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The Coors Light’s Superbowl XLIII contest is getting football fans to start thinking about where they want to be watching the Superbowl: from their living room or from the field. The sweepstakes rewards 5 lucky players with tickets to either Superbowl XLIII on February 1, 2009 or to Superbowl XLIV in February 2010. To enter, fans must purchase specially marked packages of Coors Light. Each package contains a promo-code. The contest can either be entered by submitting the code to the Coors Light website or by texting the code to 42653 (4COLD). In addition to Superbowl tickets, winners will also receive a four night hotel stay in the hosting city. Both of the Superbowls are scheduled to take place in Florida, so winners can look forward to beating some winter weather while taking in the football game of the year. The contest runs from December 7, 2008 to February 2, 2009 and notes that Grand Prize winners who are verified by the judges prior to January 16, 2009, will receive a trip to Super Bowl XLIII in Tampa, Florida. Grand Prize winners who are verified after January 16, 2009, will receive a trip to Super Bowl XLIV in South Florida in February 2010. For more information, see the offical contest rules.
-JPK
December 10th, 2008
Thanksgiving may have come and gone, but Comedy Central’s fun Thanksgiveaway Wiikend sweepstakes is still on the table and is still plenty to be thankful for. The contest requires some work but payoff comes in the form of great prizes: a personalized Honda Scion; $5,000 dollars in cash; one of 48 Nintendo Wii hourly prize packs; Canon cameras, and more.
The contest has been active since November 27 and requires players to record code words that Comedy Central has been playing on the air once per hour. Players must submit these code words to Comedy Central using either the contest’s official CodeKeeper entry form (available here). Players can also enter into a special mobile contest by texting ENTER to 44686.
The contest accounts for those of us who were too busy eating, napping, and shopping by playing a video on the Thanksgiveaway Wiikend site that displays each code word. The contest expires on December 7th, so it is still active and Scions and Wiis are still up for grabs by the hour. Good luck and happy code hunting!
- JPK
December 3rd, 2008
If there was one week this year for a health-conscious Codespotter to take a break from counting calories and eating nutritiously, this would be it. This week marks the start of the yearly McDonald’s Monopoly contest; a wildly popular instant win game that boasts, among other things, daily $100,000 cash prizes. The game’s premise is simple: selected McDonald’s menu selections come with game pieces that contain a unique 10-digit code (a “dice roll”). Each code represents a Monopoly property and a winning combination of properties yields a prize. For example, collecting the green properties of Pacific, North Carolina and Pennsylvania Avenue wins $25,000.
Players can play the game either in store, online, or via text messaging. In store instant-win prizes include McDonalds food and other smaller instant win prizes. By entering these game piece codes online at PlayatMcD.com, you can also instantly win cash (anywhere from $50 to $100,000), Shell Gift Cards, or 25 MyCokeRewards points. To play with text messaging, register your phone online and then text game codes to 96363.
Buying and eating more of those selections gives you a higher chance to win prizes. 2 pieces, plus one bonus piece, are found on Medium and Large Premium Roast Coffee (excluding iced coffee and specialty coffee), McSkillet Burritos, Southern Style Chicken Sandwiches, Big Macs, Premium Chicken Sandwiches, Large French Fries, Medium & Large Fountain Drinks, and Hash Browns.
McDonalds Monopoly is wildly popular and certainly delivers a great deal of prizes. An online ticker keeps track of winning prizes that are redeemed and when I started writing this post, the number of winners was around 17,000. It is currently at 19, 271 (edit: The game is currently at 171,005. 2:07PM, 10/08/08). Literally there are people winning almost every second. These are pretty good odds and the contest is definitely worth a play or two. The contest will be running at a McDonalds near you from October 7, 2008 to November 3, 2008. Rules and conditions can also be found on PlayatMcD.com.
October 7th, 2008
For some quick news, the annual McDonalds/Monopoly Game is going to kick off on October 7th. One of the ways for players to enter codes is via text messaging. We will be addressing the game officially next week when it actually is opened to the public, but for now, visit the contest’s website for a preview of the and for an exclusive code that enters earlybird contestants into an exclusive $100,000 pre-promotion giveaway. Be sure to check back with Codespotter soon to hear our thoughts about the game!
-JPK
September 25th, 2008
The football season is here and with it comes a series of great text-to-win prizes and offers. Codespotter did a little research and we discovered a few contests that will leave winners with unforgettable game-watching experiences. Read on and see what we found.
Alltel is kicking off the football season by giving you the chance to go to your favorite game in style. With their My Circle Gridiron text-to-win giveaway, 5 lucky contestants will win tickets to the regular season football game of their choice. Winners will go to the game of their choice in a private jet, and can invite up to 10 of their friends. The grand prize winner of the group will also recieve an Alltel handset and $25 gift card, while each member of the group will receive $100 spending cash and other great sponsored prizes. To play, text message “jet”, “circle”, “win”, or “fball” to 57533, or complete the Online Entry form online. Alltell is hosting this contest 5 times over the course of the football season, with drawings in September, October, and November. Contestants can enter once per day during each drawing period.
