Sweepstakes FAQs

Legitimate sweepstakes will never ask you to pay fees to participate or to receive a prize. You should never have to pay handling charges, service fees, or any other kind of charges up front to receive a win - those are sure signs of scams. Shopper Lodge vets all our sweepstakes offers before presenting them on our page.

A sweepstakes is a promotion in which prizes are offered to participants who are selected randomly.

Sorry, but no! The only way you can win a sweepstake is to enter it. If you really want to have a chance at getting a prize, try to spend at least 30 minutes a day entering sweepstakes. The more you enter, the greater your chances!

Winner selection in a sweepstakes is conducted in an unbiased manner to give every participant an equal chance to win, usually via a random drawing.

There is no difference.

We are affiliated with a few online sources that collect and vet sweepstakes offers. All offers are pre-vetted by these networks to ensure they are safe for our users.

Under U.S. law, your winning consist of income, so you're required to report everything you win. You're supposed to report all your winnings, big or small. Beyond that, the merchant running the sweepstakes will provide you with further instructions to claim your winnings.

Yes, usually that is the tradeoff for a chance to win. However, most online sweepstakes do not ask for much information beyond a name and email address.

Most sweepstakes are run by legitimate companies that really give you the chance to win attractive prizes simply for entering. All sweepstakes presented by ShopperLodge are pre-vetted by the services that organize offers.

Every year, around 55 million Americans enter some kind of sweepstakes. Sweepstakes are definitely still popular!