Site last updated: 05/29/02 and still in the midst of MAJOR changes!
(Read the rules - Several require that you be a Texas resident)

Best way to bookmark this page: http://www.bigfoot.com/~texsweeps

DAILY WEB ENTRY

Big Thicket Directory - Enter daily to win a 3 Day/3 Night Golf/Canoeing/Scenic Air Trip for 2 people. Includes Jacuzzi Suite, golf, canoeing, scenic airplane tour, Museum tour and meals in the Texas Big Thicket (transportation not included). The drawings are quarterly; prizes change a bit so check details. (Next scheduled drawing: 12/9/01)

WEEKLY WEB ENTRY

Austin:360 - Watch for weekly sweepstakes on their site, usually listed near the bottom of the main page.

Kroger grocery stores - Weekly entry for a weekly gift certificate prize. **A known winner from this site!**

MONTHLY WEB ENTRY

Colorado Getaway - Register monthly at DallasObserver.com. Transportation not included.

IGA Supermarket - Win $100 in free groceries monthly. You must tell them the name and location of the IGA store nearest you. Use their Store Locator Page to find your nearest IGA store by typing in your city or zip code. To broaden your search, only type in the first few digits of your zip code.**A known winner from this site!**

Pacesetter Realtors in Corpus Christi - Win a "Totally Texas" gift basket. Drawing will be conducted the first week of each month. **A known winner from this site!**

Six Flags Amusement & Water Parks - Win admission to a Six Flags theme park. Double your chances of winning by completing their survey. There's a generic contest form on their site (this link) but there are also individual pages for EACH Six Flags amusement or water park. Two winners per park per month. Be sure to enter all the ones you're interested in! They currently have a pop-up window at this link offering a chance to win four season passes. **A known winner from this site!**

Six Flags Arcade - Play their online games. Top arcade scores win free Six Flags tickets each month (Requires Shockwave)

Southern Living Magazine - Sometimes they have sweeps restricted to southern state residents. They've also given away trips to South Padre Island before.

T-Shirts N Texas - Answer Texas trivia questions correctly and you are eligible to win a FREE Texas T-Shirt of your choice. The T-Shirt winner is chosen monthly at random from correct answers.

Texas Cooking - Texas Cooking t-shirt (10 winners drawn monthly) **A known winner from this site!**

Texas Monthly Magazine - Occasional sweeps here, often it's a weekend getaway prize.

Texas Nuts and Stuff - Monthly drawing is not for Texans only, but they do offer 'unique Texas gifts.'

Texas Sweet Citrus - FOR KIDS: Answer a monthly trivia question and you might win a surprise! 25 winners will
be drawn randomly from all entries each month. (Looks like the 'surprise' is a bookmark and a citrus peeler.) **A known winner from this site!**

Waco Convention Center & Visitors Bureau - Monthly entry. Prize is usually a Waco throw blanket. Trivia questions with answers located on site. Don't forget to check the winner's name at the bottom of the contest page every month and contact them if you're the winner.**Known winners from this site!**

LOCAL AREA SWEEPSTAKES
Look for something located in your neck of the woods...
Most of these prizes may only be used in a certain geographic area.

Statewide locations

Texas Tourism - Watch for future giveaways (previous ones had San Antonio vacation packages)

Ticketmaster Texas - Various sweepstakes for local concert or event tickets, merchandise, etc. Usually the sweeps here are for events in major Texas cities. Check to see if there's a current promotion for your city.

Arlington

Go to Monthly section of this site for Six Flags over Texas and Hurricane Harbor ticket sweepstakes.

Austin

Austin CitySearch - Often have sweepstakes listed on this site. (check bottom right corner of main page) Usually, they're only open to Texas residents age 18 and over.

Austin Dental - Win a free service from an Austin dentist. Site says they'll also soon be having a quarterly drawing for a free tooth whitening from Austin Dental.

Beaumont

Hoffbrau Steaks - Win a $25 gift certificate every month - must answer trivia questions.

Bryan/College Station

Arby's - College Station - Win a free meal. Each week, a new and different prize will be awarded, so be sure to check back often. Weekly entry. (Also, see their printable coupon page before your next visit)

Papa John Pizza - Two pizzas will randomly be given away to lucky registered visitors each week. Winners will be announced every two weeks and the entries will be cleared at that time. Be sure to sign up each week to be in the contest!

