Who actually enters sweepstakes and giveaway contests?

Personally, I'm not the kind of person who ever enters contests, especially on the Internet. But clearly people do. So I'm curious, do you enter sweepstakes? Have you ever won? What makes you decide whether to participate?





Here's the one that prompted the question: http://blog.wirefly.com/oddsandends/0921...





If you enter that one and win, be sure to share the prize money with me! :-) LOL

Who actually enters sweepstakes and giveaway contests?
I know somebody who's mum is real good at winning, she even won the house she lives in. She's a true professional, if she wants something she'll hunt down every single offer/sweepstakes there is then she'll enter each one and eventually she'll always get it.
Reply:I enter some of the well-know company sweepstakes, but I've never won anything.
Reply:I do. I mean, why not? Free stuff (especially free money) is cool.
Reply:depends on what the prize is. if I want it, I'll enter but never win
Reply:I can usually be tempted to enter travel contests, but $10,000 would really help and I do need a new cell phone right now, so I think I'll be buying one and see if I can be one of the winners. I see the first winner was just posted - http://blog.wirefly.com/oddsandends/0924...





And I have won contests before - I got a free trip to Hong Kong (including airfare and hotel) for me and a friend
Reply:I dont,all I would get is junk mail.
Reply:I used to but it seemed all I got out of it was more junk mail!
Reply:not me because when you sign up for them that is giving your telephone number to the telemarketers
Reply:no i don't, i get enough junk mail as it is
Reply:I don't waste my time with that kind of stuff.





The odds that you will actually win are nil.
Reply:Before the internet, I used to subscribe to a newsletter that was all about contests. I would spend hours and lots of money on stamps entering. I won a few cool prizes, nothing to brag about.





then the internet came along and I entered all kinds of sweepstakes because it was free. I won a 3 night stay at the Rio in Vegas from a site called Gambling.com. Eventually I ended up working for gambling.com (from home) and made more money doing that than I was making working for the US Census Bureau.





Then Uncle Sam decided that online gambling was illegal and even though we were only a portal to gambling sites, there were major cutbacks in advertisers spending and the site was sold. I was out of the best job I ever had. It was a good 5 years while it lasted though.


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Reply:People who are ever hopeful.
Reply:silly people
Reply:if im interested i enter


but i dont win anything ever, except for sports....
Reply:After a friend of mine won a car playing online sweepstakes, I decided to give it a shot. I didn't win a car, but I won a $2,000 Tory Burch sweepstakes. That was fantastic!





I haven't entered any online contests since then because I don't feel like taking the time to enter.