Frequently Asked Questions

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What Is Winloot?
Winloot is a 100% free sweepstakes site that offers users chances to win a variety of prizes. There are over 100 ways to win every day. We offer a $250 daily giveaway, chances to win cash prizes of up to $10,000,000 in our nightly drawings, a $5,000 instant win pick 10 game along with smaller instant win games and finally our token sweepstakes where you can enter tokens earned by playing the site towards different giveaways. No purchase necessary to enter or win.
Who Can Play?
You must be over 18 years old, submit a valid and working email and be a legal resident of the United States, Canada, New Zealand, Australia and South Africa. Void where prohibited by law.
Creating An Account
To create an account, you must submit a valid, working email address so that we can notify you if you are a winner. It is important that you validate your email address by clicking the confirmation email we send out right after you register for an account. If you don't see it in your inbox, please check your promotions, spam or all mail tab to find it. We strongly suggest moving it to your inbox to ensure you receive future messages from us.
How We Contact Winners
Since we only require members to submit an email address, we only contact winners via email. It is important that if you play Winloot, that you check your email the following day to see if you received a winner notification.

How To Play

Daily Drawings
Winloot offers 30 daily drawings for prizes ranging from $100 to $10,000,000. To enter, you must select the required amount of numbers (manually, via Quick Pick or Saved Favorite Numbers) and confirm those selections. Winning numbers are picked after midnight EST. You must match ALL numbers to win a prize, with the exception of the $10,000,000 which offers a $1,000 prize for matching 7 of 8 numbers correctly.
Do I Win If I Match Any Numbers?
You must match all numbers in our daily drawing games to win, with the exception of the $10,000,000 game, which offers a $1,000 payout for matching 7 of 8 numbers.
$5,000 Pick 10 Game
Winloot currently offers 65 chances to play our $5,000 Instant Win Game. To enter, pick 10 numbers manually, via auto pick or last played numbers. Click Go to see the winning numbers. You win $5,000 for matching all 10 numbers, $100 for matching 9 numbers and $10 for matching 8 numbers. You get tokens which can be used to enter token sweepstakes for all other matched amounts.
Token Sweepstakes
You earn tokens for various events on Winloot such as entering sweepstakes, viewing ads and via email from time to time. Some games provide tokens based on the matched numbers, scratch off or spin wheel results and other ways. You can visit our token page to use tokens for sweepstakes by noting the number of tokens you want to apply to a given sweepstakes. Winners are selected at midnight EST of the giveaway end date shown for each prize.
How Many Tokens Win A Prize?
Using tokens gives you entries for a chance to win a prize. You do not win just by submitting a certain amount of tokens. Winners are selected from all entries on the giveaway end date.
Other Instant Win Games
Winloot offers many other chances to win instantly via our Scratch Off, Winlootia and Prize Wheel games.
Scratch-Off: Scratch off the game card to see if you won or how many tokens you've earned.
Winlootia: Pick a spot on the location map to reveal a prize or tokens earned.
Prize Wheel Game: Spin the wheel to earn bonus tokens.
Does Winloot Cost Anything To Play?
No. Winloot is 100% free to play. Winloot is a sweepstakes, which by definition means it cannot cost anything to play. We are free to play and no purchase of any kind is ever necessary to play our games.

Results And Winning

Where Are Winners Posted?
Winners are posted on Winners Way.
When Are Winning Numbers Picked?
Winning numbers are picked after midnight EST. Winning numbers are posted on our results page.
How Are Winners Notified?
Winners are notified via the email address provided when registering. It is important that this address is a valid, working email that you have access to. Winner emails will verify your win and ask how you want your payout, including confirming your mailing address if you would like a check.
How Are Prizes Paid Out?
Prizes under $1,000 can be paid out via check, PayPal or Amazon Gift Card (sent electronically via email). Prizes over $1,000 are paid via check.
Can I Win More Than Once?
This is a very common question and the answer is yes! In fact, many of our winners are regular players who have won multiple times. The more you enter, the more chances you have to win!
Why Do I Need To Fill Out A 1099?
The IRS requires all winners of prizes over $2,000 submit a 1099-MISC. Prior to 2026, any prizes over $600 required this form. You can view the IRS website for more information about this requirement.

