Xbox Gamers Can Claim Hundreds In Cash Via Limited-Time Event

Microsoft is literally giving away free money right now. This is not an exaggeration or a set up for a big joke, they’re just dishing out a boatload of free cash.

Alright, so, free money– sounds like a load of old rubbish, right? Usually, yes, but in this instance everything appears to be legit.

As stated on the Microsoft Rewards website, the Xbox giant is currently giving away an even one hundred million dollars to one lucky individual, and there’s even a separate one million dollar prize pool that will be divided up for a bunch of different, slightly less lucky individuals.

For my United Kingdom brethren out there, that's two separate prize pools of £741,440. So what do you have to do to win?

According to Microsoft, not much. If you already have a Microsoft account, you’re basically 90% of the way there. Simply click this link, login to your Microsoft account, mosey on over to the Microsoft Rewards page and enter.

But here’s the catch; that only earns you one entry.

After you’ve entered once, you can just keep entering. This isn’t some kind of bug or oversight, but instead a feature of the giveaway itself.

If you want to “maximise your chances to win more instant cash prizes", you’ll have to… oh god… search for stuff using Bing. Blegh.

From what I can tell, if you stay logged in and use Bing to search for something, like for instance “Umamusume: Pretty Derby”, then you’ll earn yourself an extra entry into the competition.

Considering that there are just under two months between now and the final day of the competition (October 17), that means you could earn yourself roughly 50 entries by using Bing every single day.

Of course, then you have to ask yourself, is searching for stuff on Bing for two months straight worth a million dollars? Only you can answer that question (to which the answer is definitely “no”).