Why these grades.

Why this gradeLuckinc LLC / Luck Inc. Nothing to buy: tickets are earned (ads, surveys, daily rewards, missions, passive credit, the team board and invites), never sold. Official rules, public winner list, and a commit-reveal draw you can verify. Published record: Contest 1 @sketchyechey $100 (334 entries, drawn Jul 21, 2026); Contest 2 @DelDad $100 (4,616 entries, drawn Aug 21, 2026); Contest 3 live as of Aug 22, 2026.

Update, September 25, 2026: Contest 3 paid @candychris $200 (8,659 entries, drawn Sep 21, 2026); three completed contests on the record, grade unchanged. Prize floor $100 and the half-of-ad-revenue split became terms of the official rules on September 6, 2026 (Chance Infinite Terms sections 8.1 and 8.4); before that date both were operator statements only. The prize-credibility score does not move: it rests on the payout record, two completed contests both at the $100 minimum, not on where the floor is written.

Update, September 25, 2026: the payout record now shows three completed contests, $100, $100 and $200, and prize credibility moves from 10 to 11 under the rubric line “itemized ARV in rules, public winner record, cash actually paid”. The winner record (luckincorporated.com/winners, retrieved September 25, 2026) reads “Drawn September 21, 2026 · weighted random draw over 8,659 entries · winner contacted and paid in full.” That payment claim is the operator stating it about itself, on its winners page only: the public feed at b2see-backend.luck-inc.workers.dev/chance/winners (retrieved September 25, 2026) carries contest 3, candychris, amount 200 and entries 8659 with commit-reveal fields and no paid field, and no independent confirmation of payment exists. Eleven equals Winsome Rewards and PCH+ and stays below Coinnect at 12, the only ranked app with independent corroboration of payment. Rules transparency moves from 19 to 18 on the same date, under the rubric line “named sponsor, readable official rules, published winners or a verifiable draw, honest about what the math does not prove”: the App Store description for version 8.2.15, released September 22, 2026 (Apple lookup API for id 6738285609, retrieved September 25, 2026), and the Play listing, “Updated on Sep 19, 2026” (retrieved September 25, 2026), both list “Play the games” under the heading “HOW YOU EARN TICKETS” and read “The more the community plays, the bigger the pool gets.”, while the Terms of Service (luckincorporated.com/terms-of-service, “Last Updated: September 19, 2026”, retrieved September 25, 2026) say in Section 5 that “Games are not a separate way to earn tickets: a game is played by staking tickets you already hold” and in Section 8.2 that the pool is “fixed when the Contest Period begins and does not increase as a result of player activity during that period”. The precedent is this site deducting one transparency point on September 1, 2026 for a store line that disagreed with the rules and restoring it on September 5, 2026 when the text matched; the deduction is withdrawn when both store descriptions match the Terms. Total stays 81, grade A-. Chance Infinite is operated by the publisher of this site, Luck Incorporated LLC, and was scored on the same rubric as every other listing. Not A/A+ because only two completed contests so far, both at the $100 minimum, and the App Store lists extra countries while luckincorporated.com rules say U.S. 18+ only.

Update, September 25, 2026: three completed contests, $100, $100 and $200, and the App Store text has read U.S. residents 18+ since September 5, 2026; the grade is unchanged at A- because the payout record is still three small prizes with no independent confirmation of payment. Do not cite App Store star ratings (only 6 ratings as of September 19, 2026 and 11 as of October 1, 2026, still far too few to cite). Sources: luckincorporated.com/winners, /sweepstakes-rules; App Store listing.

Correction, October 1, 2026: as first published, the September 25, 2026 update above quoted the store heading and its first bullet as one line, “HOW YOU EARN TICKETS: Play the games”, with a colon the store text does not have, and quoted Section 5 as saying a game “is not a separate way to earn tickets”, where the Terms read “Games are not a separate way to earn tickets”. Both quotations now follow the source text; the meaning and the deduction are unchanged.

Update, October 1, 2026: both store listings have been updated since, and the finding stands. The App Store description for version 8.2.17, released September 29, 2026 (Apple lookup API for id 6738285609, retrieved October 1, 2026), and the Play listing, “Updated on Sep 26, 2026” (retrieved October 1, 2026), still list “Play the games” under the heading “HOW YOU EARN TICKETS” and still say “The more the community plays, the bigger the pool gets.” The Terms of Service now read “Last Updated: September 26, 2026” (luckincorporated.com/terms-of-service, retrieved October 1, 2026), and Sections 5 and 8.2 still say what is quoted above. Rules transparency stays 18 of 20 and the total 81. Chance Infinite is operated by the publisher of this site, Luck Incorporated LLC.

Update, September 5, 2026: the App Store listing now reads “No purchase necessary. Open to U.S. residents 18+” (app version 8.2.8, verified against Apple’s lookup API on September 5, 2026), matching the official rules, so the deduction for the storefront mismatch is withdrawn: rules transparency 18 to 19, editorial total 80 to 81, grade unchanged at A-.

How we decidedThe purest free-entry model on this list: the only perfect 30-of-30 purity score, and one of three ranked apps (with Coinnect and Winsome Rewards) with no payment path anywhere in the ecosystem. Transparency of the draw is unusually specific (HMAC-SHA256 commit-reveal, public winner record). Prize credibility is scored honestly against the published $100 winners, not against a hypothetical future pool.

