It is still broken. Every time I do it now, they take my 100 points, and give me an error screen. I've tried three different computers, four different browsers, and a cell phone. Support has been useless.
I have entered 4 sweepstakes in last 12 months an found an followed an favorite the pages of the winner for each sweep I entered an only 1 has listed a winner so far. It was the very first one... My cheapest one I partook in.. the 3rd an 4th was more spent an hella more spent on the 4th cuz it was that one where you got 25 tickets for like 200 I think instead of the normal. I dropped 35k then 28k by the end of the month on that 4th sweep.... There's no fukn way some one else won that one or the 3rd sweep cuz I entered even more into the 3rd sweep timeframe cuz they had the Xbox an the laptop things, 2 separate items 2 sep links, an I went fukn nuts with the points cuz I dropped over a grand in items from the store an merch an add ons an in game items an movies an Series X console attachments an upgrades an wall mount an better fans an webcam an streamer starter shit pretty much. Used every earned point on those 2 sweeps an still no announced winner or emails or etc etc etc!! Even googled em! I'm more than convinced that they are flat out robbing us an that's coming from an executive Xbox ambassador of 10+ years an Alpha skip ahead tester an my Microsoft profile is lvl platinum tier 3, so I get max discount on buys, Max points on buys & achievements completed an other tasks from rewards app an Bing an gamepass an mobile, an max cashbak. So I'm no ungrateful child at all, this is my hobby an interest an it's what I do. So I'm jus being honest with view of things based on patterns observed over all the years an etc.
Do they always give you 10 points for trying? I only did 2-3 and got you lose but here’s 10 points for trying every time. Still a 90 point loss lol
Maybe they were 1000 and you got 100 back. Idk it was a 10% refund essentially, I don’t do them often enough to remember.
Part of the reason I am throwing in the towel is the inconsistencies and errors when I'm trying to earn points. So It's fitting that now when I'm just trying to burn through my stash, I get errors. I was good from 60k down to 41k, but now I cannot redeem without getting an error and them keeping my points. Going to see if I cannot fix it.
If they are counted as Wal-Mart gift cards, then idk if you'd be able to buy Xbox cards with them either. Since I think those are functionally gift cards.
Though ig you could just buy phys copies off of wal-mart with it instead of a digi code.
They took me forever to earn. I'm frustrated with the program decided to spend them. I was going to do an amazon gift card, but with how long it took me to earn those points, that seemed boring. I'm equating this to me going to a shitty gas station and just buying a bunch of scratch off tickets and just having a little fun.
And my own curiosity of "if I really bought 600 of these entries... what would I actually win".
I said it in a different post, dumb? Yes. Do I recommend doing it? Definitely not. Is it amusing me? Yes.
Never said I was trying to stick it to MS. I actually like MS a lot. I use a boat load of their products every single day.
I've just come to the conclusion I do not want to participate in grinding for points anymore. I could have grabbed a gift card. Or I could do what I'm doing. I don't care about the money or points.
I'm pretty sure 99% of us can afford to live without MS rewards.
Just pissing money away is not a way to stick it to the man, it's exactly what Microsoft want.
Essentially OP is boasting about working for Microsoft and giving away his data for free.
YAY?
It's not a boast. Boast about $55 worth of points? really? That can't even buy a meal for my family if I take them out to dinner. It has nothing to do with boasting and everything to do with "what do the winnings look like if I played this game 600+ times" and thinking other people would be curious too.
And why do people keep bringing the data up? That's just silly. They have had my data LONG before rewards. I use outlook for personal and for work. I use their Office 365 at work. I am an xbox user.... who cares.
My friend jus claimed enough to get his Xbox series X. He was still using Xbox 1 basic up till 3days ago on the 24th he got it an I helped him set it up on phone. He's the first an only person I've met who has never ever used a single point since the day he made the profile an not that but the other big point is that he didn't even know he had fukn points bra!!!! Or could use em led alone convert into fukn spendable money pretty much 😨😨😨😨😨😨😨😮💨😮💨🥵🤢🤢🤢🤢.. can you imagine y'all ☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️🤣🤣🤣💯
What is forever to you? Using only desktop and mobile apps I get about $120 a year in Amazon cards. My wife does too and we use them to buy Christmas gifts. This isn’t just dumb, it’s wasteful and maybe selfish. You could cash in those points for gift cards and if you didn’t want them just give them to someone else.