Pizza Hut - Win a free Pizza Hut buffet for two or a large pizza

Little Caesar's - Two pizzas will randomly given away to lucky registered visitors each week. Winners will be announced every Monday and the entries will be cleared at that time. Be sure to sign up each week to be in the contest!

LockOn Bryan/College Station - Check these current contests to enter into their special weekly, monthly, or sometimes daily local contests for food, prizes, or event tickets. (some may already be listed above)

Dallas area

DalWorth Carpet Cleaning - Each week, one lucky winner will receive a $100 Gift Certificate good for any of their services. You must live in their service area to win. Check back frequently to see if you're a winner.

DFW.LifeOnTheNet - Serving Greater Dallas, Fort Worth and Denton. Often giving away tickets to local venues such as Billy Bob's.

Dallas CitySearch - Watch for occasional sweeps here

Grapevine Mills Outlet Mall - Sometimes they have details about mall contests on their web site.

Guidelive.com - Follow link to their contests & promotions. This site is also mirrored as Dallas CitySearch.

Underground Shopper - Various contests, probably something different about every month. Computers often given away here! They've also given away Dallas Cowboys tickets and other local D/FW area prizes.

Your Dallas - They say they'll be having contests for tickets to local events.

Denton
Denton Online - Register with their site and then login daily to enter their monthly sweeps for prizes from local merchants. You can also sign up for their newsletter to keep informed about any new sweepstakes.

Ft. Worth area

Billy Bob's Texas - ***This contest is currently on hiatus (last checked on 6/17/01) and site says it will be updated in the future. Win Billy Bob's merchandise and other prizes. Daily entry for a monthly drawing. Trivia questions with answers located on site. **Several known winners from this site!**

CyberRodeo - Sign guestbook weekly to win gift certificate from the Rodeo Steakhouse in Fort Worth. Your guestbook entry will remain visible to all and the site will soon contact you for your address to send you a THIN mousepad.

Key Magazine
Monthly giveaways feature various prizes donated by local Ft. Worth merchants. **Known winner from this site!**

Virtual Texan - Monthly newsletter contest (have given away State Fair and Six Flags tickets in the past)

Houston area

Acura Southwest - Register to win your next major automobile service from them.

Chick-Fil-A - Sign up to win free food and prizes every week. Two winners will be selected at random. Winners must live in the greater Houston area and will be eligible in 90 days to re-enter.

The Falls Resort - Enter to win free golf in New Ulm, Texas. Enter the monthly contest on their trivia page. (The contest is not always trivia-related)

Houston-Texas-Online - Occasional contests here

San Jacinto Museum - Keep an eye on this site. Their last contest ended 6/01 and included a trip to Orlando as a prize.

Sienna Plantation - Enter monthly to win a $25 restaurant gift certificate. Not sure if this is only good in the Houston area or not. Sponsor is located in Missouri City.

Go to Monthly section of our site for Astro World and Water World ticket sweepstakes.

McAllen
Charles Clark Chevrolet Co. -Check back here often for Great Deals on Products & Services, Promotional Specials, and Contests and Give-Aways!

Clark-Knapp Honda - Check back here often for Great Deals on Products & Services, Promotional Specials, and Contests and Give-Aways!

San Antonio

ARTS San Antonio - Exciting performances and legendary artists. Here’s your chance to win TWO FREE
TICKETS to any one of two of their entertaining and popular performances set for this season.

Isabelle's European Day Spa - Register to win a Day of Beauty!

Go to Monthly section of our site for Fiesta Texas ticket sweepstakes.

Abilene
KIDZ (Fox affiliate)

Austin
KVUE (ABC affiliate) Check out their 'EXTRA' page where they list some of their giveaways

Corpus Christi
KRIS-TV (NBC affiliate)

Dallas

KXAS (NBC affiliate) Frequent contests here
WFAA (ABC affiliate)
KTVT (CBS affiliate)
KTXA (UPN affiliate)
KXTX Channel 39

Good Morning Texas (D/FW-area TV Show - airs at 9 am on ABC affiliate)

Positively Texas TV Show (D/FW-area TV Show - airs at 3 pm on CBS affiliate)

Join the UPN Club Fun 21 - For kids age 13 and younger. They receive a quarterly newsletter with contests, discount coupons, stories, puzzles, jokes, etc.

