You’ve probably seen it: a pop-up, an email, or a social media message telling you that you’ve won a prize you never entered for. Sweepstakes fraud is one of the most prevalent types of consumer scam in the United States — the FTC reports that prize, lottery, and sweepstakes scams consistently rank among the top…
There’s a group of people — often called “sweepers” — who win things with shocking regularity. Cars, cruises, cash, electronics. They’re not cheating, and they’re not unusually lucky. They’ve built a simple set of habits that puts them in front of far more legitimate opportunities than the average person, and they’re strategic about which contests…
If you’ve ever thought “I never win anything,” you might be looking at sweepstakes odds the wrong way. Entering a national giveaway with 2 million entrants is very different from a local sweepstakes with 300 entries — and most people have no idea that category of contest even exists. The math on sweepstakes is genuinely…