Online Contestant Grabs $100,000 Prize

Minneapolis,MN - With prizes ranging from a monster truck to fistfuls of cash, Internet contest company Grab.com is
the online equivalent of a fairy godmother. And the power behind the wand? SCA Promotions.

Terry Carlson had his wish granted on July 10th when he answered a knock on his door and received a $100,000 check, underwritten by SCA.


Presented by Grab.com’s vice president Christel Hyden during a surprise visit to Carlson’s Minneapolis home, the check was the prize to a contest Carlson had entered online. By purchasing Grab.com’s pay for play service, which automatically enters contestants in up to 300 promotions a day, Carlson was eligible for a special contest. He chose eight numbers out of 48 for a lottery draw.

Carlson had been a member of the service for about three months when his eight numbers were chosen by SCA’s draw system, making him $100,000 richer.

This isn’t the first Grab.com contest for which SCA has provided coverage. The site launched with the first and only online billion dollar lottery, helping Grab.com receive immediate recognition without any prize payout risk. “A billion dollar contest could have been very complicated, but SCA made it simple,” says Hyden.

On any given day, SCA covers about $2.25 million in prizes for Grab.com, according to Hyden. “The fact that SCA pays us directly when there’s a winner allows us to offer some very unique prizes, such as building a baseball diamond in someone’s backyard or paying for plastic surgery.”
As Carlson discovered, cash is always great, too — particularly when prize payout is quick. Within a week of contacting SCA of Carlson’s win, Hyden was standing at his door, check in hand. “Service like that really helps establish our credibility with contestants,” she says.

"But most important to Hyden is SCA’s ability to expand Grab.com’s potential prize payout. “I’m blown away by the concept of being able to offer a million dollar prize without needing to have a million dollars in your budget.
“I’m blown away by the concept of being able to offer a million dollar prize without needing to have a million dollars in your budget.”
Christel Hyden
Grab.com Vice President
SCA provides full service for Internet promotions,from development and hosting capabilities to data collection and prize coverage solutions. For more information on how SCA can help you build Web traffic, visit www.scapromotions.com.