Prize draws
How a draw runs, what the minimum player count is for, and when you get refunded.
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In short
A draw opens, accepts entries for a set period, closes, and picks a winner. Entering costs Sweep Stars, and the price is shown on the draw itself.
The part worth understanding before you enter is what happens when not enough people do.
The minimum player count
Every draw has a minimum number of distinct players. If fewer people than that have entered by the time it closes, the draw is cancelled and every entrant is refunded in full, automatically.
Note that it counts people, not tickets. Buying ten entries yourself still counts as one person towards the minimum. The threshold exists to prove a draw reached a crowd, and counting tickets would measure the opposite — how concentrated it is.
This is the honest reason invitations matter. A draw that nobody else enters does not pay anybody; it refunds everybody.
Entering more than once
You can enter a single draw multiple times up to its own limit. More entries means more chances, and it does not change the value of what you spent — but it also does not help the draw reach its minimum.
How the winner is picked
By the same sealed-seed method as the games: the seed is committed when the draw opens and published when it closes, so the winning entry was determined by a value fixed before entries were counted.
The binding rules for every draw are in the Official Sweepstakes Rules, and the no-purchase entry route is set out on the Free Entry page.
The rest of how it works
- Sweep Stars — The in-app currency: how you earn it, and what it is actually for.
- Withdrawals — Getting paid: verification, the $10 floor, the five-day promise and the methods.
- Identity verification — What KYC is for, what we ask for, and what it does not block.
- Referrals — Inviting people, what counts, and what deliberately does not.
- Responsible play — The limits built into the app, and how to tell when it has stopped being fun.