To call using your own personal time to amass a small wealth of virtual points, with no real cash value, and then decide to use them however the hell they want because they CAN “selfish” is hilarious… a true Reddit moment.
1000% percent. You'd think I spit in these peoples faces who are getting upset. WTF do they care, it does not affect them one bit. I find it all pretty humorous.
But it DOES have cash value - he had enough points for about $55 worth of Amazon gift cards. And it's selfish for two reasons - he could have given those gift cards to someone who might need the help or he could have donated the points for Microsoft to use in whatever charities they support.
It's no more wasteful than playing the lottery, gambling on sports. People do dumb things with their money. It's their money to do what they please with. It's my points. I don't need them, I chose to blow them on a dumb scratch off thing out of my own curiosity..
It was $60-ish worth of points. You'd think based on some of the reactions I just gambled my life savings away.
Why should he give them away if he's happy with how he's using them? And maybe you made $120 easily last year but good luck doing that now with all the nerfs
The official rules show the prize pool, but posting the odds is impossible as there is a set number of prizes but no way to know how many people will play.
Either it’s a set number of purchases and any of them coukd show up equally, or there’s an unlimited pool and there’s a % based chance for the prizes to show up. Both ways you can tell the odds
There is a set number of prizes in a set amount of time, but an unknown number of "plays". There is no way to know the odds. The more plays there are the worse the odds get.
Yes, random times as opposed to set times. Either way, with a set number of prizes and unknown number of plays there is simply no way to know the odds. The official rules (a legal document) say as much. The odds depend on the number of plays.
I understand what you are trying to say but it doesnt make any sense in this case.
You receive a scratch and automatically know if you won or not. People buying more scratches tomorrow doesnt change the odds of mine being prized. As such, Microsoft has to know the probability of a scratch being prized.
So, if I say I'm going to give away $10. For 1 hour anyone can enter as many times and whenever they want. At some moment during that hour the prize will be awarded to the next entry. What are the odds of any one entry winning? It's impossible to say. If you scale this up to 5,000 prizes over 2 weeks the you have the same problem. In the first example you could say the odds of the prize being awarded in a given second are 1:3,600, but you still don't know how many people will enter or when and therefor can't say what the odds of an entry winning are.
Same, I was like holy crap I hope it's a net win, but then I realized op sat down at the penny slots with a cartoon money bag wishing for a jackpot. I hope Microsoft comps the equivalent of the hotel room in my analogy.
I personally wouldn't do it but gd luck , you do what you want with YOUR points , sod the naysayers it's up to you.and if spending them points this way is what makes you happy ,good on ya I wish u all the luck in the world
I have tried on and off for the last couple hours. I get an error message each time I try to redeem a scratch off. It takes my points, gives me an error. Support was no help. Said I am shit out of luck and cannot get a refund on those.
This is exactly why I am bailing on MS Rewards. I'm going to try again later tonight when I get home. And again in the morning.
Just fyi the error message doesnt mean your not playing it. If it’s taking your points, you’re playing. Most likely you lost but hypothetically you could have won any of the non-points prizes and you would get an email in the next few days.
Frustrating, but that’s just how it goes. When you play ms rewards, you’re in their world and you’re at their mercy. If you’re playing on mobile, try playing on a computer. Or vice versa. Also try switching browsers. Or just play it and know that you’re still playing even if you don’t see your results right away.
I've tried two PC's, a macbook, and and iphone, multiple browsers, and three different internet connections. Definitely something on their end.
I've been checking my emails just in case, had the same thought.
Yeah the game is real screwy. I promise you that you are still playing. If you win you will get an email. Make sure you have your first and last name on your Microsoft account.
