Grammarians: Is it OK to take liberties with the word "win" when publicizing a contest or draw? [more inside]
posted by wackybrit on Oct 5, 2009 - 15 answers

How do you run an online contest for contestants from any country in the world with real-world prizes (i.e. with $ value) and not spend tens of thousands of dollars on legal fees for compliance with each country's arcane rules? We had talked to lawyers before and they said you should limit to US participants only. The problem is half of our userbase is non-US and we don't want to exclude them. Any experience from anyone? [more inside]
posted by oaklandj on Mar 27, 2008 - 12 answers

Is there any decent free or cheap online contest judging software out there? I'm looking for a tool to help people submit and judge media contests (specifically photo and multimedia contests) for a non-profit organization. The closest thing I've seen for this is this Omni Contest site: http://www.omnicontests3.com/ [more inside]
posted by jkl345 on Dec 4, 2007 - 2 answers

Is there a list of all active sweepstakes and contests? [more inside]
posted by damn dirty ape on May 21, 2007 - 9 answers

Is there a good resource for currently running video contests? [more inside]
posted by nitsuj on Mar 7, 2006 - 3 answers

Has anyone here ever won either the grand prize or a major prize from one of those "instant win" games on cereal boxes, candy bars, fast food promotions, or soda cans? Has anyone ever known someone who has won or known someone who knows someone? [More inside] [more inside]
posted by ontic on Dec 17, 2004 - 35 answers

Anyone know of a website that will handle a pick em' contest, with the spread, for NFL games on a weekly basis for 20+ people?
posted by brent on Sep 4, 2004 - 1 answer