Optus Always Win: Season 2 – Ride The Pipe – Prepaid Snow Party

UPDATE:

• 18/4/08 – Added Prize Winning Percentage Calculation section.
• The table for all the prizes no longer in Optus Always Win : Prizes page, you have to view from Optus Always Win : Terms & Conditions page. Anyway, based on the prizes below and the number of prizes for each of the prize, I already come out with my calculation you guys might interested to look. If you don’t win good prizes, you should want to know why ?

Some of new visitors will be wondering what is this Optus Always Win – Ride The Pipe – Prepaid Snow Party? Actually this is the 2nd Optus Always Win promotion, from the previous successful Optus Always Win: Season 1 – Jump In The Pool – Prepaid Pool Party which just ended on 29th February last month.

The steps and rules still as simple as previous promotion where you need to go to http://optus.com.au/alwayswin and follow the How To Play steps below!

How To Play

1. Then you need to have agreed with the tems & conditions
2. Next, find Wazza the wombat on the half pipe
3. Click the “Ride the pipe to win” option for Wazza to show you your prize
4. Follow the prompts to claim your prize

Prize Determination Conditions

I notice that Optus stated 1 Terms & Conditions that will promise you getting more and different prizes whereby they promise that you won’t get the same prize for the next 5 code you enter in a row!

For example:-

1st time – You won 10 minutes of Pre-Paid Minutes**
2nd time – Anything else other than 10 minutes of Pre-Paid Minutes**
3rd time – Anything else other than 10 minutes of Pre-Paid Minutes**
4th time – Anything else other than 10 minutes of Pre-Paid Minutes**
5th time – Anything else other than 10 minutes of Pre-Paid Minutes**
6th time – Anything else other than 10 minutes of Pre-Paid Minutes**
7th time – You might win the same 10 minutes of Pre-Paid Minutes** prize again

Prize Determination Conditions

. (part of Optus Always Win Terms & Conditions)

• Entrants cannot instantly win the exact same type of Content Prize or the exact same Product Prize more than once within six separate entries.
• For the avoidance of doubt, if an Entrant instantly wins a 10 Free Rev-Up Text prize, they will not win that same prize (i.e. 10 Free Rev-Up Text prize) for their next five entries.
• Entrants cannot win the same category of Content or Product prize two times in a row.
• For the avoidance of doubt, if an Entrant instantly wins a 10 Free Rev-Up Text prize, they cannot win a 20 Free Rev-Up Text prize with their following entry.
• Entrants are not eligible to win a Rev-Up Data Prize for their first two entries into the promotion.

So, do you understand how Optus prize works ? Anyway, this time Optus provide us details such as how many Number of Prizes for each type of prizes!