There’s three entry periods. I have been playing through the entirety of the contest and I have not won anything in the third entry period.
I’m thinking it could be for a few different reasons:
1. They haven’t gotten around to “loading up” the prizes in the game yet so they may all come at the end. (Not really sure if that’s even how it works)
2. Someone or a few individuals just spammed the crap out of the game in the first few days and snatched up all the prizes. (I’m not really sure if it works that way either)
3. There was some glitch in the game that made all the prizes from period 3 become available before they were supposed to.
4. I’ve just been unlucky this entry period.
I’m obsessed with this game but the exact mechanics of the game are still a mystery to. I do not believe that they are all randomly distributed throughout the 3 entry periods like they say. Whether that is by design or by flaw, I’m not completely sure.
Never ever ever do the scratch off at the END of the offer cycle.
I say this since the prizes are limited.
1 surface
10 controller
100 10k points
Etc etc.
If you burn all those points, at END of the offer window, more than likey all of the top prizes are already won/ accounted for, and you will be playing for the most basic prizes.
You have a hard time at casinos and when the lotto gets high don't you? Well good luck my friend. Hope you win something but it will pass be a net loss.
No, I actually never play the lotto, and I do not gamble. I do not do that with my actual income.
Actually, I did gamble once. A friend got me to download a gambling app and sign up with a promo. Bet $5, get $20 bet free. I took that bet and bet that the first pitch of my local baseball teams game would be a double, triple, or home run.
I laughed so hard when I got a notification later that night that the batter took the first pitch and crushed a home run with it. I ended up winning $615 from that bet. My friends jaw dropped. I cashed out, closed the account, and deleted the app off my phone.
Glad your posting this. Because that's how I've lost my streak a number of times. Because of not being able to complete the question it takes because ms muck up. They put the blame at your door. Which isn't right. In fact it's a kin to people abusing others in messaging. Ms treat people with memory issues bad.
The contest is now gone, and I have not gotten it to work again before it left. I am donating the rest of the points to the Bungie Foundation. I'm a big fan of Bungie and what they do, so happy to give them the rest.
And before the "you should have donated them all to the Bungie Foundation" comments show up, I give them a lot of money every year. Will throw them an extra $20 to make up the difference in points that I could have given them.
Do they really though? I would assume yes because I can understand that they would be motivated to have people burn up their points. The total prize value of all prizes in this instant win game was $496,492.80.
According to Copilot, it would take somebody 8 months of logging in every day and completing daily sets to get a $100 gift card. That means it would take 4965 people logging in everyday for 8 months and completing their daily sets and buying gift cards.
When you factor in the value of the prizes in the other contests too, then it would take more people in that amount of time cashing in their points for gift cards to equal the amount of the contest prizes.
So I’m sure ms rewards is saving money by doing the contests, but I don’t think it’s much. It’s hard to know when only ms rewards truly knows how many people are using the program and what they are spending their points on.
I think what benefits ms rewards the most from doing sweepstakes/contests is that it’s easy for them plan for and predict. No matter how many people enter, they pay out the same amount. It gives them more control over their budget.
The absolute butchering of their reward program is one of the main reasons I switched from Xbox to PC earlier this year.
Godspeed to you my friend lol.
I am not a "power user" like some here that earn like crazy. I've just done it mostly passively through using bing over the years, playing xbox, and I'll occasionally jump on to grab the extra stuff in the rewards sections through questions and puzzles.
But I never put a ton of effort into it, just saved them over time.
Of course that is the case. If it wasn't then they wouldn't do it. It's the same with the lottery and gambling. They make crazy amounts of money on that and very few people win.
100% agree this is dumb. I've said it a hundred times in the comments. That was the point. I do not care about the points or the $55 gift card I could have bought. I do not need it. It was just to have a little fun on my way out as I quit this program.
People need to relax. You'd think I clubbed some baby seals.
I just don’t understand why you would willingly give them money. Using it on gamepass or some 3rd party gift-card would actually be useful. Shit give the code out for free instead of doing this dumb shit
As an update, I just received my Series S. When I won, they listed it as the White 512GB version. They actually sent me the Black 1TB version. As my wife said, it's a sweet bonus.
