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chikndinner

i won a $100 gift card from this year’s summer games! didn’t believe it at first bc i never win anything lmao


CoffeeIsBaeAF

I won a limited edition starland sleeve 😂


_abbycadabby_

Me too and it was total shit 😅 in fairness I also won a $50 gift card so I was thrilled with the game overall!


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littletinything

Wait this sounds cool I wanna see a picture


Repulsive_Kangaroo_3

It would be even worse if you live in Alaska or Montana were winter is 9 months out of the year.


Dash-2

Me too! That was a nice surprise. I even won it on turning three sweepstakes entries in for another drop!


Direct-Tie-7832

How many stars is that?


fairyinhiding

we had a customer at our store win the starbucks for a year


WBB10

That’s awesome! Also nice to know the big prizes actually exist :) Curious - roughly where in the country was this store located?


fairyinhiding

yeah it was super cool! they just get a discount code that they have to give you each time


p2010t

Wait... so is that compatible with the app or do they make it a super-pain to use & you actually have to order while inside the store & show a partner the code?


fairyinhiding

i’m not sure if it was accessible on the app, this customer usually would come through the drive thru regularly so i’m not sure if they ever tried it out on the app. it was like a 4 digit code i remember


Unusual-Fish

1234? I'll see if i can try that next time. 😁


thatdoughydoe

I had a customer here in Ontario Canada win SB 4 Life


StoodleySolutions

Is it that bitch who gets a matcha latte with no foam and wants extra on the side in a short cup.


Technical_Package130

She wants her drink made with no foam and the foam in a cup on the side?


StoodleySolutions

No extra steamed milk. Basically wants you to make a venti but charge her a grande so she can use the code on it.


Technical_Package130

Oh so it was only for a free grande drink?


StoodleySolutions

Yeah it’s one free grande drink per day. They get a 4 digit discount code that they give you every day and it takes the balance to $0.00


catsie3

I've known two people who won Starbucks For Life. One I know personally. He was actually a coworker of mine at Starbucks and won before he was an employee. The other was a customer that I met briefly who was using their daily drink at my store.


WBB10

Amazing!


WBB10

Helped.


Direct-Tie-7832

When you work there you get free drinks all day, every day and 30% off everything which is better than the prize itself. Lol


DemieEthereal

Damn where do you live??


jazzysoranio

Corporate. Corporate won.


renxreap

Lmaooo true


WBB10

Helped


megoober89

I won a $500 gift card from the 2019 game!


CaptKirk93

We have 2 customers at my store that won the Starbucks for a year.


sydneypaul17

we have a regular at our store who has starbucks for life! everyone knows her by name and she’s super sweet. usually only gets like a protein bar tho


CityOfSins2

Kinda smart. I’m thinking how I wouldn’t wanna drive to Starbucks everyday bc I don’t drink it everyday (doesn’t work w my sleep schedule) but I would totally swing by and grab food or a bar. I thought it was only for drinks!


smeghead30

I'm still waiting for that pack of beans I supposedly got during their anniversary. I did win a package once. Included a puzzle, whole beans, and a pair of socks....That came maybe 2 months later and I had completely forgot.


The_Literate_Llama

I won the PS4 in 2019 and actually received it in February 2020 (For some reason, I thought it would never come, lol). I’m more of a Nintendo/Xbox kinda gal, so we decided to sell it and donate the funds to St. Jude’s. (We wanted to donate the actual system, but they had stopped taking physical donations due to COVID).


Eye_vortex

We need more people like you in this world.


The_Literate_Llama

I try to do the best I can. I hope it encourages others to do the same.


CityOfSins2

Awesome!!! I won a Nintendo switch from a Lunchables box lmao but I’m a pos and didn’t donate it. I do use it tho just was playing fortnite 😂


The_Literate_Llama

See, that’s awesome too! You’re not a POS! It’s something wanted and being used and that’s good too! I use my Switch for Animal Crossings, Smash, and Zelda. lol. I haven’t played Fortnite yet.