Houston
KHOU (CBS affiliate)
KTXH (UPN affiliate)

San Antonio
KMOL (NBC affiliate) - Especially keep an eye on the 'CyberBob' and 'Fun in San Antonio' sections.

4 San Antonio Living - (San Antonio area TV Show - airs at 10 am on NBC affiliate)

My San Antonio (Sponsored by KENS-TV and The San Antonio Express-News) Their contest page.

Abilene Reporter News (Suggested search words: contest, sweepstakes) Their main Web page.
Corpus Christi Times-Caller
D Magazine
Dallas Morning News
The Dallas Observer (Often give away movie preview passes. Theater is off Central Expwy in Dallas)
Ft. Worth Star Telegram (Their contest page)
Houston Chronicle (frequent sweeps listings)
Houston Press Online
Plano Star Courier (north Dallas area)
San Antonio Express
Wichita Falls Times Record News

Apartment Map - Their promotions often change. Check the information on the site. Often you'll need to visit one of their apartment developments.

Best Laugh in Texas - (info partly outdated) Ripley's is searching for the Best Laugh in Texas. Any Texan who feels they have an unusual laugh is invited to participate in the Oddest Laugh in Texas contest. Great prizes, including cash, will be awarded annually. Event usually takes place in the fall, call them for more information. (972) 263-2391

Braums Ice Cream & Dairy Stores - Keep checking back for new sweepstakes here and also watch for kids'
coloring contests. Their contests are usually limited to legal residents of Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Arkansas and
Missouri. (Coloring contests are for age 10 and under)

Computer Junction - Dallas/Ft. Worth radio listening area. Listen to "Computer Junction" at 9 pm Sundays on KRLD News Radio 1080. They'll attempt to answer your computer questions and you may win software and hardware from their show.

Dallas Gold & Silver Exchange - Has had diamond giveaways in the past.

Frank Parra Automall - Occasional sweeps on this site in the past have been one entry per person.

Jason's Deli - Only one entry per person. Each week of the year, we will draw a name from those of you who enter our Free Lunch drawing. Winners will receive seven $5.00 gift certificates good at any Jason's Deli location. If your name is drawn, it will be removed from any future drawings, so you will not be eligible to win again. Winner will be posted each Monday. Texas locations: Addison, Amarillo, Arlington, Austin, Beaumont, Bedford, Clearlake (Webster), College Station, Corpus Christi, Dallas, Denton, Ft. Worth, Grapevine, Harlingen, Houston, Humble, Irving, Katy, Lewisville, Longview, Lubbock, Lufkin, McAllen, McKinney (opening soon), Pasadena, Plano, Port Arthur, Richardson, Round Rock, San Antonio, San Marcos, Sugarland, Tyler, Texarkana, Waco, Webster (Clearlake), and The Woodlands. For more complete location information, visit their Texas store locator page.

Lonestar Music - Occasional contests here for music or event tickets

SaddleRight - Contest every 90 days to win a saddle pad for your horse

Texas Sweet Citrus - Occasional contests here... usually a trivia question for children.

Ticketmaster.com - Frequent sweeps here for local event tickets or entertainment merchandise. Look in the Texas listings for sweeps near your area.

Brookshires grocery stores - Check out their site, sometimes they list new promotions there.

Jason's Deli - Drop your business card in their store fish bowl weekly to win a free lunch.

Kroger grocery stores - See what they're giving away this week
(In-store drop box details for Dallas & Houston)

Minyards/Sack & Save grocery stores - See what they're giving away this week
(In-store drop box details)

Sears - Some Sears stores will have a regular fishbowl drawing in the Automotive Department to win something like an oil change or an alignment.

Tom Thumb and Randalls stores - Check out their new promotions.
(Local promo details for Austin, Dallas/Ft. Worth and Houston)

SalesCircular.com - Find out what's on sale in your local Texas retail stores this week. Compare prices online before you shop. Find out about what's free after rebate.

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