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Help us improve our Facebook Page by voting in our poll

Snazzywin needs your help in tailoring our Facebook updates to fit our visitors’ preferences.  We want to send out our new updates on Facebook at the rate you want them. Majority will rule, so every...

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How to Get Instant Win Game Updates, Immediately

All NEW content generated on our blog is sent to our Twitter account within just a couple of minutes. Make sure you’re following @Snazzywin and you will get all of the latest updates, but there’s one...

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Happy 4th Birthday, Snazzywin!

Today is Snazzywin’s 4th birthday! Many thanks to the Snazzywinners who have shared the good news of their wins over the past 4 years. We’ve had over 18,000 comments left in that time and appreciate...

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High and Lows of 2013. What did you win this year? What do you wish you had won?

This is an opportunity for you to share the news of some of your BEST WINS from this year and tell us about some of the things you wish you had won (a car, money, trip?) Also, please note the Snazzywin...

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Happy New Year! Best Wishes for 2014!

Here’s wishing all of you a prosperous 2014! We had some big winners in 2013 and hope to have many more in 2014. We don’t know anyone’s winning if you don’t share a comment, so please comment when you...

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Website Upgrade Has Been Completed

Big thanks to everyone for their patience while this site was being upgraded over the last two days. The website looks different and there will likely be a few more slight tweaks over the coming days...

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Happy 5th Anniversary, Snazzywin!

Today is September 23, 2014 and that means it’s Snazzywin’s 5th birthday! Once a website reaches this age, you get to start calling it an “Anniversary.” Lots of people ask me how this website got...

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Happy Thanksgiving from Snazzywin!

It’s Thanksgiving and that means it’s time for turkey with family and friends. Even if you’re celebrating solo with a turkey TV dinner, you’ve got Snazzy friends here to celebrate with. My parents...

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Happy Holidays and Happy New Year from Snazzywin!

It’s time to win those last few prizes before the ball drops in Times Square, marking the end of another year. This time of year is always a little unpredictable for me. I don’t evenly celebrate the...

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Website Changes – Oh my! Now, Snazzier than EVER!

You hate changes, right? I hate changes, too. On some occasions, changes are for the better. There have been some changes going on with Snazzywin. My other sites are being phased out and all of the...

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Now, You Can Pin It! Follow Snazzywin on Pinterest

By popular demand, we’ve added the “Pinterest” button to all articles. YEAH! All new articles from today, January 16th and moving forward can be pinned. Also, all of the older, but still active,...

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ALBERTSONS “Monopoly 2015″ Rare Game Pieces List

This for all of you playing the 2015 Albertsons Monopoly Game. I have compiled lists of the rare and common game pieces for the MON-08 promotion. Obviously, most people are looking for the RARE pieces....

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2015 NCAA Tournament “March Madness” Bracket Challenges Contests List

It’s March Madness! If you’ve been looking for a list of 2015 tournament bracket challenges and contests for the chance to win cash and prizes, I have compiled this one with some good and FREE bracket...

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Back from Vacation – I Hope You Take One, Too

I’m back! Did you miss me? You may have noticed that Snazzywin didn’t receive its daily updates. I took the week off and it was great! I took a mini-vacay with a relative and got to stay in a nice...

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Hanging In There

Many websites don’t stand the test of time because they run into financial difficulties. Snazzywin is struggling, but I will do all I can to keep it alive. I’ve made decisions, that in retrospect,...

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To the Person and/or Company That Wants Me to Remove a Facebook Post

I keep receiving a notification that some entity requested that I remove a Facebook post on July 24th. I cannot access the actual message and don’t know who it was from or what post it was regarding. I...

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Happy 6th Birthday, Snazzywin

I cannot believe it. Snazzywin turns 6 years old today, September 23rd. Where did the time go? In those six years, we’ve had some BIG winners. Many Snazzy people have cashed HUGE checks, many have won...

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It’s Hump Day! Look what I won.

Thank goodness for Hump Day! We are sliding toward the weekend after this. I wanted to let you know I got my weekly sweepstakes prize from the Fisher Nuts Contest and Sweepstakes. The Fisher promotion...

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I Got a Freebie Surprise in the Mail from TRESemmé

What a surprise! I got a surprise box in the mail today from TRESemmé with two full size hair products and a pamphlet telling me they would be following up with an email and asking for a review. This...

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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Look what I got in the mail.

Many people are heading away for the holidays and I just wanted to take this time to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! 2015 was quite a year. It finished off nicely for me...

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Go Away, Hurricane Irene!

As you may have heard, there is a large hurricane, named Irene, heading for the Eastern United States that could negatively impact a large portion of the American population. As a lifelong Gulf Coast...

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Delayed Updates

Snazzywin may experience delayed updates as Texas (home to Snazzywin) is under siege by wildfires that seem to be popping up everywhere due to our record drought. This has caused some problems with our...

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AutoFill May Not Be Your Friend

Many sweepstakes entrants use autofill, LastPass, or Roboform as a means of quickly entering sweepstakes without having to enter the same information over and over again, but it has come to my...

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2nd Birthday Sweepstakes “Happy Birthday, Snazzywin!”

Happy Birthday, Snazzywin.com! Today is Snazzywin.com’s 2nd birthday and to celebrate, we have a one-day only sweepstakes you can enter on the “Sweepstakes” tab of our Facebook page or using this...

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Our web server was hacked this morning

Many visitors noticed that our web server was hacked this morning around 4am and the site was unavailable for several hours. We were not alone. Hundreds of servers were targeted and at least 700,000...