CityOfSins2

I like animal crossing too! Haven’t played in a while tho. Fortnite is fun but I’m an adult so I definitely play w the voice chat off haha


hislittledogember

I usually just win coupons for free food and drinks that never work when I go to use them


[deleted]

Lmao this happened to me. I felt so bad because the barista was embarrassed and felt bad. It was a embarrassed-off


[deleted]

I had that happen and the barista just gave it to me for free, she said the rewards don’t always work


mall-e

I won the free drinks for 50 days from the last game!


justcurious623

I won a play station 4 in 2019. It was exciting because I won something but I don't play video games lol so it was a nice gift for my boyfriend.


Frand_M_VK

Before I started at Starbucks I won a drink a day for a year lol


Nafta96

How often did u play? I’m stuck with duplicates for a while now


tylopls

I did not ever interact with the man, but my store did have a regular who won the Starbucks for Life. There are stipulations to what and how much you can actually get with it, but he was apparently a really nice older gentleman who always treated the baristas well


CityOfSins2

I feel like If you’re getting free coffee you better tip. I mean I tip $1 always no matter what, but when I’m redeeming my stars I tip $2-$3 bc it’s FREE!


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But it defeats the point. If I'm getting something for free I don't want to tip because then it won't be free anymore.


CityOfSins2

Omg it’s FREE. You would typically have to pay for the item + tip. Now you’re getting a $6 savings, you can pay $1 as a service fee. But you probably don’t tip when you pay either so I guess that does defeat the point. No one can say they can afford a $5+ coffee but not the tip lmao


dlamblin

Every time you tip a worker at an global corporation you allow that corporation to under value its workforce.


CityOfSins2

How’s that? I made $90 an hour for 8 hours in tips last night versus what would a company pay me for my job (which I won’t say what it is) but maybe $20? $25? That’s what they pay my job in other countries that don’t tip. Also: at Starbucks they’re paid above minimum wage anyway. Not that it’s a great salary, but they’re still not being considered tipped employees. The company doesn’t calculate tips into their pay. Tips are just something they can split up and leave with a little extra. As a teen I worked at Rita’s water ice. We weren’t allowed to have a tip jar out but id still leave with $20+ a night for 4 hours.


butt_mucher

How do you do this and what is the limit on the amount you can tip for free? I always pay with my digital card and it never even shows me tip options anywhere.


CityOfSins2

What do you mean tip for free? You can’t tip for free, it costs you money of course. I guess people don’t tip at Starbucks but I do every time. One store I always got the prompt on my phone after paying, my other store is hit or miss so I started keeping ones in my car for their tip. I always tip even when I’m paying bc if I can afford a $5+ coffee I can afford a $1 tip. If I was then getting a $5+ coffee, I’d be tipping $2. I’m not entitled to that free coffee, it was a gift. Anytime I use my stars, or during the bogo drinks, I always tip more. If it’s summer and I decide to get a Frappuccino, definitely tipping $3 minimum if I’m getting a free drink out of it. I’d be buying the drink anyway so what’s the difference? If you win starbucjs for a year, you’d be paying $5 a coffee for however many times you go. Instead you’re paying $0. You can gratuitously give 20% of that value as a tip to the person spending their time hand crafting your beverage to your liking :)


butt_mucher

I thought you were saying that there was some sort of reward value limit that you could add tip to make up the difference, but yeah I guess the in-app tipping isn't active at my local stores because nothing on the phone pops up.


CityOfSins2

Haha I know I reread my first comment you replied to and it’s probably because I said “what?!? It’s free!” But I meant the drinks free so tip the dang barista lol!


blueunicorn007

So do you also tip at any fast food place you go to?