Prize

Prize	Value of Each Prize	Number of Prizes	Total Value
Wallpaper	$3.50	199,934	$699,769.00
Ringtone	$5.50	799,734	$4,398,537.00
Prize	Value of Each Prize	Number of Prizes	Total Value
6 minutes of Pre-Paid Minutes**	$4.97	404,866	$2,012,184.02
10 minutes of Pre-Paid Minutes**	$8.09	1,102,133	$8,916,255.97
15 minutes of Pre-Paid Minutes**	$11.99	467,844	$5,609,449.56
20 minutes of Pre-Paid Minutes**	$15.89	427,358	$6,790,718.62
25 minutes of Pre-Paid Minutes**	$19.79	359,880	$7,122,025.20
30 minutes of Pre-Paid Minutes**	$23.69	359,880	$8,525,557.20
50 minutes of Pre-Paid Minutes**	$39.29	26,991	$1,060,476.39
10 x Rev-Up Texts***	$2.50	269,910	$674,775.00
15 x Rev-Up Texts***	$3.75	269,910	$1,012,162.50
20 x Rev-Up Texts***	$5.00	269,910	$1,349,550.00
25 x Rev-Up Texts***	$6.25	269,910	$1,686,937.50
30 x Rev-Up Texts***	$7.50	269,910	$2,024,325.00
20 x Pre-Paid Texts****	$5.00	629,791	$3,148,955.00
30 x Pre-Paid Texts****	$7.50	629,791	$4,723,432.50
40 x Pre-Paid Texts****	$10.00	629,791	$6,297,910.00
50 x Pre-Paid Texts****	$12.50	629,791	$7,872,387.50
60 x Pre-Paid Texts****	$15.00	629,791	$9,446,865.00
$10 worth of Rev Up Data*****	$10.00	269,910	$2,699,100.00
$20 worth of Rev Up Data*****	$20.00	269,910	$5,398,200.00
$30 worth of Rev Up Data*****	$30.00	269,910	$8,097,300.00
$40 worth of Rev Up Data*****	$40.00	269,910	$10,796,400.00
50 worth of Rev Up Data*****	$50.00	269,910	$13,495,500.00
Prize	Value of Each Prize	Number of Prizes	Total Value
Hollywood Movie Money Movie Tickets*	$15.50	2,000	$31,000.00
iPod Shuffle (1GB)	$98.00	750	$73,500.00
Winter Hamper (including basket, marshmallows, 2 x mugs, rug, hot chocolate & JB HI-Fi voucher for $160	$230.00	20	$4,600.00
Sony Digital DVD Camera (DCR DVD608)	$699.00	25	$17,475.00
Burton Snowboard	$499.00	10	$4,990.00
Electric Visual Goggles	$169.95	100	$16,995.00
Electric Visual Sunglasses	$159.95	100	$15,995.00
Electric Visual Backpack	$139.95	50	$6,997.50
Electric Visual Beanie	$34.95	100	$3,495.00
Motorola K1 – 18 x Gold Boost Bundle, 2 x Black	$199.00	20	$3,980.00
Motorola V3 Silver Bundle Pack	$119.00	10	$1,190.00
Motorola W375 Silver Bundle Pack	$99.00	20	$1,980.00
Samsung M300	$129.00	20	$2,580.00
Samsung C520 Boost Black Bundle Pack	$99.00	20	$1,980.00
Samsung C520 Boost White Bundle Pack	$99.00	20	$1,980.00
Boost D615 Grey Platinum Bundle Pack	$149.00	20	$2,980.00
Sony Ericsson W200i White Bundle Pack	$129.00	20	$2,580.00
Sony Ericsson Z310i	$99.00	20	$1,980.00

*Winners of Content Prizes will be provided with a choice of Content from which they will be able to select their prize. If a winner of a Content Prize is unable to provide the information required to determine the format in which the Content Prize should be provided, the winner will be offered a randomly awarded Product Prize to substitute the Content Prize originally won to be determined by the Promoter in its absolute discretion.

#Hollywood Movie Money Movie Voucher – value up to $15.50. Valid for any ticket to the film stipulated on the voucher film at participating cinemas for the duration of the film’s presence. Not valid at Gold Class, The Director’s Suite, La Premiere, Gold Lounges or Special Events – for full terms & conditions, further information and a list of participating cinemas see www.hollywoodmoviemoney.com.au. Winners in the month of March will win a ticket to Iron Man, Winners in the month of April will win a ticket to Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Winners in the month of May will win a ticket to The Chronicals of Narnia: Prince Caspian, Winners in the month of June will win a ticket to Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time.
** Pre-Paid Minutes is minutes which can be used to call any Optus mobile phone within Australia. Prize is valid for 7 days once credit applied.

*** Rev-Up Text is credit which can be used to text any mobile phone that permits text messaging irrespective of the Australian network the mobile is signed to. Prize is valid for 7 days once credit applied.

**** Pre-Paid Text is credit which can be used to text other Optus/Boost Pre-Paid customers only. Prize is valid for 14 days once credit applied.

***** Rev-Up Data is credit which can be used when Browsing Optus Zoo and downloading content (content charges apply). Prize is valid for 30 days once credit applied. Winners of Rev-Up Data prizes whose phones are not compatible with such a prize will be offered a randomly awarded substitute Product Prize to be determined by the Promoter in its absolute discretion.