Account And Email

I Am Not Receiving Emails
If you are not seeing your Winloot emails, please check your promotions and spam folders. Some email services have an all-mail tab you can check. We strongly recommend that you mark our messages as not spam if you see them in a spam folder or move them into your inbox. You can also mark them as important or star them for email services that have these options. You can also add [email protected] to your contact list. If none of these options work, you can register with a new email address.
How Do I Unsubscribe?
The fastest way to unsubscribe is to click the unsubscribe link in any of our emails. While we have ten days to process unsubscribes by law, we tend to remove emails much faster than that. You can also email us at [email protected]. You are still welcome to play Winloot and you will receive any winner notifications, however you will no longer receive reminders to play our games.
How To Access My Account
You can access your Winloot account here. While it is not required, submitting your address info and date of birth will make it easier to verify payments and get in touch with you, if you win. You can also update your password. If you do not know your password, you can reset it when you attempt to access your account and you will receive an email to your address on file.

How To Contact Winloot

Where can I get help or contact Winloot?
Our How It Works and Frequently Asked Questions pages have a wealth of information that should answer the vast majority of questions. However, you can also reach us via our contact form. We do our best to respond to questions as quickly as possible, but please allow a few days for a reply and note that our business hours are 9AM to 5PM EST, Monday through Friday.

Customer Protection

What should I know about customer protection?
  • Winloot does not charge for anything. Winloot is free to play. If anyone contacts you claiming to be from Winloot and asks for money, ignore them.
  • Winloot contacts winners via email only. We do not call winners.
  • Winloot does not send postal mail to users.
  • If you are ever unsure about something, you can contact us here to ensure you are speaking to a real Winloot representative.
  • Winloot will not award prizes or contact winners over social media. While we have offered sweepstakes over social media in the past, we no longer do this, due to too many scams on social media properties. We only email winners.
Do You Sell My Information?
Winloot does not sell or rent the information you provide us to any third parties. We do share limited information such as email address with third party vendors as part of the normal functioning of the site such as email service providers but such vendors are strictly prohibited from using that information for anything other than providing the specific service contracted. We also utilize cookies primarily to simplify your access and ability to navigate the site. In addition, please note that third party advertisers and networks such as Google® may utilize cookies to serve more relevant offers. However, you retain the right to block or delete cookies at any time through your browser. Please see our Privacy Policy for additional details on your respective rights in this regard.
Will I Receive Email?
You will receive email about entry opportunities from Winloot as well as winner notifications from Winloot. We sometimes send newsletters from Winloot about other related giveaways from sites we partner with, but we do not provide them with your information unless you opt in to receive email from those partners. You can remove yourself from Winloot emails at any time, by clicking the unsubscribe link in your email. Please allow up to ten days for removal.

Visit our dedicated Consumer Protection Page for more information.

Technical Issues

Why Is Winloot Not Working?
Winloot is hosted by Amazon Web Services, which is one of the most reliable and fastest solutions available. However, in very rare instances, these services do experience service interruptions. Sometimes these issues affect many sites and sometimes they are isolated.
Troubleshooting Issues
We want you to enjoy Winloot games, but if you are having issues, please review our troubleshooting tips below. (If you have specific questions on how to do any of the following, we recommend asking Google.)
  • Refresh the page and try again.
  • Log out and log back in.
  • Clear your browser cache and cookies.
  • Try a different web browser.
  • Try a different device if available.
  • Turn off any VPN and try again.
  • Temporarily disable ad blockers, privacy tools, browser extensions, or third-party software that may interfere with our site. These tend to be the #1 cause of issues playing games on Winloot as these tools sometimes interfere with aspects of game play inadvertently.
  • Make sure your browser is up to date.
Many technical issues are related to a member's browser, VPN, device settings, ad blocker, or other third-party software that may block or interfere with parts of the site. We are not able to troubleshoot these types of issues one-on-one in every case. Instead, we collect user reports and device and browser details to monitor for broader error trends that may require fixes on our end.

If the issue continues, please contact us here with: a detailed description of the problem and how long you have been experiencing it; what type of device you are using (desktop, mobile, or tablet) and what operating system; which web browser you are using and whether you have tried a different browser; and whether you have tried a different device and, if so, whether the results were different.

In addition to our thirty daily drawing games, Winloot members can also enter our $5,000 instant win sweepstakes sixty-five times daily. One lucky person is picked to win our daily $250 cash prize every, single day. We also have $500 and $100 instant win sweepstakes scattered through the site. Earn tokens while entering giveaways and use them for entries towards prizes like cash, electronics, gift cards and more. Winloot has had over 157,000 winners to date, and more people are winning every single day. Give us a try. Winloot is fast, fun, 100% free and super easy to play. Who knows, you could be next on our Winner List!

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE ODDS OF THE ENTRY WINNING. Winloot© Sweepstakes are independently overseen and conducted by an Independent Third Party. Winloot© Sweepstakes are open to legal residents of the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa who are at least 18 years of age. Winloot© Sweepstakes are void where otherwise prohibited by law. Winner names are posted here.