New Year's Giveaways: How to Enter Before the Deadline Resets
Enter weekly and monthly drawings before each cutoff so your entry counts for the December prize pool.
Enter during the active entry period and submit before its posted cutoff time. An entry period is the start-and-end window that counts for one drawing, and a reset starts a fresh pool with no carryover. Weekly and monthly drawings use separate pools for each period.
Check the dates and limits for the drawing you want, then submit inside that window.
Verification note: Program terms and availability can change. This page was checked against linked sources on November 05, 2026.
Why do entry pools reset?
Star City Games runs a $100 gift-certificate weekly drawing in 21 periods from Sept. 4, 2026 to Jan. 28, 2027.
Entries stay in one weekly drawing and do not carry forward. Entry is limited to new email subscribers 18 and older in 49 states excluding Rhode Island plus D.C., void where prohibited. weekly giveaway details Driscoll's rules describe a Jan.
1 to Dec. 31, 2026 schedule with 12 monthly entry pools. birthday sweepstakes rules Entrants can enter only before or during their birth month.
That birth-month rule decides which monthly pool fits you. A reset protects the schedule. Each entry offers a chance to win, not a free item.
Submit before the posted 11:59 p.m. cutoff so the entry lands in the intended pool.
Which December cutoffs come first?
Big O Tires describes a rolling monthly structure. Its December 2026 period runs Dec. 1 at 12:01 a.m.
ET through Dec. 31 at 11:59 p.m. ET.
customer feedback sweepstakes rules Fair Lane Estate describes a drawing for a 2026 Mustang Dark Horse plus $10,000 cash. It closes Dec. 17, 2026, with the winner drawn Jan.
4, 2027 at 3 p.m. EST. sweepstakes page The mid-December date closes earlier than the end-of-month pools.
Plan the earlier cutoff first, then handle entries that remain open through Dec. 31.
Can you enter this period?
Eligibility decides whether your entry counts. Age, location, subscriber status, and timing can each remove an entry from a pool. Read those limits beside the prize description before you submit.
If one pool excludes you, another period or drawing may still fit. Use only the pool whose limits you meet.
- Check age and location limits in the rules
- Check account or subscriber status for that drawing
- Check timing limits, such as birth-month or weekly windows
- Check purchase terms, time zone, and cutoff hour
How do you beat the reset?
Find the current period and its exact cutoff. Confirm the time zone, then enter well before the final hour. Late entries risk missing the pool after a reset.
Submit inside the current window and keep the confirmation for your records.
- Find the current period dates and cutoff time
- Confirm the time zone listed for the cutoff
- Submit early in the period, not near 11:59 p.m.
- Save any confirmation shown after you submit
- If the rules allow, submit again in the next period