |
24 |
8 |
6 |
Connecticut |
3,483,372 |
3,405,584 |
77,788 |
2.3 |
29 |
29 |
27 |
26 |
Delaware |
817,491 |
783,600 |
33,891 |
4.3 |
45 |
45 |
38 |
12 |
District of Columbia |
563,384 |
572,059 |
-8,675 |
-1.5 |
50 |
50 |
51 |
51 |
Florida |
17,019,068 |
15,982,820 |
1,036,248 |
6.5 |
4 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
Georgia |
8,684,715 |
8,186,517 |
498,198 |
6.1 |
9 |
10 |
4 |
4 |
Hawaii |
1,257,608 |
1,211,537 |
46,071 |
3.8 |
42 |
42 |
35 |
17 |
Idaho |
1,366,332 |
1,293,956 |
72,376 |
5.6 |
39 |
39 |
29 |
7 |
Illinois |
12,653,544 |
12,419,570 |
233,974 |
1.9 |
5 |
5 |
11 |
31 |
Indiana |
6,195,643 |
6,080,506 |
115,137 |
1.9 |
14 |
14 |
21 |
30 |
Iowa |
2,944,062 |
2,926,382 |
17,680 |
0.6 |
30 |
30 |
44 |
48 |
Kansas |
2,723,507 |
2,688,814 |
34,693 |
1.3 |
33 |
32 |
37 |
40 |
Kentucky |
4,117,827 |
4,042,209 |
75,618 |
1.9 |
26 |
25 |
28 |
32 |
Louisiana |
4,496,334 |
4,468,958 |
27,376 |
0.6 |
24 |
22 |
42 |
47 |
Maine |
1,305,728 |
1,274,923 |
30,805 |
2.4 |
40 |
40 |
39 |
25 |
Maryland |
5,508,909 |
5,296,485 |
212,424 |
4.0 |
19 |
19 |
14 |
16 |
Massachusetts |
6,433,422 |
6,349,097 |
84,325 |
1.3 |
13 |
13 |
25 |
39 |
Michigan |
10,079,985 |
9,938,480 |
141,505 |
1.4 |
8 |
8 |
16 |
38 |
Minnesota |
5,059,375 |
4,919,485 |
139,890 |
2.8 |
21 |
21 |
17 |
21 |
Mississippi |
2,881,281 |
2,844,656 |
36,625 |
1.3 |
31 |
31 |
36 |
41 |
Missouri |
5,704,484 |
5,596,683 |
107,801 |
1.9 |
17 |
17 |
23 |
29 |
Montana |
917,621 |
902,195 |
15,426 |
1.7 |
44 |
44 |
45 |
34 |
Nebraska |
1,739,291 |
1,711,265 |
28,026 |
1.6 |
38 |
38 |
40 |
36 |
Nevada |
2,241,154 |
1,998,257 |
242,897 |
12.2 |
35 |
35 |
9 |
1 |
New Hampshire |
1,287,687 |
1,235,786 |
51,901 |
4.2 |
41 |
41 |
34 |
13 |
New Jersey |
8,638,396 |
8,414,347 |
224,049 |
2.7 |
10 |
9 |
12 |
23 |
New Mexico |
1,874,614 |
1,819,046 |
55,568 |
3.1 |
36 |
36 |
31 |
20 |
New York |
19,190,115 |
18,976,821 |
213,294 |
1.1 |
3 |
3 |
13 |
44 |
North Carolina |
8,407,248 |
8,046,451 |
360,797 |
4.5 |
11 |
11 |
6 |
10 |
North Dakota |
633,837 |
642,200 |
-8,363 |
-1.3 |
48 |
47 |
50 |
50 |
Ohio |
11,435,798 |
11,353,143 |
82,655 |
0.7 |
7 |
7 |
26 |
45 |
Oklahoma |
3,511,532 |
3,450,654 |
60,878 |
1.8 |
28 |
27 |
30 |
33 |
Oregon |
3,559,596 |
3,421,432 |
138,164 |
4.0 |
27 |
28 |
18 |
14 |
Pennsylvania |
12,365,455 |
12,281,054 |
84,401 |
0.7 |
6 |
6 |
24 |
46 |
Rhode Island |
1,076,164 |
1,048,319 |
27,845 |
2.7 |
43 |
43 |
41 |
24 |
South Carolina |
4,147,152 |
4,011,848 |
135,304 |
3.4 |
25 |
26 |
19 |
19 |
South Dakota |
764,309 |
754,844 |
9,465 |
1.3 |
46 |
46 |
47 |
42 |
Tennessee |
5,841,748 |
5,689,262 |
152,486 |
2.7 |
16 |
16 |
15 |
22 |
Texas |
22,118,509 |
20,851,790 |
1,266,719 |
6.1 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
5 |
Utah |
2,351,467 |
2,233,198 |
118,269 |
5.3 |
34 |
34 |
20 |
8 |
Vermont |
619,107 |
608,827 |
10,280 |
1.7 |
49 |
49 |
46 |
35 |
Virginia |
7,386,330 |
7,078,483 |
307,847 |
4.3 |
12 |
12 |
7 |
11 |
Washington |
6,131,445 |
5,894,141 |
237,304 |
4.0 |
15 |
15 |
10 |
15 |
West Virginia |
1,810,354 |
1,808,350 |
2,004 |
0.1 |
37 |
37 |
49 |
49 |
Wisconsin |
5,472,299 |
5,363,704 |
108,595 |
2.0 |
20 |
18 |
22 |
27 |
Wyoming |
501,242 |
493,782 |
7,460 |
1.5 |
51 |
51 |
48 |
37 |
Puerto Rico |
3,878,532 |
3,808,603 |
69,929 |
1.8 |
(X) |
(X) |
(X) |
(X) |
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There are other rules that can influence your odds. Age will come into play many times.
If the prize includes a trip to Las Vegas Nevada, most sweepstakes that include this trip to casinos will have a minimum age of 21. If you see a sweep that allows 13 to 18 year olds to enter, then this would hurt your odds if you are an adult.
The way I consider the odds of winning a big grand prize is not on the individual sweepstake but over a course of a full year. Why? If I enter a 1000 sweeps in a year with an average of 25,000 entries, then my odds of winning would be 1 in 25.
Now if you consider the rules averaged in, my odds might be closer to 1 in 23 or 24 of winning the grand prize. This is the key to why I have won so much.
Read the rules, understand which sweeps give you're the best odds of winning, and you can improve your chances of winning the big prize also. There are more factors that I will discuss in my tips that will help your improve your odds of winning. Look for more ideas in future tips.
Craig McDaniel.
Sweepstakes Today
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