[quote name='io']Hell yeah! Got one on my 9th try at 1:30 AM Pacific!
I was about ready to go berserk though because I entered the code that popped up on the message and it said it had already been redeemed. I thought maybe it sent it to two people at once and someone else beat me to it. But then the code in the email they sent was completely different and that one worked. Has anyone seen that happen? Very strange.
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Just like the Tropicana contest, though, I had a feeling I won before it happened because it took a few seconds longer to load the page after I hit submit. So as long as things are running smoothly (as they tend to late at night) that slight pause is the smell of victory - or something like that

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Very similar experience late Tuesday night as I finally followed the official-rules alternate method of contest entry and actually won a $100 GC (about 15 minutes or so before midnight Eastern Time). I believe it was my 7th try, pretty much one after another, so I guess if you just hit the jackpot during those 8-minute contest stretches, the time of day you enter isn't *too* important. (I seemed to have gotten in early on one of those 8-minute periods, too.) [
Update: well, that 8-minute counter restarts everytime I re-enter the instant-win section of the site, so I have no idea what part of which period I made my winning entry in. Sorry if that caused any confusion.]
Confirming your previous experience, io, I also got a different code in a pop-up versus in an e-mail, and that e-mailed code was accepted as an entry (though it didn't ultimately win). Also had that slight pause before winning the bigger virtual gift card. The $100 winnings will also be sent to your mailing address as a physical card in 7-10 days, so you mainly have to worry about how to spend the $25 one. I just used most of it in an online order I had to make (and already received that order in the mail), so I didn't have to worry much about that.
But, yeah... thanks again to all the CAGs who posted about this, as I'd never have gotten either incentive without you. Good luck, all!