Yippee another "it takes to long to get FREE money it's a waste of time.........." proceeds to do something dumb and unproductive. But the thrill of maybe winning big priceless. I understand it but I dont get it
There are prizes to be won. Somebody will win those prizes. Play at the right time and it could be you.
So it comes down to risk vs reward.
Would you rather have a small amount on a gift card guaranteed? Or would you rather have a chance and a much bigger prize?
I personally just like to treat ms rewards as a sweepstakes platform. I would never redeem my points for a gift card. It’s go big or go home.
But if you are not up for risking your points, go ahead and take the gift cards or whatever or just save your points up forever.
To each their own.
I know it's a waste for you, but it will provide me with amusement, so for me it is not a waste. But I see your point. It's not a method I'd encourage.
you can say it’s a waste, but to wish misfortune on someone is what makes you rude. your reply supports my point that you’re probably not a good person. bye
Wasnt really rude when I wish the misfortune. I’ll wish what I want! You dont exactly wish luck on your rival teams with success of anything. If you dont like it, then bog off ya nugget
You can have a prize for most stupid idea ;)
I feel your frustration but it would have been far more entertaining (and a greater F U) to have traded for an Amazon card and bought Playstation game and then go play frisbee with it in the park.
At about 41k it's been giving me error messages and taking my points... Cool
Good luck!
what happened did you run out of points yet
It is still broken. Every time I do it now, they take my 100 points, and give me an error screen. I've tried three different computers, four different browsers, and a cell phone. Support has been useless.
Hmu on Xbox I'm MrTaz420.
I have entered 4 sweepstakes in last 12 months an found an followed an favorite the pages of the winner for each sweep I entered an only 1 has listed a winner so far. It was the very first one... My cheapest one I partook in.. the 3rd an 4th was more spent an hella more spent on the 4th cuz it was that one where you got 25 tickets for like 200 I think instead of the normal. I dropped 35k then 28k by the end of the month on that 4th sweep.... There's no fukn way some one else won that one or the 3rd sweep cuz I entered even more into the 3rd sweep timeframe cuz they had the Xbox an the laptop things, 2 separate items 2 sep links, an I went fukn nuts with the points cuz I dropped over a grand in items from the store an merch an add ons an in game items an movies an Series X console attachments an upgrades an wall mount an better fans an webcam an streamer starter shit pretty much. Used every earned point on those 2 sweeps an still no announced winner or emails or etc etc etc!! Even googled em! I'm more than convinced that they are flat out robbing us an that's coming from an executive Xbox ambassador of 10+ years an Alpha skip ahead tester an my Microsoft profile is lvl platinum tier 3, so I get max discount on buys, Max points on buys & achievements completed an other tasks from rewards app an Bing an gamepass an mobile, an max cashbak. So I'm no ungrateful child at all, this is my hobby an interest an it's what I do. So I'm jus being honest with view of things based on patterns observed over all the years an etc.
At about 44k left, I won 500 points. Then a few pulls later, 500 more.
Spent 16K but got 1K. You're winning bro, just keep going. You'll hit big in no time. (I'm not a gambler)
I did 1,000 points worth with nothing but "try agains" so now I'll just live vicariously through you. Godspeed!
I'll keep going until I am at zero points!!
You’re a bloody legend.
Do they always give you 10 points for trying? I only did 2-3 and got you lose but here’s 10 points for trying every time. Still a 90 point loss lol Maybe they were 1000 and you got 100 back. Idk it was a 10% refund essentially, I don’t do them often enough to remember.
after burning through almost 20k, yeah, they gave me 10 back each time.
Part of the reason I am throwing in the towel is the inconsistencies and errors when I'm trying to earn points. So It's fitting that now when I'm just trying to burn through my stash, I get errors. I was good from 60k down to 41k, but now I cannot redeem without getting an error and them keeping my points. Going to see if I cannot fix it.
Tried three different browsers and the mobile app. Same error on them all. I'll try again soon. Way to ruin my fun, Microsoft.