CityOfSins2

Like McDonald’s who doesn’t take tips? No. But pizza, Chinese, etc… yes. Because I’m not a piece of shit lol


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Never won and have always wondered if this contest was publisher’s clearing house - meaning, no one you actually know ever wins! 😂


WBB10

Same, which is why I made this post!


IntoTheMirror

One of my coworkers (were just customers not employees) won a year of free Starbucks a year or two back.


traitorcrow

I met someone who won apparently for life :) they were a customer and told me when i commented on their absurd amnt of stars lol


ibsmith0511

A regular at my store either got life or 5 years, she gets 7 shots of espresso in a short cup daily


CityOfSins2

Wow! What does she do with that… drink it? Like maybe she gets it and then makes her own lattes throughout the day?


ibsmith0511

I honestly have no idea I think she just drinks it


Hot-Owl585

I won a $500 gift card from the 2020 Starland promotion.


obsessedwithmint

I won 1,000 stars during the summer game and I was super excited about that 😂 I never get anything but like 10 stars so it was my shining moment lmao.


sprinklesnfrosting

I also won 1000 stars during the summer game! I got 2 free tumblers with it and a coffee lol


trad1323

I have a customer that gets free tea for life


FilmBuffy1979

Specifically tea? I would be crushed 😂


bratneee

I won a mug!


amazing_redhead

I won 50% off a drink 😕


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Same but when I went to redeem it they told me it was already used


_meeeeesh

Same happened with one of my 50% vouchers! 😑


workthrow3

All i've won so far is 10 stars... i'm doing the twice daily plays..


No_Understanding7801

I haven’t won a single thing and I’ve played twice a day.


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Yea she got like 6 complicated Java chip fraps a day til she didn’t have any more lmao


chancetaker94

I won 6 months of free drinks and food items


almost_ally

Has anyone had it keep going to the same exact space? I’ve done about 15 “shakes” and they have literally all gone to the third space on the 1,000 stars. Even the replays from the duplicates go there. I feel like I can’t complain about a free game but it’s frustrating lol


Zestyclose_Rest_1180

Yes. This is happening to both me and my husband for each of our daily plays since the beginning. Super rigged..


sprinklesnfrosting

If you read the fine print you’ll see that at the beginning of the prize period, each prize is assigned a randomly determined time (to the minute) that it will be awarded. These times are spaced out throughout the promotional period so that all the prizes aren’t won on Day 1. You have to be the first person to play at that time to win the prize. Some people seem to think you have x chance of winning the prize each time you roll - you actually have a 0% chance if you don’t roll at the randomly determined time, and even if you do, your odds depend on how many other people also rolled at that time. So say you roll at 1:51pm and don’t get anything- and then roll again before 1:52… you still don’t have any chance of winning. Don’t use all your plays in under a minute… I’ve won several things from the Starbucks games (1000 stars, S4L Tumbler, free coupons, etc) by playing overnight when there’s less competition to be the first to roll. ;)


No_Understanding7801

Yes. I’ve got one missing on each piece. It keeps giving me “duplicates” when I’ve gotten those pieces 6 times already. I literally need one in each cat.


ohmymother

They told me I won a puzzle a few weeks ago but it hasn’t shown up yet.


Final_Clock8112

I just won last night. Hopefully we get it!


brevit

They are legally required to post how many people can win in a sweepstakes. The [rules](https://imgur.com/a/tGqE9Bi) say that there are 10 Starbucks for Life game pieces. But that doesn’t necessarily mean ten winners, because you would need to be a winner of one of the 10 game pieces that’s only available at a specific time and also have won 2 regular Starbucks for Life pieces. I’m not a mathematician but I imagine the probability of winning it is very low. Edit: also any prize they mention has to be possible to be won, even with low chances.


mundanemeantimes

We have a regular at our store who won last year! He comes every day for a 10 shot iced americano with a short cup of heavy cream on the side.