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Halloween Giveaway on October 31st. Heads up!

Snazzywin has a one-day Halloween giveaway coming soon on Monday, October 31st. It will be a one-day only sweepstakes. Be sure to check out Snazzy News on October 31st for the link to enter the...

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HALLOWEEN SWEEPSTAKES 2011 One-Day Only

Ready for Halloween? We have a new sweepstakes up on our Facebook page, called “Happy Halloween 2011.” You only have one day to enter, so hurry! This sweepstakes will give you the opportunity to win 1...

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BIG NEWS from Snazzywin!

We now have our very own Sweepstakes website. It’s called, SnazzySweepstakes.com and features the Top 5 online sweepstakes each day, seven days a week. We use a ton of discretion in determining which...

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Where are all the new instant win games?

Do not be alarmed to see fewer new instant win games posted over the next month. It’s part of the normal yearly cycle for instant win games. Remember, during May when “Snazzy News” posted an article...

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Website Rebooted

We had an issue last night (around midnight) where our blog database was corrupted. The issue could not be repaired due to a possible hack attempt and corrupted files. We had to reboot from Friday’s...

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Leprechaun Goes on a Quest for Gold

Watch our Leprechaun Go on a Quest for Gold! If you like the video please visit the Youtube page and leave a comment. Thanks for visiting Snazzywin.com and good luck to you on your quest for...

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How to Win a Prize

Most new visitors to Snazzywin are relatively unfamiliar with internet instant win games. New visitors usually just want to know how to win a prize. Let us educate you! First, you need to know that...

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Don’t Cheat Online Promotions

Thinking of cheating online promotions? Don’t do it! There are many ways people try to cheat online promotions and it goes far beyond setting up multiple email accounts (that tactic is so 1990s and it...

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Our Comments Form Has Changed

In order to provide a more real-time discussion environment and lessen the moderators workload, we have switched to Disqus. What is Disqus? It is a blog commenting program that allows for more...

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How to Change the Appearance of Date and Time in Disqus

If you are logged-in, your profile setting with Disqus DEFAULTS to ‘Relative’ (approx. times) and it is overriding the setting ‘Absolute’ (exact date/time) for this website. Logout and you will see the...

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Using Facebook with Disqus

Please, DO NOT log-in with Facebook unless you want your name and avatar from Facebook to show up next to your comment. When you log-in with Facebook to leave a comment here, you are giving the Disqus...

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How Do I Get My Prize?

We get these questions all of the time: How do I get my prize? How long will it take to get my prize? Why didn’t they send me an email confirming my win? How do I contact the promotion administrator or...

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NEW Disqus 2012 for Comments

We are using the new Disqus 2012 for Comments and a few things have changed. This new version of Disqus is not yet finalized, so we get a chance to give them feedback while they tweak it. You will see...

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Consider Leaving a Comment When You Win

We really appreciate when winners comment and want to share with you why it is so important. We have new visitors every day and new people want to see the winning comments more than anyone. We all know...

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How to Submit a New Instant Win Game

Do you know of an online instant win game that isn’t on our instant win games list? Did you know that you can submit a new instant win game for consideration to be added to our list? All you need to do...

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Terms of Service Violations

We would like to remind our users to please use the arrow to the far right of the comment and flag the comment if it violates our community guidelines within our Terms. Other websites are not allowed...

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Happy 3rd Birthday, Snazzywin!

Today is Snazzywin’s 3rd birthday! Many thanks to the Snazzywinners who have shared the good news of their wins over the past 3 years. We’ve had over 12,000 comments left in that time and appreciate...

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Having Trouble Posting Comments?

Many people have expressed difficulties with leaving comments over the last few weeks. We apologize for the inconvenience. We wanted to let you know that Disqus, our commenting platform, is making some...

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GOODBYE 2012, HELLO 2013!

GOODBYE 2012, Another year of instant win games is coming to a close. For those of you who were newly introduced to instant win games in 2012, please be aware that this wasn’t a stellar year for...

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NEW VISITORS: Instant Win Games FAQ

First off, thanks for visiting Snazzywin.com! We’re so glad to have you on our website and hope you’ll win lots of prizes! Our entire site is completely FREE for you to use. We do not try to up-sell...

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Server Maintenance Jan 15th-17th

Between January 15th and January 17th, 11pm PST – 2am PST, our server will be undergoing maintenance. You may notice some disruption of service during this time, including slow loading of pages, and...

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SNAZZYWIN and BLUE NILE Valentine’s Day Sweepstakes (NOT INSTANT WIN)

Enter the SNAZZYWIN and BLUE NILE Valentine’s Day Sweepstakes and you could win a pair of earrings! Sweepstakes Prizes (Drawings): 1 Grand Prize: One pair of Silver Leaf Chandelier Earrings (provided...

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BLUE NILE Share the Love Promotion and Sweepstakes (NOT INSTANT WIN)

Enter the BLUE NILE Share the Love Promotion and Sweepstakes on Facebook and you could win a gorgeous ring! Entrants will also receive a $10 off coupon when they send a Valentine using their Facebook...

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The menu is a little different and new ads

If you’re on a desktop computer, all you need to do is hover your mouse on the “instant win games” and the “instant win games list” will appear below it. If you’re on some tablets, just tap “instant...

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Are We Cautious Thrill-seekers?

I was thinking about instant win games and why we play them. Why do we play them? Is it just about the prizes? For me, the answer is, “No!” In the beginning of my playing, way back in 1998, it was all...

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