Tips to Winning Contests & Sweepstakes

[monkeyincowtown]

Thanks for all the tips and advice Koala

[puddin57]

LOL....apparently asking for a kick in the a$$ from Koala is also considered lucky11

[hollyhill]

Just an FYI, but a lot of contests negate entries that use auto-fills. It's mentioned in the 'official rules' most of the time.

You'll see something like: "Should it be discovered that an entrant is using the aid of computer programs to auto-fill entries, that entrant will be immediately disqualified from the Contest."

What does "should it be discovered" mean? How do they "discover" it?
Just wondering?

[puddin57]

some places, like wnetwork, use a keystroke counter to determin when an auto-fill has been used

[tommygunn]

What does "should it be discovered" mean? How do they "discover" it?
Just wondering?

"Should it be discovered" means they find out.

They have ways of knowing.. such as keystroke counters like puddin mentioned, timing of how long it takes you to fill the form out, the use of hidden fields, etc.

[hollyhill]

"Should it be discovered" means they find out.

They have ways of knowing.. such as keystroke counters like puddin mentioned, timing of how long it takes you to fill the form out, the use of hidden fields, etc.

Thanks for the info..... I always wondered about it. If they use keystroke counters then the "remember" feature of my browser would probably be disqualified too??

[BobSagget]

Sucks for you guys. I built a robot to enter contests for me so I win like all the time.
I suggest you do the same!

Cheers

[tommygunn]

Sucks for you guys. I built a robot to enter contests for me so I win like all the time.
I suggest you do the same!

Cheers

[BobSagget]

?? I got the parts at Home Depot. It's not hard. His name is Ned.

[cabmonk]

Canadian Law stipulates that a skill testing question be asked. A simple mathematical question is all that is usually required.

I won a contest once in Vancouver and went in to pick up my prize. I was filling out the form to claim my prize and got to the part with the skill testing question and it was already filled in. I love it when they do that.

[Sally888]

?? I got the parts at Home Depot. It's not hard. His name is Ned.

Lmao thats the funniest stuff ever! Maybe ned would be kind enough to send me a flip.

[SummerLovin]

Thanks for the tips I'll keep this in mind when I enter the next contest

[cjschaan]

Thanks for all this advice. Very helpful!

[tray]

Thanks everyone for the tips! About 4 years ago I won a Playstation 2 when I got on a contesting kick. I stopped entering, I just recently started entering again. I won 2 small crayola prizes on the Motts Fruitsations contest a couple weeks ago. I have been entering a few each day for the last couple of weeks!

[tanya_1984]

Hi
I'm new to Smartcanucks and since I've joined I've been entering lots of contests. I haven't downloaded an autofill program but my computer/browser remembers my info or the websites and fills it in once I put in my name, do you think all my entries have been for nothing? I never read the agreements/rules ;/