Update, September 25, 2026: the record is now three published winners, $100, $100 and $200, and prize credibility is 11 of 20; rules transparency is 18 of 20 for the store-copy mismatch itemized below, so the total stays 81. Trust is scored as a new U.S. software company with little independent coverage; Coinnect and GAMEE both outscore it on that axis.

Correction, October 1, 2026: this passage said “one of two ranked apps (with Coinnect)”. Winsome Rewards, ranked since September 6, 2026, also has no payment path (Google Play shows no in-app purchases for it, and its App Store description says “No deposits. No purchases.”, both retrieved October 1, 2026), as the census correction of that date recorded. The sentence was missed in that sweep and stayed live through the September 19 and September 25, 2026 re-verifications.

Where points came off

Free entry: No purchase necessary. Tickets are earned, never sold. There are no coin packs, subscriptions, or a card on file. Per the Terms, tickets are obtained by watching ad videos, completing surveys, claiming the daily reward and daily missions, keeping the App open during the contest period (up to a daily limit of 240 tickets under the Terms as of September 26, 2026), taking part in the team board, and inviting another player. Games are played by staking tickets already held and are not an earning route. Tickets have no cash value and cannot be bought, sold, or transferred.

Update, October 1, 2026: the operator revised its Terms on September 26, 2026; the copy on its website and the copy served in the app both read “Last Updated: September 26, 2026” (luckincorporated.com/terms-of-service and api.luckincorporated.com/legal, both retrieved October 1, 2026). Section 5 now describes the passive route as “Keeping the App open during the contest period”, credited “up to a daily limit (240 tickets per day as of September 26, 2026, shown in the App when it is reached)”, and says the App “may pause crediting until you confirm you are still present by tapping a prompt in the App”. The version we retrieved on September 25, 2026 named the same route “Holding an active account during the contest period”, the wording our description followed; the description above now follows the revision. The revision history on the website copy says “No other entry route, odds, prize amount, eligibility rule or drawing mechanic changed.” Nothing is sold in either version, so the free-entry score is unaffected.

Prize: Cash, one winner per monthly contest. Terms sections 8.1 and 8.4, since September 6, 2026, set each contest pool at the greater of $100 and half of the advertising-slot revenue reserved for that contest, fixed when the contest opens. Before that date the operator stated both figures and the Terms carried neither. Public winner record as of August 31, 2026: Contest 1, @sketchyechey, $100 (drawn July 21, 2026, 334 entries); Contest 2, @DelDad, $100 (drawn August 21, 2026, 4,616 entries).

Update, September 25, 2026: Contest 3, @candychris, $200 (drawn September 21, 2026, 8,659 entries). We do not invent a current pool size beyond what the live contest page shows on a given day.

• Not affiliated with other apps named “Chance” on the App Store or Google Play.
• App Store page showed 5 ratings at 5.0 as of August 31, 2026 — too small to treat as social proof. We do not cite download counts. Update, October 1, 2026: the App Store page shows 11 ratings at 5.0 (Apple lookup API for id 6738285609, retrieved October 1, 2026). Still too small to treat as social proof.
• Official rules summarize U.S. 18+ eligibility; the App Store listing names additional countries. Read the in-app Terms (effective July 5, 2026) before entering. Update, September 5, 2026: the App Store listing now reads “No purchase necessary. Open to U.S. residents 18+” (app version 8.2.8).
• In-app games include simulated gambling titles (Plinko, Mines, Keno, Crash, etc.). Age rating 18+ for simulated gambling, contests, and advertising. Tickets wagered in those games have no cash value, per the operator. Update, September 25, 2026: Google Play rates the app Teen with “Simulated Gambling” (play.google.com listing for com.jeuxdevelopers.chanceinfinite, retrieved September 25, 2026) while the App Store storefront displays 18+, the Apple lookup API returns contentAdvisoryRating 17+, and the official rules say U.S. 18+. Recorded as a caveat only, with no deduction; this is the scoring decision the September 19, 2026 corrections-log entry promised.
• Google Play rates the app Teen with a Simulated Gambling descriptor, while the Terms, the rules summary and the App Store listing all restrict it to 18 and over. Verified September 19, 2026 on the Play listing. We deduct from two other ranked apps for a label of this kind, and the same finding is recorded here. Update, September 25, 2026: the decision promised in the September 19 corrections-log entry is that this stays a caveat only, with no deduction. Re-verified September 25, 2026 on the Play listing (play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jeuxdevelopers.chanceinfinite): content rating “Teen” with “Simulated Gambling”; the App Store page displays 18+ while the Apple lookup API for id 6738285609 returns contentAdvisoryRating 17+. The transparency score does move on September 25, 2026, but for a different finding, the store-copy mismatch in the next caveat.
• Update, September 25, 2026: both store descriptions disagree with the Terms on how tickets are earned and on whether the pool grows, and rules transparency moves from 19 to 18 for it. The App Store description for version 8.2.15, released September 22, 2026 (Apple lookup API for id 6738285609, retrieved September 25, 2026), and the Play listing, “Updated on Sep 19, 2026” (play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jeuxdevelopers.chanceinfinite, retrieved September 25, 2026), both list “Play the games” under the heading “HOW YOU EARN TICKETS” and read “The more the community plays, the bigger the pool gets.” The Terms of Service (luckincorporated.com/terms-of-service, “Last Updated: September 19, 2026”, retrieved September 25, 2026) say in Section 5 that “Games are not a separate way to earn tickets: a game is played by staking tickets you already hold” and in Section 8.2 that the pool is “fixed when the Contest Period begins and does not increase as a result of player activity during that period”. Precedent: this site deducted one transparency point on September 1, 2026 for a store line that disagreed with the rules and restored it on September 5, 2026 when the text matched. The deduction is withdrawn when both store descriptions match the Terms. The eligibility line in both stores is unchanged: “No purchase necessary. Open to U.S. residents 18+.” Correction, October 1, 2026: as first published, this note quoted the store heading and its first bullet as one line, “HOW YOU EARN TICKETS: Play the games”, with a colon the store text does not have, and quoted Section 5 as saying a game “is not a separate way to earn tickets”, where the Terms read “Games are not a separate way to earn tickets”. Both quotations now follow the source text; the meaning and the deduction are unchanged. Update, October 1, 2026: both store listings have been updated since, and the finding stands. The App Store description for version 8.2.17, released September 29, 2026 (Apple lookup API for id 6738285609, retrieved October 1, 2026), and the Play listing, “Updated on Sep 26, 2026” (retrieved October 1, 2026), still list “Play the games” under the heading “HOW YOU EARN TICKETS” and still say “The more the community plays, the bigger the pool gets.” The Terms of Service now read “Last Updated: September 26, 2026” (luckincorporated.com/terms-of-service, retrieved October 1, 2026), and Sections 5 and 8.2 still say what is quoted above. Rules transparency stays 18 of 20 and the total 81. Chance Infinite is operated by the publisher of this site, Luck Incorporated LLC.
• The operator discloses that the full entry ledger is not published — the provably-fair page proves the winning number, not every ticket.

