(Active, Unfortunately) Take a Spin with SPG game

[Emkay]

are these games a waste of time or are there actual winners?

reading through this thread there are some

[Sport]

are these games a waste of time or are there actual winners?

I won a whooping 500 points last time around.

[Mordyk]

I won a whooping 500 points last time around.

whoo-whoo 

[Myccrabbi]

When spinning you automatically enter for 250k starpoints raffle, now that I can use!

[D93]

It let me spin twice. Both lost!

[Joe4007]

It let me spin twice. Both lost!

Exactly...

[Achas Veachas]

are these games a waste of time or are there actual winners?

Basically... Just enough people win to make it seem worthwhile to go for it but for most it ends up being a waste of time. Hence:

I hate you.

[lubaby]

Where did you pull that year old mesh gem out from?

I see it every so often, it's been Menachem613's signature for a few months at least.

[Marco Polo]

"not a winner", what a surprise.

[@Yehuda]

Same here for me and my wife.

[dealer]

Congrats!
YOU’RE AN INSTANT WINNER.

One Free Night Award will be credited to your account - please allow up to four weeks to post. Use it at any of our more than 1,100 luxurious hotels and resorts across our nine distinctive brands worldwide, including St. Regis®, W®, Westin® and Sheraton®.

You’ve also been entered to win the Tap Into Luxury with SPG® Sweepstakes grand prize: a weeklong dream getaway. Come back daily to play and enter again.

[Emkay]

Congrats!
YOU’RE AN INSTANT WINNER.

One Free Night Award will be credited to your account - please allow up to four weeks to post. Use it at any of our more than 1,100 luxurious hotels and resorts across our nine distinctive brands worldwide, including St. Regis®, W®, Westin® and Sheraton®.

You’ve also been entered to win the Tap Into Luxury with SPG® Sweepstakes grand prize: a weeklong dream getaway. Come back daily to play and enter again.

Congrats!!

[sammy n]

How come it says I cannot play this game online??

[miles lover]

How come it says I cannot play this game online??

Same here. It says im not eligible for some reason.

[lubaby]

How come it says I cannot play this game online??

Same here. It says im not eligible for some reason.

According to your DDF profile you're both located in Israel, is that accurate?
Israel is not on the list of countries in the T&C (I'm guessing that's what it is).

1. ELIGIBILITY: The Starwood Preferred Guest® (SPG®) Tap Into Luxury Game, (the “Game”) is open only to legal residents of the United States (including the District of Columbia), Canada (excluding Quebec), Australia, Austria, Brazil, Belgium, China, Egypt, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Philippines, Portugal, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates and United Kingdom who are at least 18 years of age or older and have reached the age of majority in their respective jurisdictions at the time of entry. Employees of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (the “Sponsor”), United States Tennis Association Incorporated (“USTA”), their respective parent companies, subsidiaries, divisions, affiliates, suppliers, distributors and advertising, promotional and judging agencies and all their immediate family members (spouses, parents, children, and siblings and their spouses) and household members of each (whether related or not), are not eligible to participate or win. Void where prohibited by law. All federal, state, local, provincial and municipal laws and regulations apply.

[miles lover]

According to your DDF profile you're both located in Israel, is that accurate?
Israel is not on the list of countries in the T&C (I'm guessing that's what it is).

Well thats reffering to where your address is on the spg account not your physical address. Know ? Why would they care where im physically located ?

[lubaby]

Well thats reffering to where your address is on the spg account not your physical address. Know ? Why would they care where im physically located ?

Perhaps. Try routing through a US Proxy server, see if that makes a difference.

[Joe4007]

Congrats!
YOU’RE AN INSTANT WINNER.

One Free Night Award will be credited to your account - please allow up to four weeks to post. Use it at any of our more than 1,100 luxurious hotels and resorts across our nine distinctive brands worldwide, including St. Regis®, W®, Westin® and Sheraton®.

You’ve also been entered to win the Tap Into Luxury with SPG® Sweepstakes grand prize: a weeklong dream getaway. Come back daily to play and enter again.

Wow, nice!

[Dan]

Congrats!
YOU’RE AN INSTANT WINNER.

One Free Night Award will be credited to your account - please allow up to four weeks to post. Use it at any of our more than 1,100 luxurious hotels and resorts across our nine distinctive brands worldwide, including St. Regis®, W®, Westin® and Sheraton®.

You’ve also been entered to win the Tap Into Luxury with SPG® Sweepstakes grand prize: a weeklong dream getaway. Come back daily to play and enter again.

Ugh. Time to try again.

Basically... Just enough people win to make it seem worthwhile to go for it but for most it ends up being a waste of time. Hence:

I hate you.

[Marco Polo]

Ugh. Time to try again.

Seeing the 1:xxxxxxxx person win makes it so much worse. Because now i am back to believing i may actually win.