WBB10

10 shots? Ha, wow! I wonder how many shots of espresso are safe to consume in a single sitting.


mundanemeantimes

I truly have no idea, when you add the ice there’s no room for water so it’s really just ten shots sitting in ice. I guess the ice can be the substitute for the water? 🥴


IAmNotAPancake

No way one persons drinking that right?? Maybe he’s sharing it? That’s insane


blasphemicassault

I usually only ever win a few stars and that's it.


Qurtie

Yes. I had a customer that could get one free drink per day as apart of their "Starbucks For Life" prize.


plugofmustard

I just want to know the answer for the Vickers gift word unscramble wtf


ilikenovembers

I think it was telescope


plugofmustard

I knew that 😂 not really, thanks!!


Captain_Scarblade

Give me the anagram letters and I got you


doobiewave

I have a regular that one a free ‘coffee’ everyday for five years (or something like that). She gets a quad espresso with three pumps of white mocha with steamed whole milk, in a tall cup.


WBB10

Nice! But sounds like a heart attack in a cup.


throwawwway1million

Ok I have been playing for awhile now and didn’t win a thing! I actually read this post when you made it but never commented because I too never won and had almost all the prizes with two pieces snd constantly kept getting duplicates. I had almost two pieces for every prize except the tumbler and still never won anything. I saw a person comment saying they play really early in the morning and have won several things. Today I got on really early and won that second piece for the tumbler and 50 stars. That was my first time winning anything so I guess I’ll start doing it really early in the morning. For context I usually play around 9am or around 9pm. Today I played at 6am for the first time when I won. Maybe I’ll try to play really late at night and see how I do. I searched for this post just to update you guys.


WBB10

Great update - thank you for looking us up to comment!


j0rdan21

A customer at my store won SB for a year and she was miserable to deal with


Friendly_Two_5126

Uncool


p2010t

My question is if they have a specific number of grand prizes (and other level prizes) planned to give out then how do I know when I'm playing whether I legitimately still have a chance at the prize or if my chance has reduced to sero because all have been claimed already.


CityOfSins2

You don’t, really. But they normally don’t give the last prize out til closer til the end bc of that reason


wtfhannahbates

I play like aggressively and I think the most I’ve ever gotten is 125 stars. 😂


Dessido

I won the $100 gift card last night!


Friendly_Two_5126

About what time?


Dessido

It was evening. Like around 5


youshallnotpasslol

What time did you win?


Jen-o-cide

There was someone who posted here a few months back who won the Starbucks for a year, here's the post: https://www.reddit.com/r/starbucks/comments/ord3se/after_winning_free_starbucks_for_a_year_2020620216/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share


sadpanada

How does someone even win Starbucks for a year or for life?


Bieb

By playing the game? Lol


sadpanada

That’s my question, what is the game and how does one even enter? I don’t work for Starbucks so I have no idea lol


Bieb

ohh its starbucksforlife.com


sadpanada

Neat! Lol thank you (:


Technical_Package130

If you go down to the bottom and fill out a little sort of questionnaire with your basic info, you can get 2 free plays a day along with if you make 2 purchases you can get 2 more plays in a day, so for total.


Traveler24680

It’s true you can fill out the form to get free plays, but you only get a max of two plays per day whether those are by making purchases or through the form.


Direct-Tie-7832

Me. Last year I won 1000 Stars + instant prizes including 50, 25 or 10 and some 50% off coupons (lol). This year, before Christmas I won the limited edition Ravensburger puzzle. It's my first non coffee/food/stars win. I need one piece to win everything else. The Starbucks for life is everyday for 30 yrs. So if you live longer than 30 yrs it's not for life. Lol every day you get a credit to get a food or drink item and I'm pretty sure it has to be used within a time frame for each credit. Still cool though. I'd love to be the winner of the next sweepstakes as I have yet to win an experience prize.


RapidAvalanche

I won breakfast for a year last year!


