Merch and gear
Physical merch — shirts, hats, crewnecks, stickers — carries entries. You get the item either way; the entry rides along with it.
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Free mail-in entry
A hand-written card, ten entries each, six a day. The postal address is being confirmed and gets published here the day it opens.
Not open yet
Available now
Free online entry
The same ten entries, six a day, one every four hours — a form right here, while the postal route is being set up.
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY
EVERY ENTRY EQUAL
ONE WINNER
SHIPPED FREE
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THE PRIZE
One prize at a time, sponsored by 2nd String Gaming and nobody else.
Prize package 01 — The Call-Up
ITEM
RETAIL
- Xbox Series X 1TB console, with the disc drive $799.99
- Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, twelve months — twelve one-month codes, issued over the year $275.88
- Grand Theft Auto VI (code in box) $79.99
APPROXIMATE RETAIL VALUE
$1,155.86
The console and the game ship as one package at no cost to the winner. The twelve months of Game Pass arrive as twelve one-month codes rather than in one lump, because Microsoft does not sell a twelve-month card: one with the prize, a second twenty-one days later, then one on the first of each month for the next ten months. Section 07 of the Official Rules sets out the schedule and what happens if a code is late. Values move with the market and the figure fixed in the Official Rules governs. Product names and links identify the items only — no manufacturer or retailer sponsors, endorses, or is otherwise involved in this giveaway.
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THE ENTRY
Two doors. Identical odds.
The free mail-in entry carries exactly the same entry value as a merch purchase. That is not a technicality to satisfy a lawyer — it is the point.
QUICK ENTRIES
MAIL-IN ENTRY
Mail it in
A hand-written mail-in entry earns exactly the same entry as a merch purchase. The address and card format get published with the Official Rules.
THIS WEEK — WRITE IT EXACTLY …
ENTRY LIMITS
One person, one identity
No multi-accounting and no bought entries. Duplicate identities are removed before the draw, not after it.
SEE OFFICIAL RULESThe free way in
is worth the same.
Key dates
ENTRIES OPEN
15 October 2026
12:01 a.m. Pacific. Both entry paths go live together.
ENTRIES CLOSE
28 November 2026
11:59 p.m. Pacific. Mail-in entries must arrive by then, not be postmarked by then.
WINNER ANNOUNCED
1–4 December 2026
Drawn live on the founder’s Twitch, then posted to 2SG social.
PRIZE SHIPS
By 10 December 2026
Timed to arrive before Christmas, shipping paid by 2SG.
All times Pacific. Delivery dates depend on the carrier once the package leaves.
How the draw works
METHOD
Every valid entry gets a number. The spreadsheet holding them is built on stream, on camera, immediately before the draw, and a random number generator picks the winning number from it.
RNG / LIVE
WHERE
The founder’s Twitch, between 1 and 4 December. If a sponsor takes the campaign somewhere else before then, the new location is posted here first.
TWITCH
PRIVACY
The winning entry number is read aloud. No name, handle, or location goes on stream. The winner is contacted privately using the details on their entry.
NUMBER ONLY
BEFORE IT OPENS
What gets published first
The prize, its value, the dates, the draw method, and the support contact are already up. Two things are still to come, and both land before a single entry is accepted. Until then, treat anything else you see as unofficial.
- Full Official Rules document
- Free mail-in entry address and card format
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OFFICIAL RULES
No purchase necessary. A purchase will not increase the chances of winning. Void where prohibited.
Open to legal residents of the 50 United States and D.C., 18 or older. Full Official Rules and the free alternative method of entry stay reachable from every giveaway page.
Sponsor: 2nd String Gaming, Las Vegas, NV. Questions and disputes: support@2sg.us.