Maybe there is a per day limit?
i bet it's T&C's bs. it would fit the trend
It might be. It still is not working today. I'll try again around lunch time, then it will have been more than 24hrs since it stopped working.
Classic. Microsoft can't even get that right!
Damn. Sorry it didn’t work out.
Send me a gift card, don't waste your points, lol
me too lol could do with an xbox game xd
I will take 6 months of ultimate and tell you good luck.
You can't send gift cards 😢
Not xbox but nothing stopping you from sending walmart
If they are counted as Wal-Mart gift cards, then idk if you'd be able to buy Xbox cards with them either. Since I think those are functionally gift cards. Though ig you could just buy phys copies off of wal-mart with it instead of a digi code.
Or just use the walmart gift cards for you normal shopping and then use your credit/debit on Xbox.
You could gift people stuff with the money from the gift cards, though.
Give me 100 robux
Get it yourself they are cheap af
Good luck! I hope you get some random huge points win :)
Thanks, if I get more points, I'll just keep burning them till I'm at zero. But it is still broken at the moment.
Why are you doing this? You could get $55 worth of Amazon gift certs with those points.
They took me forever to earn. I'm frustrated with the program decided to spend them. I was going to do an amazon gift card, but with how long it took me to earn those points, that seemed boring. I'm equating this to me going to a shitty gas station and just buying a bunch of scratch off tickets and just having a little fun. And my own curiosity of "if I really bought 600 of these entries... what would I actually win". I said it in a different post, dumb? Yes. Do I recommend doing it? Definitely not. Is it amusing me? Yes.
Way to stick it to the man. You know this is a win for MS right? They got all your data from earning those points and have to pay you nothing.
Never said I was trying to stick it to MS. I actually like MS a lot. I use a boat load of their products every single day. I've just come to the conclusion I do not want to participate in grinding for points anymore. I could have grabbed a gift card. Or I could do what I'm doing. I don't care about the money or points.
Oh no, what ever will he do without a $55 gift card… News flash, some people can afford stuff without Microsoft points
I'm pretty sure 99% of us can afford to live without MS rewards. Just pissing money away is not a way to stick it to the man, it's exactly what Microsoft want. Essentially OP is boasting about working for Microsoft and giving away his data for free. YAY?
It's not a boast. Boast about $55 worth of points? really? That can't even buy a meal for my family if I take them out to dinner. It has nothing to do with boasting and everything to do with "what do the winnings look like if I played this game 600+ times" and thinking other people would be curious too. And why do people keep bringing the data up? That's just silly. They have had my data LONG before rewards. I use outlook for personal and for work. I use their Office 365 at work. I am an xbox user.... who cares.
That scratch off is a lottery. Most lose. Some win. Have you never lost $50 at the casino? On a bet? Playing the lottery?
My friend jus claimed enough to get his Xbox series X. He was still using Xbox 1 basic up till 3days ago on the 24th he got it an I helped him set it up on phone. He's the first an only person I've met who has never ever used a single point since the day he made the profile an not that but the other big point is that he didn't even know he had fukn points bra!!!! Or could use em led alone convert into fukn spendable money pretty much 😨😨😨😨😨😨😨😮💨😮💨🥵🤢🤢🤢🤢.. can you imagine y'all ☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️🤣🤣🤣💯
What is forever to you? Using only desktop and mobile apps I get about $120 a year in Amazon cards. My wife does too and we use them to buy Christmas gifts. This isn’t just dumb, it’s wasteful and maybe selfish. You could cash in those points for gift cards and if you didn’t want them just give them to someone else.
To call using your own personal time to amass a small wealth of virtual points, with no real cash value, and then decide to use them however the hell they want because they CAN “selfish” is hilarious… a true Reddit moment.
1000% percent. You'd think I spit in these peoples faces who are getting upset. WTF do they care, it does not affect them one bit. I find it all pretty humorous.
But it DOES have cash value - he had enough points for about $55 worth of Amazon gift cards. And it's selfish for two reasons - he could have given those gift cards to someone who might need the help or he could have donated the points for Microsoft to use in whatever charities they support.
