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    • How to Win a Sweepstakes

      By Lauren Egan | Work + Money – Sun, Sep 30, 2012 2:22 PM EDT

      Winning a sweepstakes can be 90% luck and 10% knowledge or skill. There are two popular ways to enter sweepstakes. Prior to the Internet, almost 100% of sweepstaking was accomplished by mailing your information to the required promotion addresses, known as snail mail. Entering this way can be costly, having to pay 42 cents each entry. Yet, the Internet offers free entry to thousands of sweepstakes at no cost and is quick and easy to use.

      Finding a Sweepstakes

      Then best way to enter online sweepstakes is searching link sites. Websites such as www.online-sweepstakes.com and www.cashnetsweeps.com offer links to sweepstakes on the web. The sites organize the sweepstakes into categories of daily, weekly, monthly, unlimited, special interests, instant wins, etc. Choosing a sweepstakes to enter is a personal choice. Enter only what you want to win. You may not want to waste time winning a tee shirt when you can win a car. Be prepared to receive a 1099 for major winnings at tax time

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    • My Speed Dating Experience

      By Lauren Egan | Love + Sex – Tue, Sep 11, 2012 7:59 PM EDT

      I sipped my second green apple martini, which matched my cardigan and purse, and watched "Miss Cupid" at work, tagging numbers on all the men I would soon encounter.

      "Welcome, HurryDaters!" Miss Cupid called. Yes, my single life has gone on too long and I can no longer call it an act of feminism. I was on the bottom floor of a popular downtown bar. In hope to find that special someone, I signed up for HurryDate, which according to their website I'm supposed to have a blast, meet mass quantities of single people, and do it all in a hurry. What could be easier than this?

      The other participating women and I were instructed to sit at different tables opposite of a man. I expected a large turnout, but instead there were about seven available males, which I could easily scroll through and say no to each one. But I decided to be a good sport, have fun, and recall the $35.00 sign-up fee.

      Sitting across from man number one, Miss Cupid reminded us that we would four minutes of

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