SWEEPSTAKES ENTERTAINMENT

Links to Sweepstakes Entry Forms and Quick Read Rules

• We only feature sweepstakes that are easy to enter, have Internet entry access and have a generous prize from well known sponsors. The link to enter the sweepstakes is blue and turns purple once clicked on it. How frequently you can enter is in red.
• The word Sweepstakes was used by the British as a name for sailing vessels. Those vessels went out and swept up the fish catch which was the Stake.
• In 1784 a bill was proposed in the US Congress to run a "sweepstakes" to fund pensioner's retirements.
• CMT - Taylor Swift Speak Now in New Zealand Sweepstakes. Ends January 31, 2012. Limited to one entry per day. Prize is a trip to New Zealand for two to attend Taylor Swift Concert. Must be at least 18 years old.
• There are over 50,000,000 people who play sweepstakes with a core of 5,000,000 who play them often.
• Ladies Home Journal Make Time for Me Sweepstakes. $10,000.00 cash prize. One entry per person from Facebook. Sweepstakes ends January 31, 2012 at 12:59 PM. Must be at least 21 years old. http://www.facebook.com/lhjmagazine?sk=app_108670062579059
• Lots were one of the origins of sweepstakes.
• Alaska Magazine & InnerSea Discoveries - Adventure Alaska Cruise Contest. Prize Alaska Cruise. Ends January 31, 2012. Enter once a day. At least 18.
• Roman Soldiers used lots to divide up the garments of Jesus.
• Luck is a state of affairs and not a state of mind.
• Wyndham Vacation Resorts - Accelerate Into The Fastlane Sweepstakes. Boat Car up to 50K or check for 25K. Ends January 31, 2012. 18 years or older. 1 entry per person.
• With Luck it is the strongest link in a chain of events that proves determinative. (Enter, that is the strongest link!)
• Luck is something that does not hinge on individual outcomes in isolation; its attribution is unavoidable context dependant.
• You never know your lucky until the wheel stops.
• Winston Churchill: Never, Never, Never, Never Give Up!

The History of Sweepstakes