Man Builds Twitter Bot That Entered (and Won) 1,000 Online Contests

This is the story of how I wrote a Twitter bot to automatically enter contests and ended up winning an average of four contests per day, every day, for about nine months straight. If you’ve ever used Twitter, you’ve probably seen a tweet that looks something like this: "RT for chance 2 win 2 tkts & Miami prize pack!"

Maybe you’ve actually retweeted it, maybe not, but everyone wants to know: does anyone ever win those contests?