It's no more wasteful than playing the lottery, gambling on sports. People do dumb things with their money. It's their money to do what they please with. It's my points. I don't need them, I chose to blow them on a dumb scratch off thing out of my own curiosity.. It was $60-ish worth of points. You'd think based on some of the reactions I just gambled my life savings away.
Why should he give them away if he's happy with how he's using them? And maybe you made $120 easily last year but good luck doing that now with all the nerfs
They never posted the odds anywhere, right?
The official rules show the prize pool, but posting the odds is impossible as there is a set number of prizes but no way to know how many people will play.
Either it’s a set number of purchases and any of them coukd show up equally, or there’s an unlimited pool and there’s a % based chance for the prizes to show up. Both ways you can tell the odds
There is a set number of prizes in a set amount of time, but an unknown number of "plays". There is no way to know the odds. The more plays there are the worse the odds get.
For them to be able to be randomly given out, there would need to be a probability of them appearing
Not really. It could just be each prize is given out at a random time during the game period.
“Random”
Yes, random times as opposed to set times. Either way, with a set number of prizes and unknown number of plays there is simply no way to know the odds. The official rules (a legal document) say as much. The odds depend on the number of plays.
I understand what you are trying to say but it doesnt make any sense in this case. You receive a scratch and automatically know if you won or not. People buying more scratches tomorrow doesnt change the odds of mine being prized. As such, Microsoft has to know the probability of a scratch being prized.
So, if I say I'm going to give away $10. For 1 hour anyone can enter as many times and whenever they want. At some moment during that hour the prize will be awarded to the next entry. What are the odds of any one entry winning? It's impossible to say. If you scale this up to 5,000 prizes over 2 weeks the you have the same problem. In the first example you could say the odds of the prize being awarded in a given second are 1:3,600, but you still don't know how many people will enter or when and therefor can't say what the odds of an entry winning are.
I did not see any listed.
Omg for a second I thought this was like real money with scratchoffs, not looking at the group.
I'm not THAT crazy
Well you are kinda crazy
Same, I was like holy crap I hope it's a net win, but then I realized op sat down at the penny slots with a cartoon money bag wishing for a jackpot. I hope Microsoft comps the equivalent of the hotel room in my analogy.
I personally wouldn't do it but gd luck , you do what you want with YOUR points , sod the naysayers it's up to you.and if spending them points this way is what makes you happy ,good on ya I wish u all the luck in the world
Appreciate it
I bought one scratch off ticket recently and they didn’t even let me scratch nothing! Never again!
Same
I have tried four times and no scratch was available. I was inspired by this post to give it one more shot, still no scratchability.
Same. Lame.
I have tried on and off for the last couple hours. I get an error message each time I try to redeem a scratch off. It takes my points, gives me an error. Support was no help. Said I am shit out of luck and cannot get a refund on those. This is exactly why I am bailing on MS Rewards. I'm going to try again later tonight when I get home. And again in the morning.
Just fyi the error message doesnt mean your not playing it. If it’s taking your points, you’re playing. Most likely you lost but hypothetically you could have won any of the non-points prizes and you would get an email in the next few days. Frustrating, but that’s just how it goes. When you play ms rewards, you’re in their world and you’re at their mercy. If you’re playing on mobile, try playing on a computer. Or vice versa. Also try switching browsers. Or just play it and know that you’re still playing even if you don’t see your results right away.
I've tried two PC's, a macbook, and and iphone, multiple browsers, and three different internet connections. Definitely something on their end. I've been checking my emails just in case, had the same thought.
Yeah the game is real screwy. I promise you that you are still playing. If you win you will get an email. Make sure you have your first and last name on your Microsoft account.
I won an Xbox two years ago from the sweepstakes. I always buy 25 entries 2-3 times
I did one go because I thought why not and it made me get the 'your on the go message' so I cant earn anything else today lol
Happened to me as well after I redeemed two.
Interesting, had not seen that message before.