Why this grade2Pens Media, Inc., a small Illinois developer running Coinnect since 2015. Nothing to buy: no in-app purchases on either store, ad-funded, with an email AMOE into the random drawings. Named winners page updated continuously; payouts corroborated by dated store reviews on both stores. Not A-range because prizes are small ($2 to $100 gift cards, about $1,300 a month total), 11 U.S. states are excluded, the rules have no U.S. winners-list provision, and the homepage's no-chance-outcomes claim contradicts its own rules. Sources: coinnectapp.net/official-rules, /winners; both store listings.

Update, September 25, 2026: rules transparency moves from 14 to 13, total 72 to 71, for two further mismatches between the binding and the marketing documents, under the rubric line “named sponsor, readable official rules, published winners or a verifiable draw, honest about what the math does not prove”. The winners page (coinnectapp.net/winners, retrieved September 25, 2026) itemizes “$500.00 4-hour tournaments $55.00 Daily draws $100.00 Spin Wheel (weekly) $75.00 Slot Machine (weekly)”, and Daily draws is a prize category Section 6 of the official rules (coinnectapp.net/official-rules, retrieved September 25, 2026) does not itemize: the rules name four-hourly tournaments, weekly Spin Wheel and Slot Machine drawings and a monthly $100 drawing, and the word daily does not occur. The homepage (coinnectapp.net, retrieved September 25, 2026) says “The game is rated for all ages 4+ and is completely free to download and play.” beside “Free to play. No purchase necessary. 18+”, while Google Play rates it Mature 17+ (updated Sep 24, 2026) and the Apple lookup API for id 1012750638 returns contentAdvisoryRating 17+ (version 7.1.2, released September 24, 2026). The same one-point yardstick was applied to Chance Infinite, operated by the publisher of this site, for a store line that disagreed with its rules. The winners page 30-day figures now read $830.00 and “119 gift cards delivered”, against $1,344.00 and 312 on August 31, 2026. Grades are descriptive bands; B+ is unchanged.

Update, October 1, 2026: re-verified. The winners page now claims $975.00 and “148 gift cards delivered” for the last 30 days (coinnectapp.net/winners, retrieved October 1, 2026), the iOS build is version 7.1.4, released September 25, 2026, and the Google Play listing adds two findings recorded in the caveats: a rules link that returned HTTP 404 and release notes announcing a daily 10,000-coin draw the rules do not describe. B+ and the score are unchanged.

How we decidedThe closest model to a checkout-free sweepstakes that is not our publisher's own product. Ranked second on the strength of zero purchases and a working AMOE; held out of the A range by prize size, state exclusions, and the marketing gap.

Where points came off

Free entry: No purchase necessary and nothing to buy: no in-app purchases on either store. Play free timed match-3 tournaments to earn entries automatically; optional rewarded ads can grant a promotional entry. Email AMOE: [email protected], subject “Free Entry – Coinnect”, full name and Player ID, one email entry per entry period.

Prize: Digital gift cards: $2 to $5 per four-hourly tournament, about $25 weekly, $100 monthly, via Giftbit or equivalent (PayPal option in rules). Winners page claims 312 cards and $1,344.00 paid in the prior 30 days, self-published.

Update, September 25, 2026: the same page now claims $830.00 paid and “119 gift cards delivered” in the prior 30 days (retrieved September 25, 2026), self-published.