Prize Winning Percentage Calculation

For this section, I’ll just show you the percentage of winning good prizes where the number of prizes given by Optus only from 10 to 2000 units. Okay, let’s see :-

Prizes	Number of Prizes	Percentage %
Hollywood Movie Money Movie Tickets#	2000	0.002% Out of 10,000,900 Total Prizes
iPod Shuffle (1GB)	750	0.00075% Out of 10,000,900 Total Prizes
Electric Visual Goggles	100	0.0001% Out of 10,000,900 Total Prizes
Electric Visual Sunglasses	100	0.0001% Out of 10,000,900 Total Prizes
Electric Visual Beanie	100	0.0001% Out of 10,000,900 Total Prizes
Electric Visual Backpack	50	0.0005% Out of 10,000,900 Total Prizes
Sony Digital DVD Camera (DCR DVD608)	25	0.00025% Out of 10,000,900 Total Prizes
Winter Hamper (including basket, marshmallows, 2 x mugs, rug, hot chocolate & JB HI-Fi voucher for $160	20	0.0002% Out of 10,000,900 Total Prizes
Motorola K1 – 18 x Gold Boost Bundle, 2 x Black	20	0.0002% Out of 10,000,900 Total Prizes
Motorola W375 Silver Bundle Pack	20	0.0002% Out of 10,000,900 Total Prizes
Samsung M300	20	0.0002% Out of 10,000,900 Total Prizes
Samsung C520 Boost Black Bundle Pack	20	0.0002% Out of 10,000,900 Total Prizes
Samsung C520 Boost White Bundle Pack	20	0.0002% Out of 10,000,900 Total Prizes
Boost D615 Grey Platinum Bundle Pack	20	0.0002% Out of 10,000,900 Total Prizes
Sony Ericsson W200i White Bundle Pack	20	0.0002% Out of 10,000,900 Total Prizes
Sony Ericsson Z310i	20	0.0002% Out of 10,000,900 Total Prizes
Burton Snowboard	10	0.0001% Out of 10,000,900 Total Prizes
Motorola V3 Silver Bundle Pack	10	0.0001% Out of 10,000,900 Total Prizes

Note: Table above is calculated by me, kahpeng.com for reference purpose only. I am not responsible for any incorrect data and what it may cause. Read/use the facts above as you like after you understand what my purpose of showing the percentage.

Summary: Prize winning percentage calculation is done to show everyone why good prizes are not easy to win and you should stop blaming anyone for not winning a mobile phone or snowboard. For example:-

• There’s only 10 Burton Snowboard out of 10,000,900 total prizes given by Optus and that’s only 0.0001% chances for you to win. So, don’t blame anyone if you don’t win any prizes you desire, try your luck next time you reload.

Major Prize Draw

1. Return economy class airfares from the Winner’s closest Australian state capital city to Canberra for four (4) people.
2. Return coach transfers between Canberra Airport and Perisher Blue accommodation for four (4) people.
3. VIP access to the Boost Mobile SNOSHO for four (4) people.
4. Lessons with Pro Snowboarder Max Cookes for four (4) people.
5. Burton snowboard, bindings, boots, jacket and pants for four (4) people.
6. Four (4) nights accommodation at The Man From Snowy River.
7. Three (3) day lift passes for four (4) people.
8. Three (3) days snowboard or ski equipment hire including boots, skis and poles for four (4) people.

Customers will receive one (1) entry into the Major Prize draw for each dollar spent on a successful recharge. For example, if the entrant spends $30 dollars on a recharge, they will receive 30 entries into the Major Prize draw. Entrants must retain a record of their unique code(s) for all entries submitted.

For more details about the prizes terms and usage, please read at Optus Terms & Condition page -> Optus Always Win Terms & Conditions.

I won the prize above :( Sad yeah? Where’s my phone? Hehe…

Important Notes:

• Promotion commences on 01/03/08 and closes at 11.59pm AEST on 30/06/08.
• Entries and all claims for instant win prizes must be received by 11.59pm AEST on 30/06/08.
• The Major Prize draw will take place at Optus, 1 Lyonpark Road, Macquarie Park NSW 2113 on 04/07/08 at 3.00pm AEST
• If you have any queries, please call 1300 559 507.
• Remember to retain the unique code that Optus sent you via SMS for verification purposes.

You can always find out more details from Optus site: Optus Always Win – Find Out More

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