Certain drinks are matched well with certain foods. In the same vein, Coors Light happens to be paired well with football games. Their Silver Ticket Sweepstakes takes the pairing one step further by awarding 240 lucky winners with two tickets to a 2008 regular season NFL game. By buying specially marked packages of Coors Light or Coors Banquet, you will receive an Official Access Entry Code that you can text to 745837 for a chance to win. You can also register online at CoorsLight.com. After registering, entrants can submit Coors Light package codes two entries per day. 500 first prize winners also win a $100 NFLShop.com gift card. The contest expires on October 31, 2008 and is excluded to California residents.
Heineken has also picked up on the beer-football relationship. As part of their Top Picks of the League Sweepstakes offer, they are holding a contest that promises to enhance the traditional football experience with a bevy of awesome prizes. The contest rewards one grand prize winner with a brand new Heineken branded Samsung Flat-Screen TV. First prize winners win a stainless steel Heineken branded Coleman cooler; a cooler that is surely big enough to hold ample supplies of Heineken. Second prize winners win a Williams-Sonoma indoor grill, so that they can enjoy great outdoor food all through the winter. To enter, either visit www.heineken.com or enter via SMS by texting FOOTBALL to 47336 (GREEN). The contest expires on October 31, 2008.
College football offers some of the sport’s best players, teams, and moments and ESPN knows it. This year, with their All America sweepstakes, ESPN is going to give one lucky football fan the NCAA Football experience of a lifetime. One winner will receive a trip to the NCAA College Football Championship in Miami, Florida. As part of the prize, they will also win a free flight to Miami; a 3-day/2-night accommodation in a local hotel; ground transportation to the game; and $500 spending cash. Entering is easy. To enter, players can either visit ESPNAllAmerica.com and register online, or text VOTE to 51234. Text message contestants will also be offered trivia questions or another form of mobile interaction, which, when completed, will give them more entries into the contest. This could be the perfect chance for you football loving Codespotters to flex your muscle and win a great prize. The contest runs from August 28, 2008 to December 4, 2008.
For Dallas Cowboys fans, 2008 holds a season that will no doubt be nostalgic, as it marks the final games that they will play in Texas Stadium; their home since 1971. This American Airlines contest will be sure to give a fan something to remember their old stomping ground by. Starting on September 15, 2008, contestants can enter the Look Back and Fly Forward sweepstakes, which is giving away two tickets to the final Dallas Cowboys regular season game at Texas Stadium on December 20, 2008. Also included in the package are two additional tickets to the first regular season game at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas in 2009. American Airlines is also providing winners with 100,000 additional AAdvantage Bonus Miles and a giftbag full of cool Dallas Cowboys gear. To enter, you can either text AAMOBILE to 88398; Mail in an entry form, or call and enter by phone. Details can be found on the official rules page. The sweepstakes expires on December 14, 2008.
Finally, if you’re a Minnesota resident that wants to cheer on the Minnesota Vikings and host the ultimate Vikings football party, then this is the contest for you! The Minnesota Vikings and Miller/Coors are teaming up for the Ultimate Football Party contest. Between September 1, 2008 and November 23, 2008, Minnesota residents can text VIKINGS to 645537 and enter to win 2 tickets to the Vikings vs. Bears game on November 30th in Chicago. Each winner will then, additionally, have the opportunity to compete in an on-field contest; the winner of the contest winning the Ultimate Football Party thrown in their home. The Ultimate Football party will include catering for 20 guests, a 42″ Samsung HDTV, and a visit from Vikings Alumni player John Randle and four Vikings cheerleaders. Entrants can also play by mailing their personal information to the Vikings (rules here.)
Check some of these contests out and make your football season one to remember. Whether you win a trip to a championship game or a brand new TV to watch all of your favorite games on, take a crack at some of these contests and win something.
September 24th, 2008
The leaves are changing, the temperature is dropping, and the nights are starting earlier and earlier, but that doesn’t mean that we have to start thinking about the fall yet! September is still here and is still offering some great contests. In addition to Solow, who is offering a $50,000 sweepstakes that we reported on earlier this summer, there is still time left this month to take part in some fun contests and win some great prizes. We recently scoured our sources to see what we could find and these are what we dug up.
A weekly sweepstakes from Boar’s Head Provisions and HipCricket.com could give leave one lucky Codespotter with a pocket full of cash; cash that, quite frankly, I would probably use at least some of to buy more Boars Head products. In September, Boar’s Head has been hosting their weekly Brown Bag sweepstakes, promoting users to brown bag their lunch with Boar’s Head products instead of ordering out. By either texting BOAR to 22700, or by entering online at BoarsHeadContest.com, you can register to win $2500 on September 19, 2008. Also, be sure to check the recipe section of the website for some delicious sandwich ideas that are almost as valuable as any cash prize.