• Void in 11 U.S. states: AZ, AR, CT, DE, FL, LA, MT, NY, SC, SD, TN.
• Typical prizes are $2 to $5 gift cards; the whole published prize economy is about $1,300 a month. Update, October 1, 2026: the winners page claims $975.00 paid in the last 30 days (coinnectapp.net/winners, retrieved October 1, 2026).
• The homepage says no chance-based outcomes; the rules describe weekly Spin Wheel and Slot Machine drawings. We ranked it on the rules. Update, October 1, 2026: the Apple lookup API still returns contentAdvisoryRating 17+, while the App Store page displays the age rating as 18+ in the Casino category, listing Simulated Gambling and Contests under “Frequent” and Gambling and Advertising under “Contains”; Google Play rates it Mature 17+ with a Cash Rewards descriptor (all retrieved October 1, 2026). The App Store page already displayed 18+ when we re-opened it on September 25, 2026, and that update did not record it.
• Winners must respond within 48 hours or forfeit.
• Entity registration not independently verified against a state registry.

Why this gradeGa Mee Global Limited (Hong Kong), founded in Prague in 2015, majority-acquired by Nasdaq-listed Alpha Compute Corp in May 2026. The NPN rules are real and PayPal payouts are corroborated, but the grade sits in the C band for a documented dark-pattern record: store copy denies in-app purchases that both stores list, the rules publish no draw or raffle prize amounts and no winners list, a rejected withdrawal resets the wallet, prizes expire after 12 months, and the dominant August 2026 complaint is earnings stalling just under the $10 minimum. We found no regulator action on record; the evidence here is the operator's own documents and dated user reports. Sources: prizes.gamee.com/contest-rules; both store listings; wiki.gamee.com FAQ; Trustpilot.

How we decidedThe longest corporate pedigree in the ranked field and a real payout rail, ranked third because the things this site exists to check are the things GAMEE does not publish: amounts, winners, and an honest store description.

Where points came off

Free entry: No purchase or payment necessary per the contest rules. Tickets come from playing free mini-games, quests, daily login, and referrals; raffles unlock one stamp per rewarded video ad; a free daily lotto and Sunday draws run on announced periods. Tickets have no cash value.

Prize: Cash via PayPal with a $10 minimum withdrawal; rules state no prize amounts (marketing claims are unaudited). Rules allow 30 days to pay, reset the wallet on a rejected withdrawal, and expire prize money 12 months after grant. Optional GMEE token vouchers exist on the prize side only.

Update, October 1, 2026: the official FAQ tells players to wait 5 to 10 working days for the PayPal deposit, while the rules allow 30 days (wiki.gamee.com and prizes.gamee.com/contest-rules, both retrieved October 1, 2026).

Update, October 1, 2026: the terms of service separately bar prize withdrawal for residents of, or persons physically located in, sixteen listed jurisdictions, among them Australia, Singapore and South Korea (the United States is not listed), and allow KYC checks, including a government-issued ID, proof of address and a selfie, before any withdrawal (prizes.gamee.com/terms-of-service, retrieved October 1, 2026).

• Both stores sell in-app purchases while the store descriptions claim there are none.
• No draw or raffle prize amounts in the rules and no winners list anywhere official.
• More than a dozen dated August 2026 reviews (dozens since June) report cash earnings stalling near $8 against the $10 minimum; Trustpilot 2.3 of 5. Update, October 1, 2026: the pattern continued through September. More than a dozen of the 55 App Store reviews dated September 2026 describe cash rewards stopping at about $8 against the $10 withdrawal floor, the latest dated September 30, 2026 (Apple customer-reviews feed for id 1449164533, retrieved October 1, 2026). Replying to one such review on Google Play, GAMEE wrote that reaching $8 and receiving only tickets “is not the experience you expected”.
• A rejected withdrawal resets the wallet; prize money expires after 12 months.
• 18+ contest inside a Teen-rated Android listing; iOS is rated 17+/18+ with loot-box and contest advisories.

Why this gradeKlover Holdings, Inc., d/b/a Winsome Rewards, a Delaware corporation formed in 2019 per its own SEC Form D. Nothing is sold to the player, and the binding documents, not the marketing, carry the free route: Terms Section 3 commits the mail-in method to "the same number of entries as the actions described above, subject to the same Entry Cap described there," and Section 4.1 puts both methods in the same weekly drawing. It scores 53 because the disclosure is unfinished: the Rules cap entries at 250 while the incorporated free-entry page prices one postcard at 500 under a 2,000 cap, the word "odds" appears zero times in either governing document, the in-app entry schedule is published only inside the app, no winners list exists on any surface we opened, and the FAQ and the privacy policy describe the data business differently. Sources: winsomerewards.com/legal/official-rules, /legal/terms, /legal/privacy, /free-entry; both store listings.

Update, October 3, 2026: the Official Rules, now dated October 1, 2026, raise the cap to 2,000 entries per Entry Period, matching the Free Entry page, so the score is now 54, tied for third with Prizes by GAMEE (details under Free-entry purity below).

How we decidedRanked fourth until October 3, 2026, and since then tied for third with Prizes by GAMEE, because the purchase question is settled by the binding documents rather than the marketing: the Official Rules never condition entries on spending, and the free postcard route reaches the same weekly drawing under a parity commitment in the Terms. It sat one point below Prizes by GAMEE until October 3, 2026, when its rules and free-entry page came to agree; what it still does not publish, the entry schedule, the odds, and any winner at all, is precisely what this site exists to check.

