Sunday night was a good night of television for me. First, Food Network Star announced the winner and it was the person I have been cheering for since week one. Congratulations, Jeff Mauro, Sandwich King! I then switched channels and caught the premier of TLC's “High Stakes Sweepers”. I can already foresee several posts about this!
So far, I can see why the folks they picked are labelled as “Extreme” as they do spend more time entering sweepstakes than the average person. However, no one has been certifiable. The first person profiled, Ron, did say that he gave up his job to devote all his time to sweepstakes. He enters the best sweepstakes website for 8-10 hours a day, so it essentially IS his job now. The fourth person, Carolyn, is also a career sweeper. Both of them concentrate on online entries. Carolyn does go a step further by raiding the neighbors recycle bins for Coke cap codes that she can redeem at MyCokeRewards. She didn't mention the site, but it was pretty obvious.
Personally, I would not recommend quitting your job or trashpicking. However, I do agree with some of the other High Stakes Sweepers advice. Ron's best advice was what our own Amy always says – enter lots of sweepstakes, then forget about it and move on. Carolyn's best advice was to point out that you do have to pay taxes on your wins, and should concentrate on prizes that you truly want and are willing to pay the taxes on.
All of TLC's High Stakes Sweepers are like us – enthusiastic about sweepstakes and always hoping for that next big win!
I would like to win this lottrie
i have never seen any one win
I am not generally lucky, but thought I would try entering Sweeps. It seems to take alot of time entering information but if I get one win I will be happy
It will be great to win something for once,and feel like a winner!
I enter 400 to 500 sweeps seven days a week and have won a few but am starting to get a little discouraged, cannot seem to win any of the big prizes.
I assume the sweepstakes have to award somebody; I would be thrilled just to win a gift card!!
Does anyone ever win anything big???? Other than a hundred dollar gift card and make up?????
I CAN,T WAIT FOR THE DAY I WILL WIN MY FIRST LOTTERY. HOPE TO JOIN THE WINNER CLUB ONE DAY. THANX FOR THE EXCITEMENT YOU ALWAYS STUR IN ME WIT SUCH OPPORTUNITIES.