Boop's First Prize: A Free Disney Vacation
There was No asking for money. It was a wonderful trip, actually the best one I've ever been on. And when the envelope came I was skeptical so I called to make sure it was legit & it was !!! The spon…
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Coachniquenya's Crazy Poem Won a Trip to NYC
I was extremely shocked and excited. I couldn't believe it because I never win ANYTHING. I was like WOW! I couldn't wait to tell my coworkers about the prize because they were with me all the way whe…
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78goldwing's First Win - A Stove from the Dough Boy
When I first got the call about winning I wouldn't believe it. That was followed up by a letter to take to my nearest Sears store to pick out the range we wanted & it wasn't until they verified it th…
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Jason A's First Win, Followed by a Great Vacation
The marketing group (Korman Marketing) that set up my air flights were awesome. They even paid for an extra seat on the flights to and from the ranch which in retro was extremely generous and came in…
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Linda's First Winning Experience: Being "Along for the Ride"
It wasn't me but my sister who won a grocery store giveaway, a trip to the Seattle World's Fair. I'll always remember flying first class and eating game Cornish hen for the first time. The Fair and S…
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GatoNegra's Most Exciting Wins
At first there is the disbelief. When I won the Sony Digital Camera, the company didn't ask me for any additional information. It just stated that I would expect to receive the prize in x number of d…
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Kabishop Impresses His Kids with His First Prize
I was happy as could be, I remember telling my family that I had won and my daughter said that she needed one and I gave it to her.My son had just bought a Blackberry phone and was really surprised t…
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Madoverlord's First Prize Was a Bust, But He Still Got Hooked on Sweeping
The big vacation in Jamaica was valued then at $799. I wrote off the majority of that for postage stamps and supplies. We did the right thing and left the country quickly. We were treated with great …
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Slgibbs1's First Prize: More Hot Dogs than 1 Person Can Eat
It was kind of funny. I remember that you had to draw a rough sketch of the hot dog company's logo. I think that kept a lot of people from entering. Anything, where you have to go to a little trouble…
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BerubeS' First Big Win: A Big-Screen TV
I had won many smaller prizes with value up to $100 and I was very happy. But this, This was amazing! I was shouting and jumping for joy and calling all my friends and family. Every time I look at th…
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SE Entered on a Whim and Won Big!
The very first time I entered an online contest was on a whim, done in a hurry, just because I thought it would be fun, and the trip prize part was always somewhere I had wanted to go. Not really eve…
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GoldDiggerLois's First Prize: A Dream Vacation
The sweeps was a local (5 states) and 10 weeks of drawings. I entered 10 times (I didn't understand the rules about winning a second prize.) I know a lot more now about the process and I'm thrilled w…
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PastelBaby Gets Hooked after Winning a Cherry Bar Set
SHOCK, I thought no way, I didn't win. I had to print it out to make sure that I had won (it said CONGRATULATONS) and I was till skeptical until the day that I received the prize via UPS. That was wh…
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Sophia's First Prize was a MEGA Win!
I was in disbelief until the money was actually posted to my bank account. I told only a select few friends... with the condition that there would be no money lending to follow! Now I could finally b…
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JustFired's Persistence Pays Off with a Daytona 500 Win
I felt overwhelmed! I couldn't believe it. I got home from work and there was an overnight letter at the door. I was so excited! My husband didn't believe it was real because the affidavit said "pote…
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One Entry got Janet Hooked on Sweepstakes
Yes, I was excited, and I told everyone I knew!I thought, "This is so easy, only one entry and I won, so guess I'll keep entering sweeps," and it was weeks.....months.....before I won another prize, …
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Theflyingacc Started Winning at 10 Years Old!
I was beyond thrilled and sooooo proud of myself! My picture was in the paper "The Ashtabula Star Beacon" with the door and the owners of ACE Hardware. My father installed the door the very day we br…
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Mtipton's First Prize was a Desktop Computer
My first thoughts about winning was this has to be fake. It was way to easy. I always heard of these contest and couldn't believe people actually win. I was absolutely shocked that I won. I told my f…
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Martyc2's First Win: A 46" Vizio flat screen TV!
I was sooo excited with this win (worth $1,300) which made me a true believer in sweepstaking! Like everyone else, I have had long dry spells, but the trick to winning is consistency. Don't get disco…
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Jsprin's First Win: A Pair of Instant Prizes
Feeling like it actually WAS possible to win! I told everyone, they thought I was crazy, but since then I have won many prizes that they have all enjoyed so they don't think I am so crazy now. I was …
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ILoveEgypt's First Prize Win Led to a Free Trip to Egypt
They notified me through email, and at first I thought it was a scam/spam email! I didn't beleive it until I called the number in the email the next day, which was to Expedia.com. After the initial p…
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Neecer69's First Prize Win: Under Armour Clothing
My first win was in November of 2008 - approximately three weeks after I first embarked on sweeping. I had only entered a very few sweeps up until this point and after that I was and continue to be h…
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Scitrus' First Win - A Soccer.com T-Shirt
Last September I started looking for contests and instant wins on a whim, as I love free stuff in general. I went down a list of instant wins day after day for about a week. There was a contest calle…
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An Accidental First Win
Before I won my first prize, I thought that people didn't really win sweepstakes. Afterwards, however, I was totally hooked on sweepstakes, even though I didn't even own a Nintendo DS. It took me abo…
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