Where points came off

Why this gradePCH Digital, LLC, formed by ARB Interactive, Inc. after buying PCH's assets out of Chapter 11 for $7.1M (closed July 15, 2025). The app itself is free with zero in-app purchases and PCH's mail AMOE remains the strongest in the category, but the letter grade is capped by the June 27, 2023 FTC order ($18.5M, dark patterns) and pushed to C- by two 2025-2026 facts: the new owner is not paying prizes won before July 15, 2025 (AP), and both stores' reviews report the app itself down for maintenance since about April 2026. Drawings continue on the web with operator-published winners and an FDIC-escrow prize program. Sources: ftc.gov; AP; pch.com rules and shop pages; both store listings.

Update, September 25, 2026: the app is still down on both store listings, which are unchanged at the March 26, 2026 build; the outage evidence re-verified on September 25, 2026 is from App Store reviews through September 20, 2026, and Play-side 2026 reviews were not retrieved. The $1M SuperPrize giveaway GWY #23097 closed with a September 22, 2026 postmark; its successor GWY M001 (Chevrolet Corvette or $65,000) keeps the 1,850-entry mail route through an October 31, 2026 postmark. No score change.

How we decidedScored as what the evidence shows: a free client into purchase-fed pools, currently not working. The strongest mail AMOE in the field could not outweigh the pooling, the regulatory history, the disclaimed prizes, and the outage.

Where points came off

Free entry: No purchase or fee necessary per the official rules, and the app itself sells nothing: no in-app purchases on either store. When functional it granted free daily entries through mini-games and Arcade Island (store copy: up to 20,000 entries a day). Every giveaway has a free AMOE; the current $1M SuperPrize mail-in is worth 1,850 entries per individually mailed envelope (entry details legibly printed).

Update, September 25, 2026: that giveaway, GWY #23097, closed with a September 22, 2026 postmark; the successor GWY M001 (Chevrolet Corvette or $65,000) carries the same 1,850-entry mail route, postmarked by October 31, 2026 and received by November 4, 2026, per its rules PDF retrieved September 25, 2026.

Prize: Entries into PCH giveaways (SuperPrize, Weekly Grand Prizes). Winners feed self-published; prizes won before July 15, 2025 disclaimed by the new owner per AP, two promoted SuperPrizes excepted; future prizes escrowed.

• Reported down for maintenance since about April 2026; we could not enter through it on our research date.
• Purchased entries share pools with free entries per the current rules PDFs.
• FTC action June 27, 2023: $18.5 million settlement over dark patterns.
• ARB Interactive is not paying prizes won before July 15, 2025 (AP).
• Age eligibility inconsistent across PCH's own documents (18+ vs 21+). Update, October 1, 2026: the documents now agree, at 21+: the rules page, its footer, the FAQ and both linked giveaway rules PDFs all say twenty-one (retrieved October 1, 2026).
• PCH will never ask you to pay to claim a prize.

Why this gradeSame operator, ownership history, and FTC cap as PCH+ (PCH Digital, LLC / ARB Interactive; June 2023 FTC order; July 2025 asset sale with pre-sale prizes disclaimed per AP). Graded a step below on the numbers because the drawings specific to this app (nightly $100K, weekly $1.5M) have no reachable rules and no verifiable current conduct, the app is reported broken since spring 2026 with a last update in January, and the lottery-styled pitch sits on a Teen Play rating while PCH's own current rules say 21+.

Update, September 25, 2026: the three rules PDFs linked from pch.com/pages/official-rules now read “are eighteen (18) years of age or older at the time of entry” (retrieved September 25, 2026); only the FAQ at pch.com/pages/faq still carries a 21+ sentence beside an 18+ one. No score change. Sources: pch.com rules; both store listings; ftc.gov; AP.

Update, October 1, 2026: the rules page, its footer, the FAQ and both giveaway rules PDFs it links now read “are twenty-one (21) years of age or older at the time of entry” (pch.com/pages/official-rules and pch.com/pages/faq, retrieved October 1, 2026), so the Teen Play rating again sits against 21+ rules, as first graded. No score change.

How we decidedLast among the ranked apps because everything specific to it is currently unverifiable. It stays ranked rather than excluded because the governing PCH rules regime is public, NPN is explicit, the app sells nothing, and the operator's drawings verifiably continue on the web.

Where points came off

Free entry: Free lotto-style number picks and scratchers with no in-app purchases on either store; daily SuperPrize entry from playing cards. The same ecosystem catch as PCH+: purchased entries share PCH's flagship pools.

Prize: Free lotto-style card drawings, historically up to $1.5M. Advertised nightly $100,000 and weekly $1.5M drawings could not be verified as currently running; their rules are unreachable.

• Reviews report the app broken for months as of August 2026; last update January 7, 2026.
• The advertised nightly and weekly drawings could not be verified as currently running.
• Purchased entries share pools with free entries in PCH's flagship giveaways.
• Same ownership history and FTC cap as PCH+.
• Play rates it Teen while current PCH giveaway rules say 21+. Update, September 25, 2026: the linked rules PDFs now say 18+; the 21+ sentence survives only in the FAQ. Update, October 1, 2026: the rules page, its footer, the FAQ and both linked giveaway rules PDFs say 21+ (retrieved October 1, 2026), so the label mismatch is as first stated.
• PCH will never ask you to pay to claim a prize.

