I've come to the conclusion that a company that holds a sweepstakes has no legal obligation to actually award a winner for it. There are a few that I have entered in and tracked over the past couple of years and about 90% of the time the sweepstakes just vanishes from existence after the entry period has ended. The company will pull all notices of it and become unresponsive to inquiries about it. (often referring you to the independent sweepstakes coordinator who also doesn't respond to emails)
In fact I bet they do it merely to gather names/emails for marketing purposes.
In fact I bet they do it merely to gather names/emails for marketing purposes.