In a different food related SMS contest story, Newtree Chocolate’s Great American Text Story contest is unlike one we’ve ever reported on. It is definitely one of the more original contests that we have come across, and is one of those contests that rewards entrants who are dedicated and driven to win. The prizes are worth the effort: winners will receive a year’s supply of Newtree Chocolate and an Apple iPhone (Total ARV: $2000). Here is the catch. To play, entrants must submit an original, never-before-published short story via text message (!) that includes the eleven flavors of Newtree chocolate (Pleasure, Forgiveness, Vigor, Sexy, Renew, Blush, Refresh, Tranquility, Cocoon, Rejoice, Crave). The story DOES NOT have to be about chocolate, and will be judged based on the eleven-word requirement, creativity, and uniqueness. Kudos to you Codespotters who can text message 1500 words; the rest of us lack the perseverance, fortitude, and digital conditioning necessary. As a rough estimate, we predict that 1500 words would require the sending of at least 100 text messages, depending on your phone’s text character limit. How Newtree keeps track of an entrant pool made up of contestants who are EACH sending 100 pages worth of sequential story pieces is some kind of mystical heresy that I don’t even want to believe exists. The contest expires on September 19, 2008 and stories will be judged in the period between the contest end date and October 13, 2008 when the winner will be notified of their accomplishment. To initialize registration, visit Newtree’s Contest Page and sign up to be an entrant. Start stretching those thumbs and good luck!
As part of their It’s Time to Upgrade campaign, HD Radio is hosting a text-to-win contest that aims to convert radio listeners to the future of radio entertainment. The company is giving away 200 iLuv i168 table top clock radios, each with a retail video of $90. They are great prizes for such an easy contest to enter (well, in comparison to the Newtree contest). To play, you can either visit the HD Radio contest website and submit an online entry form, or you can text either UPGRADE or WIN to 34343 during the sweepstakes time period. One hidden catch is that texting to 34343 also opts you in for future mobile alerts, such as rebates, radio station guides, and other information. You can enter as many times as you want, but prizes are limited to one per person. This contest lasts from June 30, 2008 to September 28, 2008.
Finally, Universal Studios Orlando and the Sci Fi Channel are teaming up to bring you the Halloween Horror Nights Sweepstakes. Halloween Horror Nights, the yearly Halloween festivities at Universal Studios Orlando, have a reputation for living up to their name, and both sponsors want to bring you to the heart of the terror. Two grand prize winners will receive tickets to the Universal Orlando resort, including transportation and accomodations at the Hard Rock Hotel. They will also win admission to Halloween Horror Night access and one night of club-to-club access at Universal City Walk. To play, During promotional announcements for Ghost Hunters, text HHN to 72434 to enter into the contest. You can also enter online at the Ghost Hunters website. You can enter up to 10 times. This contest expires on September 30, 2008. Also, if you do happen to win, you can check out our Code.com posting on the Halloween Horror Nights text alert service that the park is offering.
Enter some of these contests and let September know that you’re still here and you’re still playing. Good luck!
-JPK
September 17th, 2008
Solow claims to be “The Ultimate Prize Game for Your Mobile Phone.” If that doesn’t get your attention, Solow is sponsoring a $50,000 cash sweepstakes this summer, with drawings in July, August and September. To compete for the $50,000 Grand Prize, you have to sign up at www.solow.com and start playing. For every game you play between now and September 18, 2008, you will automatically receive one entry into the Sweepstakes. What’s the deal? Read on.
Once you register your mobile phone number at www.solow.com, you can play to win a variety of prizes by entering up to 20 numbers per game. If your entry turns out to be the lowest unique number for that game, you win! Recent prizes offered by Solow include $100 in cash, a $100 gift card for travel on Southwest Airlines, a $100 gas card, Virgin Music Festival concert tickets, and a $100 gift card for products at Sephora. These contests are all free to enter (except for the cost of text messaging if you are guessing from your mobile phone)—but beware of the games that say $.99 per guess; the prizes are bigger, but that extra charge will add up to a shockingly large phone bill if you max out your 20 guesses for each game.
Recent prizes offered by Solow include $100 in cash, a $100 gift card for travel on Southwest Airlines, a $100 gas card, Virgin Music Festival concert tickets, and a $100 gift card for products at Sephora.
The Solow text messaging option lets you check on how you are doing in a particular game or make a new guess based on in-game updates and hints. You can text your next guess to 23687 at any time during the game (games can last from a few days to a few weeks). Unless you opt for No Hints when you register, you will get text message updates from Solow on your standing in each game—for example, if your unique number is bumped by another player, you will find out via text message and have another chance to guess.
If you have ever tried to guess the lowest unique number for a www.Limbo.com contest, the Solow game play will seem very, very familiar. How does Solow make money from giving away cash prizes? One method is to offer hard core gaming fans a Solow Elite subscription. This will cost you $9.99 a month – in return, Elite status will let you enter all the premium games without paying the $.99 per guess fee.
Recently, Limbo has expanded its focus from just games to offer a mobile social community with new communication and location features for its millions of registered gamer members. It will be interesting to see if the members who joined Limbo for the simpler pleasures of guessing to win via text will migrate to Solow.
July 17th, 2008
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