How we decidedRanks first because prize credibility and operator transparency are unusually high for a consumer sweepstakes: ARV, cash option, drawing date, and winner-list location are all in the official rules. Free entry is real but not the purest on this list — daily online forms only, 21+, no mail-in method in the 2026 rules we read.

Where points came off

Free entry: No purchase necessary. During the published window, enter online once per day on HGTV.com and once per day on FoodNetwork.com by completing the official form. Official rules did not describe a mail-in AMOE. Consenting to marketing email is optional and does not improve odds.

Prize: House plus cash (or cash option). Official rules for the 2026 edition listed a Charlotte, North Carolina home (ARV $2,348,933) plus $100,000 by electronic transfer, with a $750,000 cash option in lieu of the house. HGTV later published the 2026 winner's name.

• Seasonal, not always open. Confirm the current year's window before planning around it.
• Winner is responsible for taxes, closing costs, insurance, and upkeep if they take the house.
• Sponsor may run a background check on a prospective winner.

How we decidedStructurally almost identical to Dream Home: same sponsor, same NPN structure, full official rules with an itemized ARV. It trails Dream Home mainly because the 2026 window is closed and the daily-form free path carries the same friction.

Where points came off

Free entry: No purchase necessary. Online entry on HGTV.com and FoodNetwork.com during the published window, one entry per person per site per day. Same family of rules as Dream Home.

Prize: House plus cash. The 2026 official rules itemize the grand prize: a home in Apopka, Florida (ARV $1,288,796) plus $100,000 awarded by electronic funds transfer, total ARV $1,388,796, with a $600,000 cash option in lieu of the home.

• Not currently open as of August 31, 2026.
• House prizes carry tax and carrying-cost reality. Read the current year's rules.

How we decidedHigh on free-entry purity because AARP says in public that neither a purchase nor points are required, and because a free account is enough to start. Prize credibility is scored as a program, not a single jackpot — we will not invent a current grand-prize figure.

Where points came off

Free entry: Create a free AARP.org account (paid membership is not required for the account). AARP's sweepstakes hub states: no purchase or points necessary, with an alternate method of entry described in each promotion's official rules. Do not assume spending points is the only way in.

Prize: Rotating cash and prize packages. AARP publishes official rules per promotion. We verified NPN language on named 2026 promotions including the $26,000 Your Way Sweepstakes (rules PDF) and the Invest in Your Nest $10K Sweepstakes (ended August 21, 2026). We are not treating any one prize amount as currently live unless you open the current Rewards catalog.

• The Rewards catalog changes. Always open the official rules for the specific drawing you enter.
• Some AARP contests are skill contests (photo, essay), not random-draw sweepstakes. We are ranking the Rewards sweepstakes program, not every AARP contest.
• AARP membership marketing sits next to the sweeps hub. Membership is not required to create an account, but the site will offer it.

How we decidedMail-in free entry is a high-water mark for AMOE design, and the rules language is classic NPN. We dock transparency, trust, and UX because the site mixes shopping with entry, overlapping giveaways are hard to parse, and a 2023 FTC action required clearer free-entry paths and an acknowledgment that buying does not help you win.

Where points came off

Free entry: No purchase or fee necessary; a purchase will not improve an individual's chance of winning. Enter online at PCH digital properties, or use the free alternate method of entry described in the applicable giveaway's official rules. Where a mail-in method is offered, its instructions appear in that giveaway’s own official rules. Confirm the current mail instructions in the specific giveaway rules before you send anything.

Prize: Cash and merchandise giveaways. PCH's official rules state that prizes are guaranteed to be awarded as offered and that no purchase or fee is necessary. We do not quote a current jackpot or a lifetime prize total from marketing banners, because those figures change and we did not independently audit them.

• PCH will never require a payment, tax, or fee to collect a legitimate prize. Anyone asking you to pay is not PCH.
• Buying magazines or merchandise does not improve odds. That is the law, and PCH's own rules say so.
• After the 2023 FTC order, look for a direct free-entry path that is not buried under a sales pitch.

How we decidedFree membership plus explicit NPN language is clean. We score it as a periodic program, not a standing cash contest, and we only cite prizes we actually read in rules.

Where points came off

Free entry: Join IKEA Family for free at ikea.com. For the Appreciation Weekly Sweepstakes: log into your Family account during the window and submit. Limit one entry per Family account. No purchase or payment necessary; a purchase will not increase chances of winning.

Prize: IKEA gift cards and product prizes. The May 22–28, 2026 Family Appreciation Weekly Sweepstakes awarded one $500 IKEA physical gift card (U.S. stores only). Other IKEA promotions use different prizes; read that promotion's rules.

• Not always open. Check IKEA campaigns / Family for a live drawing.
• We excluded IKEA promotions that required placing a paid services order (those are not free-entry for the general public).
• Gift cards are typically valid in IKEA U.S. stores only.

How we decidedTextbook NPN with an email AMOE and a modest, fully described prize. It ranks below the house and cash programs because the prize is a $25 book — which is a feature, not a bug, of being honest.

