More boilerplate:
random, computer-generated winning times... If you are the first player to play the Instant Win Game at or after one of the randomly generated times, you will be a potential instant winner of the prize indicated.
lwaxana's explanation:
"It is annoying when these "wheel" games click over to a non-winning slot at the last moment, but it helps to remember that there really isn't any spinning wheel (it's a computer animation), and your winning or non-winning condition has already been predetermined at the time when you logged in. You don't win or lose because the wheel says so: the wheel says so because you've already won or lost. Instead of simulating a spinning wheel, the site could just display "yes" or "no" as soon as you log in, but apparently people like the razzle-dazzle."
IW games don't really mean anything since IW sweeps are *usually* set up in advance for the winning time(s) and if you play at that time {or are the 1st to play after that time if nobody played right at the winning time} then you'll win and won't even know it unless they send an email, or the prize!!!
So... once you are logged in on an IW, and have a "Click here" link? It's already decided if you are a winner or not, so clicking/not clicking makes no difference - EXCEPT: it changes your timing on the sweeps you enter following the one you played/didn't play!
My rule of thumb? It isn't a win until I get a confirmation email/phone call/the prize.
*Most* do the confirmation email, and if you notice, once you log in, if you won, you get the email before you even play!
