Microsoft has been using different tactics for years to convince users to use products such as the search engine bing and the browser edgeoften offering cash prizes. It is something that competitors like Google and Opera They have described it as ‘bribing’ users, which sounds ugly, but Who is not willing to be bribed with a million dollars to use Bing? The company’s latest promotion to boost Bing includes that prize, 860,000 euros for which the lucky winner will be, in addition to others such as three Mercedes-Benz and hundreds of smaller prizes, from laptops Copilot+ of Lenovo and Acer to televisions Samsung and smart glasses Goalamong many others,
The giveaway is open to users from numerous countries, including those from Spainso you have options to win it, up to 465if you meet Microsoft’s conditions.
The first is to be a user of Microsoft RewardsMicrosoft’s free loyalty program. It is associated with your Microsoft account and allows you to accumulate points for using company products that can later be exchanged for gift cards or participation in raffles, as is the case.
Desktop and mobile users who participate in Microsoft Rewards can earn entries using Bing set as the default search engine in your browseran essential requirement, but also, optionally, using other Microsoft products. To enter the giveaway, you must sign in with your Microsoft accounts and register on the corresponding giveaway page.
Each user can accumulate up to 465 entries in the million-dollar draw and the three Mercedes-Benzes (actually, 144,000 euros that each winner will be able to spend at an authorized dealer) that will take place on June 4. Be careful, because Using multiple Microsoft accounts to accumulate more entries may lead to disqualification. By registering for the drawing, you get one entry, each day you perform a search with Bing as the default engine, another, and more by redeeming Rewards points or with certain uses of Microsoft products.
For example, using search Copilot (5 shares), make Edge the default browser on your PC and search from the bar (5), use the Microsoft browser 30 minutes a day for 7 days (5), install the Edge mobile app and do a search (10), make a query from the Copilot app on your mobile (15), install the Microsoft Rewards extension on Chrome either Firefox and do a search (20) or install Bing Wallpaper and do a search (25), among other possibilities that Microsoft includes here.
Meanwhile, and until the date the promotion ends, the May 21you have options to win instant prizes. These consist of 2 Copilot+ gaming laptops from Lenovo and another 2 from Acer, 48 Copilot+ laptops from each of those brands, 3 Samsung televisions, 50 headphones Bang & Olufsen100 shapers Dyson AirWrap110 portable video game consoles ROG Xbox Ally100 smart glasses Ray-Ban Meta Wayfarer200 headphones AirPods Pro 3 and 150 AirPods 4 of Apple150 speakers JBL Flip 7 and hundreds of Microsoft gift cards and Xbox.
You can get one chance a day to win one of these prizes by using Bing as your default search engine, performing a search from the address bar and then clicking on the option ‘Check if you have won’ (Check if you’re a winner) available on the promotion website. You will know instantly if you have won any of the prizes or not.