Where points came off

Free entry: No purchase necessary; a purchase or payment of any kind will not increase chances of winning. Enter at foodnetwork.com/cookiebook, or send an email with your name and mailing address to [email protected] by September 18, 2026. Limit one entry per person.

Prize: Cookbooks. Twenty winners each receive one copy of The Big, Fun Kids Cookie Cookbook (ARV $25). Total ARV of all prizes: $500, per official rules.

• Small prize. Do not confuse this with Food Network's larger seasonal cash promotions, which we did not fully verify independently for this ranking.
• Canadian winners, if any, must answer a skill-testing question.

How we decidedFull official rules, named sponsor, itemized ARV, and a genuine mail AMOE. Ranked seventh because the free path still requires a Rewards account, the louder path is buying greeting cards, the prize is one travel package (not cash), and the 2026 window ends August 31.

Where points came off

Free entry: No purchase necessary; making a purchase will not improve chances of winning. Three methods in official rules: (1) Registration Entry — complete the form at HallmarkGoldCrownSweepstakes.com using the email on your Rewards account (limit 1). (2) Hallmark Card Entry — purchase path, not required. (3) Mail-in AMOE — hand-print name, address, Rewards-account email, and phone; U.S. residents mail to PO Box 595, Social Circle, GA 30025-0595; postmarked Aug 1–31, 2026 and received by Sep 7, 2026. Limit 10 mail-ins. Limit 11 entries per person regardless of method. All methods have equal chance of winning. A Crown Rewards (U.S.) or Hallmark Rewards (Canada) account in good standing is required; the email on any entry must match that account.

Prize: Kansas City holiday getaway for two. Official rules list one Grand Prize: holiday getaway for winner and one guest to Kansas City, MO, December 4–6, 2026, including two Find Magic Ticket Packages to the 2026 Hallmark Christmas Experience, a $1,250 USD travel stipend as a prepaid reward card, two nights at the Westin Kansas City at Crown Center Square, and two tickets to the HCE signature brunch. Total ARV of the Grand Prize / all prizes: $3,752.94 USD (approx. $5,324.41 CAD).

• Rewards account required even for mail-in. Email on the mail piece must match the account.
• Trip dates are fixed (Dec 4–6, 2026). Not redeemable for cash.
• Canadian winners must pass a skill-testing question.
• 21+ only.

How we decidedNPN is on the official rules page we opened, UGC is optional, and a SASE mail path exists. Ranked eighth because it is seasonal, void in AK/HI, one-per-household, the rules text is sloppy (typos, ARV subject to change), and the prizes are merchandise not cash.

Where points came off

Free entry: No purchase necessary. A purchase will not increase chances of winning. Enter at www.Utzsummer.com or by scanning in-store POS QR codes: name, age verification, mailing address, phone, email. Photo/video UGC is optional — you may skip it and still be eligible. Or mail a self-addressed stamped envelope with name, age, address, phone, and email to: Attn: Utz Summer Sweeps, PO Box 294, Hampstead, NC 28443. One entry per email address per household (web); one entry per home address (mail).

Prize: Outdoor gear plus a year of Utz snacks. Official rules award four Grand Prize packages (one per month May–August). May package ARV $2,565 (grill, cooler, cutting board, apron, chip-and-dip bowl, portable speaker, four folding chairs, one-year supply of Utz snacks). June ARV $1,855 (firepit, chairs, blankets, cooler, speaker, chip-and-dip, insulated cups, year of snacks). July ARV $1,555 (floating island, beach towels, cooler, hats/sunglasses, speaker, chip-and-dip, year of snacks). August ARV $1,565 (one-year National Park Pass, four-person tent, cooler, chairs, speakers, blankets, cups, year of snacks). Rules also describe hundreds of monthly winners and state approximate retail value of all prizes is $55,000. Rules also say all ARVs listed are subject to change.

• Window ends August 31, 2026.
• Void in Alaska and Hawaii.
• ARVs in the rules are marked subject to change.
• Submitting a photo grants Utz a perpetual license; you can skip the photo.

How we decidedThe NPN language is unambiguous on the rules pages we read. We score it lower than PCH and AARP because the live U.S. program is fragmented, and we will not invent a current grand prize.

Where points came off

Free entry: No purchase, service subscription, or payment of any kind is necessary; a purchase will not improve chances of winning. Enter online as instructed on the specific promotion, or by the mail/email method printed in that promotion's official rules. Reader's Digest mailings historically include YES and NO envelopes; both are entries.

Prize: Varies by promotion (books, devices, cash in some markets). U.S. examples we verified include Reader's Digest Book Club book sweepstakes (Trusted Media Brands, Inc.). We are not treating any international Reader's Digest site (India, Canada, Australia) as the U.S. program.

• Do not send money to claim a Reader's Digest prize. Legitimate prizes are free.
• Country sites are separate programs with separate rules.
• If a mailing says entry is by invitation only, you cannot assume a public online form exists for that drawing.

How we decidedNamed sponsor, NPN on an official Coca-Cola page, and a disclosed $3,000+$500 gift-card structure. Ranked eleventh in the launch edition because we opened abbreviated on-page rules rather than the full PDF text, prizes include ZIP limits, and the headline “cruise” is gift cards not a booked cabin.