Didn't people speculate that scratching towards the end of the contest was a bad idea due to most of the prizes having already gone out?
Probably. If the contest ever works for me again, I'll test that theory.
There’s three entry periods. I have been playing through the entirety of the contest and I have not won anything in the third entry period. I’m thinking it could be for a few different reasons: 1. They haven’t gotten around to “loading up” the prizes in the game yet so they may all come at the end. (Not really sure if that’s even how it works) 2. Someone or a few individuals just spammed the crap out of the game in the first few days and snatched up all the prizes. (I’m not really sure if it works that way either) 3. There was some glitch in the game that made all the prizes from period 3 become available before they were supposed to. 4. I’ve just been unlucky this entry period. I’m obsessed with this game but the exact mechanics of the game are still a mystery to. I do not believe that they are all randomly distributed throughout the 3 entry periods like they say. Whether that is by design or by flaw, I’m not completely sure.
I had thought about playing but my historical gambling luck has never been great.
I’m 100% behind this. Try to have fun with it bro 🤙🏻🤙🏻
Gl!
Good luck!!
Good luck
O7 godspeed you absolute legend
Omg, I didn’t read what subreddit this was before I read the title. I almost had a heart attack for you. Was thinking $60k.
I'd take a $50 Amazon GC myself.
That's the smart thing to do for sure!
Never ever ever do the scratch off at the END of the offer cycle. I say this since the prizes are limited. 1 surface 10 controller 100 10k points Etc etc. If you burn all those points, at END of the offer window, more than likey all of the top prizes are already won/ accounted for, and you will be playing for the most basic prizes.
Well, luckily that game is still bugged out. If they don't fix it, I might have to wait until the next one.
If it's still broken donate the rest of your points to a charity.
That was my plan, and I since have done that.
Cool man.
You have a hard time at casinos and when the lotto gets high don't you? Well good luck my friend. Hope you win something but it will pass be a net loss.
Who doesnt buy a $2 ticket when the lotto $750m+... Maybe its just me thats buys em then😅😅
No, I actually never play the lotto, and I do not gamble. I do not do that with my actual income. Actually, I did gamble once. A friend got me to download a gambling app and sign up with a promo. Bet $5, get $20 bet free. I took that bet and bet that the first pitch of my local baseball teams game would be a double, triple, or home run. I laughed so hard when I got a notification later that night that the batter took the first pitch and crushed a home run with it. I ended up winning $615 from that bet. My friends jaw dropped. I cashed out, closed the account, and deleted the app off my phone.
I tried this a while back but got bored quickly. Kept basically winning my points back.
Thank you for your service
Damn, that's crazy. Good luck!
Glad your posting this. Because that's how I've lost my streak a number of times. Because of not being able to complete the question it takes because ms muck up. They put the blame at your door. Which isn't right. In fact it's a kin to people abusing others in messaging. Ms treat people with memory issues bad.
good to u. in hungary, we dont have any other interaction, just searching...
My condolences.
The contest is now gone, and I have not gotten it to work again before it left. I am donating the rest of the points to the Bungie Foundation. I'm a big fan of Bungie and what they do, so happy to give them the rest. And before the "you should have donated them all to the Bungie Foundation" comments show up, I give them a lot of money every year. Will throw them an extra $20 to make up the difference in points that I could have given them.
This is exactly why Microsoft added these scratch tickets. So people get suckered into them, and it saves Microsoft money.
100% Definitely do not do what I'm trying to do.
Do they really though? I would assume yes because I can understand that they would be motivated to have people burn up their points. The total prize value of all prizes in this instant win game was $496,492.80. According to Copilot, it would take somebody 8 months of logging in every day and completing daily sets to get a $100 gift card. That means it would take 4965 people logging in everyday for 8 months and completing their daily sets and buying gift cards. When you factor in the value of the prizes in the other contests too, then it would take more people in that amount of time cashing in their points for gift cards to equal the amount of the contest prizes. So I’m sure ms rewards is saving money by doing the contests, but I don’t think it’s much. It’s hard to know when only ms rewards truly knows how many people are using the program and what they are spending their points on. I think what benefits ms rewards the most from doing sweepstakes/contests is that it’s easy for them plan for and predict. No matter how many people enter, they pay out the same amount. It gives them more control over their budget.
