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Winner of the Facebook Fan Giveaway!

April 16th, 2009 in News & Announcements | Post a Comment

We’re excited to announce the winner of our April 15th giveaway for fans of Raffstar on Facebook! We waited until every possible person could be counted before randomly selecting a winner from our 142 fans. So without further ado…

Nolan Touchstone is the winner of a $25 Visa Gift Card!

Congratulations Nolan, and a huge thank you to everyone who joined up on Facebook!
Stay tuned for more ways to win, and as always, let us know what prizes and drawings you’d like to see held.

Last Chance to Win on Facebook

April 14th, 2009 in News & Announcements | Post a Comment

Today is the last chance to become a fan on Facebook and be entered to our $25 Visa Gift Card drawing tomorrow, April 15th. If you haven’t checked out our page on Facebook yet, I strongly encourage you to do so! In addition to being notified about upcoming prizes and site updates, it’s a really easy way to get in touch with our team and share the site with your friends.

And as always, if you have any suggestions on what you would like to see on Facebook or elsewhere, just let us know! Visit our Facebook Page today!

Multiple Accounts, Bots, & Other Shady Ways of Improving Your Odds

April 4th, 2009 in News & Announcements, Technical Support | 5 Comments

Though covered in our Official Rules & Regulations (listed under the details of each prize), we’ve been silent on what constitutes cheating on Raffstar and what is considered fair play. Our system picks winners at random, ensuring even the highest ticket-holder still only gets a moderate chance at success. But as our userbase grows, so do the number of attempts at beating the system. So let me clear about one thing: cheating can kill this site’s financial support, which means killing the support going to individual charities.

This month we will begin cracking down on accounts suspected of cheating.

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New Sidebar Launched!

April 1st, 2009 in News & Announcements | Post a Comment

New sidebar stats!We’re excited to show off the brand new sidebar for our giveaways! Based on feedback from all of you using the site, we’ve pieced together the most-desired stats and odds for each giveaway you participate in. Now you can:

  • Check your odds of winning
  • Find out what those odds are equivalent to in the real world
  • View all of your tickets together
  • Compete against other members on the projected leaderboard
  • Witness the un-luckiest members on a given prize
  • And more to come!

Check it out now on any one of our prize giveaways, and as always, let us know what you think!

Become a Fan on Facebook

March 16th, 2009 in News & Announcements | Post a Comment

FacebookWhile colleges let out for spring break and families enjoyed a relaxing weekend together, we worked on getting Raffstar’s Facebook Page set up and optimized to stay connected with our members and fans.  Now you can read our blog posts and be notified of new updates immediately within Facebook, as well as post comments, reviews, and discussion topics directly to our wall. You can even participate in the Causes we support and help raise awareness for charities with your friends.

Don’t let that work go to waste — Become a Raffstar Fan on Facebook!

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