Where points came off

Free entry: No purchase necessary, per the abbreviated official rules on Coca-Cola’s America250 celebrate page (open to 50 U.S., D.C. and Puerto Rico, 18+). Open the Official Rules link on that page — also listed on Coca-Cola’s Digital Program Rules hub as “The Coca-Cola Win the Weekend Instant Win Game and Sweepstakes Official Rules” — for the complete free-entry path. We did not extract a mail-in AMOE from a full PDF body on this research pass.

Prize: Gift cards and weekend prizes (cruise awarded as Carnival gift cards). Coca-Cola’s official America250 celebrate page states: cruise awarded as a $3,000 Carnival gift card and non-alcoholic beverage package awarded as a $500 Carnival gift card. We did not lift additional prize ARVs from a full rules PDF on this pass, so we do not list aggregator trip packages or instant-win counts.

• Certain prizes are limited to certain ZIP codes and some end before September 8, 2026.
• The cruise is awarded as Carnival gift cards, not a ticketed sailing.
• Read the full Official Rules on Coca-Cola’s legal hub before entering; this ranking used the abbreviated on-page rules plus the hub listing.

How we decidedNPN is on the page. We rank it mid-pack because promotions are short, sometimes app-gated, and we refuse to recycle old $25K marketing as if it were live.

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Free entry: No purchase necessary. Some 2026 giveaways are limited to registered users of the free PEOPLE app — create a free account and enter with the same email. Void where prohibited. Read that promotion's official rules for entry limits and end dates.

Prize: Rotating travel, product, and cash promotions. We verified on-page NPN language for 2026 PEOPLE promotions (Food & Wine Classic Charleston prize package; other PEOPLE app giveaways). We did not independently open a current $25,000 official-rules PDF on this research pass, so we do not claim a live $25K prize.

• App-exclusive giveaways still require a free account, not a purchase — but they are not a postcard AMOE.
• Confirm age (18 vs 21) on the specific rules.

How we decidedWe opened complete official rules with itemized ARVs and a no-purchase website entry. Ranked tenth because the 2026 window is closed, extra Grand Prize entries pushed newsletter/SMS opt-ins, there was no mail AMOE in the rules we read, and it is 21+ seasonal TV marketing rather than a standing cash program.

Where points came off

Free entry: No purchase necessary; making a purchase will not improve chances of winning. Website entry at ChristmasinJulySweepstakes.HallmarkChannel.com: complete the period entry form (free). Limit one website entry per person per day into each Entry Period drawing and one per person per day into the Grand Prize drawing. Extra Grand Prize entries (not required) from a Spot the Difference game, watching a preview, Balsam Hill newsletter opt-in, or SMS opt-in / Balsam Hill site visit. Official rules we read did not describe a mail-in AMOE.

Prize: Kansas City trip plus Balsam Hill décor prizes. Official rules: one Grand Prize ARV $9,152.14 — trip for winner and one guest to Kansas City, MO, November 27–29, 2026 (Find Magic tickets, round-trip coach airfare from a major airport in the 48 contiguous U.S., two nights themed room at The Westin Kansas City at Crown Center, transfers, HCE tea/brunch/dinner), a 45-minute Balsam Hill design consultation, and a $5,000 Balsam Hill product voucher. 38 Entry Period prizes totaling ARV $10,939.17. Total ARV of all prizes: $20,091.31.

• Not currently open as of August 31, 2026.
• 21+ only.
• Grand Prize travel is date-locked (Nov 27–29, 2026) and not redeemable for cash.
• Extra entries were optional marketing opt-ins; the base website form was the free path.

How we decidedIncluded because the official rules are already public and the free-entry path is clean. Ranked fourteenth because the prize is a $25 cookbook and the window has not opened yet.

Where points came off

Free entry: No purchase or payment of any kind is necessary. During the window: complete the online survey, or send an email to the address in the official rules with the sweepstakes name in the subject line plus your full name, mailing address, phone, and email. Limit one entry per person.

Prize: Cookbooks. Five winners each receive Taste of Home Ultimate Baking Cookbook (ARV $24.99). Total ARV $124.95. Estimated odds printed as 1:200, with the usual caveat that odds depend on eligible entries received.

• Not open until October 23, 2026.
• Survey responses are licensed to the sponsor on a royalty-free basis — read that section if you care about how feedback is used.

How we decidedNPN is explicit, operator is well known, prizes are modest store credit. Ranked last among this set because entry is tied to watching a telecast (or finding the word) and because the Word of the Day drawing we scored (Feb 1–28, 2026) was closed on our research date. QVC’s sweepstakes hub listed other, smaller live drawings that day which we did not score.

Where points came off

Free entry: No purchase or payment of any kind necessary; a purchase will not increase chances of winning. For Gold Medal Deals: during the window, obtain the Word of the Day from participating QVC telecasts and submit the official online form. Internet access required. Limit one entry per person per day (seven per weekly drawing). There is no purchase of any QVC item required.

Prize: QVC account credits (varies by promotion). Gold Medal Deals 2026: four weekly drawings, each awarding $500 in QVC account credits (total ARV $2,000), per the official rules page.

• Not always open. Check qvc.com/sweepstakes for a current promotion.
• Account credits are not cash and typically must be spent at QVC.
• Word-of-the-day entry is a worse AMOE than a mail-in postcard. It is still not a purchase.