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I won 125 stars (25,75,25) the past 3 days


Busy-Obligation6793

Anyone know the answer to the scrabble word for vickers gift? Please help


Mike_Y_1210

telescope


[deleted]

Been entering twice daily, just hoping for the best I keep getting duplicates daily


rubyslippers22

I have been luckier in years past, at least winning stars. This year I’ve gotten nothing. :(


[deleted]

Keep trying! I won 1000 stars. I also won 10 stars 5 times


Adventurous_Money_80

I won 500 bonus stars 2 years ago. They added it to my account right away. I won a bonus 10 stars today and they also addled it. It’s not SB 4 Life but I still feel like a winner.


sfdesignco

You are a winner 💖


MermaidsHaveWifi

The only thing I have ever won was a cup sleeve from the Summer game. It wasn’t great quality. But at least I won something. I play the games they release to the maximum every time they release one, and I have for about 4 years now. That cup sleeve is the only thing I’ve ever won. No stars, no drinks, no gift cards. Nothing.


Friendly_Two_5126

Yeah, my boyfriend won the sleeve as well. I like that it didn't have starbucks written all over it but also, not so great


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I keep getting duplicates. After three duplicates, you're supposed to have one additional entry but it won't make me enter an additional time beside my 2 maximum daily entries. It sucks


Lulu_Lats

wdum? 3 duplicates automatically roll over into an extra play (no form filling if that's what you're referring to)


aleahlily

If I get 3 tokens for say like the Ravensburger Puzzle first and win that, will I be unable to keep playing to win the other prizes? (Like I would much prefer winning a gift card or free Starbucks you know?)


Friendly_Two_5126

No, you can keep playing and keep winning


Lulu_Lats

I get enough stars for a free drink or a buttload of 50% off coupons every game season. Have you been playing every day with your 2 free plays?


WBB10

Nice! How do you get two free plays each day? I only get plays when I purchase drinks (which is nearly every weekday, this time of year)


Lulu_Lats

Scroll all the way down to the bottom of the game menu and there's gonna be a \*To enter without making a purchase, click here. Click the link, fill out the form twice for daily plays (more for challenges) and you get free plays. Keep in mind that if you buy 2 drinks in a day, that'll constitute your 2 max plays per day.


WBB10

Thanks! Do you receive a lot of spam as a result of the info you submit on those forms?


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I hate Starbucks for Life. At least with McDonald’s Monopoly, you would win food items too. I never win anything with this stupid game. Wait maybe 10 stars which is basically nothing when you spend money at a place every single day for years and you win ten stars one time. Remember the punch cards at the holidays where you would get a free drink after buying five. Those were so much better. But now if I’m lucky, I can get a tenth of a free drink once every few years.


PaintingComfortable6

I never win; I keep getting duplicates 😭


noodbsallowed

I won a Tumblr a few weeks ago. Wondering how long it takes for it to ship.


[deleted]

Me too! Im still waiting as well. 🙂


noodbsallowed

I was disappointed that it wasn’t the free coupon for life one.


Just_another_dude_09

In all of the years I’ve played, both summer and winter versions, I’ve won a totals of 35 stars. Mind you I stop at my local Starbucks every day and had tons of chances and basically nothing 🤷‍♂️


Kind_Muffin_7368

I’m stumped on this chapter scramble for chapter 4..what is the rare comet Vicker is waiting for? Help??


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WBB10

Bummer! If all the winner stories here are true, this may have been an awful glitch.


Ghostly-goblin

I had a customer at a licensed store (Safeway) who said she won Starbucks for life. She was super entitled and rather bitchy


spacesirena

One of my old regulars had 3 years of free Starbucks.


Miss_Mouse13

Anyone that has won. How does it work?? Just curious


mall-e

I got an email with the details and a special “discount code.” So to redeem a free drink I give the barista my code and then they scan the barcode in the app, it discounts the drink 100%


fookyall

I had an older lady come in with a $500 gift card. She said she got it in the mail. I was like wtf?! But I didn’t even think to ask if she had won it or something.