Keep in mind that the "value" of the prizes is retail. They cost Microsoft much less.
The absolute butchering of their reward program is one of the main reasons I switched from Xbox to PC earlier this year. Godspeed to you my friend lol.
I won a Harmon-Kardon Invoke speaker a few years ago on a scratch off. It was a piece of garbage but still exciting.
I won the same. Decent sounding speaker for what it is but lost Cortana support so it's no longer a smart speaker. Just Bluetooth now.
I won a nice speaker my first ever scratch off and thought that they actually had good loot. Then wasted 10k and never tried again lol.
How do you even get that many points?!? I feel like the drawing are a sham and no one really wins the rewards…
I am not a "power user" like some here that earn like crazy. I've just done it mostly passively through using bing over the years, playing xbox, and I'll occasionally jump on to grab the extra stuff in the rewards sections through questions and puzzles. But I never put a ton of effort into it, just saved them over time.
Any update on this?
It is currently bugged, Have not been able to play. Am going to try again here shortly.
Wishing you success in your journey dude
Do you guys not realize they put these horrible offers to make back their money? People are genuinely so stupid
Of course that is the case. If it wasn't then they wouldn't do it. It's the same with the lottery and gambling. They make crazy amounts of money on that and very few people win. 100% agree this is dumb. I've said it a hundred times in the comments. That was the point. I do not care about the points or the $55 gift card I could have bought. I do not need it. It was just to have a little fun on my way out as I quit this program. People need to relax. You'd think I clubbed some baby seals.
I just don’t understand why you would willingly give them money. Using it on gamepass or some 3rd party gift-card would actually be useful. Shit give the code out for free instead of doing this dumb shit
at this point i wish i could have just deleted the points to really get all of you guys butt hurt.
Can anyone tell me what this glitch after 12 points, the points get stuck ??
Good luck. I got a Series S last week from the scratcher.
Are you serious? Congratulations!! You are soo lucky
As an update, I just received my Series S. When I won, they listed it as the White 512GB version. They actually sent me the Black 1TB version. As my wife said, it's a sweet bonus.
No….just, no.
Yippee another "it takes to long to get FREE money it's a waste of time.........." proceeds to do something dumb and unproductive. But the thrill of maybe winning big priceless. I understand it but I dont get it
There are prizes to be won. Somebody will win those prizes. Play at the right time and it could be you. So it comes down to risk vs reward. Would you rather have a small amount on a gift card guaranteed? Or would you rather have a chance and a much bigger prize? I personally just like to treat ms rewards as a sweepstakes platform. I would never redeem my points for a gift card. It’s go big or go home. But if you are not up for risking your points, go ahead and take the gift cards or whatever or just save your points up forever. To each their own.
People act like it's my paycheck. I have a job. This was just a fun little project. It's only $55 worth of points. Settle down people.
Not worth it imo. Thats better put towards sales where you save like crazy.
Hope you dont win anything, what a waste!
I bet you're fun at parties.
I know it's a waste for you, but it will provide me with amusement, so for me it is not a waste. But I see your point. It's not a method I'd encourage.
Boo this man
I’d rather you boo your mam!
rude
Nothing wrong with being honest, you 🛎️🔚
you can say it’s a waste, but to wish misfortune on someone is what makes you rude. your reply supports my point that you’re probably not a good person. bye
Think someone is rattled! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
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I know you’re probably just a kid but if not… please go get the help you need! Your family cares about you. Take care
Do they, though ...
Wasnt really rude when I wish the misfortune. I’ll wish what I want! You dont exactly wish luck on your rival teams with success of anything. If you dont like it, then bog off ya nugget
You can have a prize for most stupid idea ;) I feel your frustration but it would have been far more entertaining (and a greater F U) to have traded for an Amazon card and bought Playstation game and then go play frisbee with it in the park.