There are always interesting discussions in the Forum at SweepsAdvantage and SweepstakesPlus. I read one recently where the original poster asked if people continue to enter sweepstakes after a big win. For the most part, the answer was “yes”.
One of the comments was that sometimes when you win a prize, you hit a spell of winning that same prize. My sweepstakes experience tends to agree with this. Although I have only ever won one MP3 player, I have won at least four cameras. I have also had hot streaks with t-shirts, bags of different varieties, cosmetics, and cigars. Do I continue to enter sweepstakes for t-shirts, bags, cosmetics and cigars? Absolutely.
Do I continue to enter sweepstakes for cameras? Well, sort of. If the only prize offered is a camera, I won't enter that sweepstakes since I don't currently need a camera. However, if there are other prizes available that I would like to win, I'll enter that sweepstakes. Hopefully if I win that sweepstakes, I won't win the camera. Again.
Like one of the posters in the discussion said, I tend to bypass sweepstakes with trip prizes. However, if there are secondary prizes, I may decide to enter and take my chances that someone else will win the trip.
I will admit to feeling a little envious when I see someone post something like “third flat screen TV win!”. But, oh well, we all had an equal chance of winning and it just wasn't my day. Hopefully, we will all someday win the sweepstakes prize we really want – and we may just win it twice.