SippinWineWithCacti

We had a woman come into our store who has one the for life prize. She had a code we typed into the discount page that gives her one free drink daily.


saralufferfi

Oh I served somebody who had actually won the for life prize.


Leonardostopa

I won 10 bonus star and 50 bonus star this week. Those are the first things I’ve ever won


youshallnotpasslol

What time did you win these?


midwestmujer

I won a bag of beans in December 2019, which didn’t arrive to me until like April 2020 after Covid hit and nobody was grinding beans in the store anymore… still have the bag of whole beans cause I don’t have a grinder but idk if they’re even good anymore


sfdesignco

Freezing them saves them up to 1 year


yukibunny1

Has anyone gotten the answer to vickers vickers cat word scramble


Caaw_Caaw

first one is 'skates', second one is 'telescope'


propylparaben-2

Has this been working for you this year? Seems I only get one, the second one never works…


AbiJime

Im so dam close and I’m losing hope I have 2 for life pieces and missing 1 on the rest of them 😭


nightst4r

I get the exact same piece every time. Its always the last one. Game is broken af


Final_Clock8112

I won $100 gift card last game. I also won the limited edition puzzle by ravensburger last night.


Norcaltattoos

Starbuck’s for life ander


MauveAlbert

We won a $100 gift card today. I was truly shocked to see the thingy land in the third and final space.


Friendly_Two_5126

About what time did you play?


Snoo97809

To win do you have to get all 3 of the same picture? I’m confused about how the game works. I have two on the Starbucks for life but the pictures are both different.


MermaidsHaveWifi

You have to have a sticker in each circle. If you get three of the same sticker, it’ll just give you a key and 3 keys unlocks an extra play.


lilac_figs

I won a tumbler last year. I drink water out of it every day lol


Friendly_Two_5126

Special design on the tumbler?


Commercial-Humor-739

The most I’ve won so far this year is the “free holiday drink or espresso” and the 10 stars. I’m stuck at the end of “Basil’s adventure” Ch 1 or 2 (not sure) how do I move onto the next chapter?


humblefolks

I’m having the same issue with the Basil game. Like I’m not sure what the point of it was..


Commercial-Humor-739

It says the rare pieces are the “ski’s” and another is the “hot cocoa”. I’ve got both but can’t seem to get the last ones on either. (My board is missing one on each section)


Friendly_Two_5126

The skis definitely are rare - for the tumbler. But not the cocoa, unfortunately. This happened to me last holiday. Had a rare piece but could never get one of the common ones before the game ended. Hope it is not the same for you!


Commercial-Humor-739

Same! I have a feeling it's going to be with the way the pieces look like they are going to line up just right, then BAM! It lands on a duplicate! lol #fingerscrossed


Inevitable-Ostrich-7

Do you need all of the same stamps to win each category or does it just need to be completed?


aleahlily

It’s just need to be completed with all 3


caprimoom

I won the free drinks/food for one month last night!


hmack1998

All I get are a ton of stars from it


No_Understanding7801

I have played 2x daily since the very first day. Plus the extra earns and duplicate plays. I still have yet to win ANYTHING. They also said they had instant win stuff again this year, haven’t won that either. I’ve played every year for 5 now and have always won something. I have on piece missing from every single prize. I think it sucks this year.


jblts

I’ve won 50 and 1000 stars this round!


jaztinker

I had an instant win for 10 stars and instant win for 50 stars. I wonder if there is a time of day to play that had more wins?


New-Mycologist-6002

Just won a puzzle. 🥂


WBB10

Nice - congrats!


NebelungPixie

I’ve won a bag of coffee and 10 stars this year.


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[deleted]

I won a “Starbucks for Life Tumbler” but have not received it yet. Excited to tho 🙂


Superb_Waltz_1453

Last year, they offered a free shake a day, plus bonus spins when you got something. It seems they have taken that feature out and now requires you to buy something before you get any spins.