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Here are 3 Sweepstakes
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Omaha
Steaks Free
Steak Weekly Giveaway
NO DEADLINE
Prize: $1,000 worth of free
Omaha Steaks
To Enter: Complete online
entry.
Rules: Drawing is
open to all residents of the
U.S. Online Information:
more
Sears
Super Sonic Electronics Sweepstakes
Deadline:
September 30, 2000
Prizes:
Grand Prize (1): A Home Electronics prize package; First
Prizes (2): A Canon(r) Rebel
Camera Outfit. Second Prizes
(2): An Olympus(r) Stylus Zoom
Kit. Third Prizes (2): A Kodak(r)
C750 Camera Kit.
Rules: Must
be at least eighteen
(18) years of age at the time of
entry and a legal resident of the 50 United States or
District of
Columbia. Employees of Sears, Roebuck and Co.its subsidiaries,
affiliates, sales representatives, distributors, advertising
and
promotion agencies, and members
of the immediate families and those living in the same
household as
each of the above are not eligible.
Limit one entry per household.
Online Information.
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Super Duper Family
Trooper Sweepstakes
Deadline: September 30, 2000
Prize: Grand Prize (1) Chevy
Venture Warner Bros. Edition (if
eligible for the "Monstersized Prize
" the grand prize winner will also win
a Yamaha 3 seater Wave runner
and truck tow. Weekly prizes (13,
one per week): $1,000 cash.
To Enter: On
a hand-written 3X5
piece of paper, write your Name, Address, Phone Number,
E-mail
Address
and age
Rules: Open only to legal residents
of the United States and Canada, except residents of
Puerto Rico and Quebec, 18 years of age and older,
as of July 1, 2000.
Online Information:
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The Sweepstakes Minute
Updated every week, news and commentary on the sweepstakes
industry, compiled by The Editors here at Sweepstakes News.
Regis says "Be A Millionaire For A Week" in ABC's Millionaire Show
sweepstakes which has a mail-in postmarked deadline of August 31,
2000… the grand prize is a fabulous trip for 2 first to NYC for dinner,
a Broadway Show, $5000 in Amex traveler checks, a trip to a spa, then
finally 2 seats to a taping of "Who Wants To be a Millionaire" and
"Live with Regis"!!! But that's not all, the next day, you fly to
Paris, first class, with another $5000 in Amex traveler checks for
a week of fun…the details of this sweeps are in out listing column.
According to web traffic tracker Media Matrix, sweepstakes players
are swarming Publisher's Clearinghouse's site (PCH.com). Their recent
traffic rise is a result of heavy traditional marketing such as television…the
huge web audience pleaser is the $1million sweepstakes being offered
online, where the winner will be named live during a commercial on
August 24th. The live commercial will be run sometime during NBC's
Nightly News with Tom Brokow. Since 1967 PCH has given away over $158,000,000
in prizes.
Aging baby boomers are using the web for online sweepstakes, this
according to a recent study by Greenfield Online's Surfing Digital
Consumer group. Greenfield states that from a survey of 3,000 boomers
55 years and older that 90% participate in cyber sweepstakes and contests.
Does that mean 90% of those 55 and older who have web access or 90%
of a random 3000 seniors? Inquiring minds want to know, as 90% is
very high…
The Anniversary Collection Edition of Jaws (the movie) Sweepstakes
ends September 30, 2000. Enter online at http://www.jaws25.com.
You can also enter by mail. The first prize is a Panasonic SC-HT80
Home Theatre Receiver with built in 5DVD/CD. It retails for $1000.00
Then you can go out and rent the anniversary edition of the original
JAWS on DVD, invite some friends over and serve them seafood!
Did you know that in 1999, industry executives reported that the number
of magazine subscriptions generated from sweepstakes was down almost
60%? Hit hardest was the scandal plagued American Family Enterprise.
Did you know that some publishing companies on the average rely on
sweepstakes for up to 30% of their total subscriptions? Most publishers
don't make a profit of these first time subscribers since who are
also paying a reduced rate. It's in the second year when a subscriber
renews at a higher rate when a publisher may show a profit.
The Discover Canada contest where the winners will be sent on a vacation
getaway (for two) to Eastern or Western Canada ends September 7, 2000.
To enter, visit their web site at www.samonsitetravelexpo.com. We
discovered this sweeps in New Yorker Magazine hidden on promotion
page. New Yorker also runs their own sweeps, check out it out www.newyorker.com.
Did you also know that the Deceptive Mail Prevention and Enforcement
Act went into effect April 10th of this year? The new law strictly
prohibits false representations in sweepstakes promotion, such as
calling you a "winner" before you even entered; that you have to order
something in order to enter; that an entry must be sent in with a
payment for a previous purchase (like those travel scams); that the
recipient must make a purchase in order to receive future sweepstakes
mailings; a fake check that has no cash-value and any seal, name or
term that implies a federal government connection, approval or endorsement.
All these old tricks of the trade are now strictly illegal. Contact
the U.S. Postal Inspection Service located at the Operations Support
Group in Chicago if you believe you have been victimized by fraudulent
promotional offers. In addition to government assistance, The Direct
Marketing Association in Washington, DC sponsors the Sweepstakes HelpLine.
This Help-Line may be contacted by e-mail at sweepstakes@the-dma.org
or by calling 202 861-2475.
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