{"id":339121,"date":"2014-12-16T12:06:10","date_gmt":"2014-12-16T17:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.freestufftimes.com\/contests\/?p=339121"},"modified":"2014-12-16T12:06:10","modified_gmt":"2014-12-16T17:06:10","slug":"windows-central-12-days-hidden-gems-sweepstakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freestufftimes.com\/contests\/16\/windows-central-12-days-hidden-gems-sweepstakes\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows Central 12 Days of Hidden Gems Sweepstakes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.windowscentral.com\/hidden-gems\" >http:\/\/www.windowscentral.com\/hidden-gems<\/a><br \/>\nSweepstakes Entry: The Sponsor will periodically publish an online article marked Hidden Gems on www.windowscent<wbr \/>ral.com during the Play Period, beginning on December 15th, 2014. There are three ways to enter each sweepstakes in the series:<\/p>\n<p>1) Twitter &#8212; To participate in a sweepstakes via Twitter, go to the bottom of the Hidden Gems article to locate and click on a widget marked \u201cHidden Gems\u201d and follow the instructions given by the widget. This will automatically enter the Participant in that sweepstakes through Twitter;<\/p>\n<p>2) Leave a Comment to Article \u2013 To participate in a sweepstakes by leaving a comment to an article, go to the Hidden Gems article, and leave a comment on that page;<\/p>\n<p>3) Refer a Friend \u2013 To participate in a sweepstakes by referring a friend, enter via method 1 or 2 above, click on the widget marked \u201cHidden Gems\u201d described in entry method 1 above, and follow the instructions in the widget for referring a friend. For every friend a Participant refers who completes an Entry in the sweepstakes, the referring Participant also earns an extra Entry, up to a total of ten (10) Entries per Participant per Hidden Gems article.<\/p>\n<p>There is a limit of twelve (12) Entries per Participant per each sweepstakes associated with each of the twelve Hidden Gems articles. Each Hidden Gems article is discrete chance to win prizes, and is in itself a sweepstakes in the series of sweepstakes.<\/p>\n<p>On or about January 15, 2015, potential winners will be selected in a random selection from among all eligible entries received for each of the twelve (12) sweepstakes for the twelve (12) corresponding Hidden Gems articles published during the Play Period.<\/p>\n<p>Sweepstakes Prizes: Prizes will be awarded for each sweepstakes corresponding to each of the twelve (12) Hidden Gems articles published during the Play Period. No prize awarded will have a value less than $99.00 or greater than $499.00. Upcoming prizes for each sweepstakes in the series will be posted on the Hidden Gems Sweepstakes page at www.windowscent<wbr \/>ral.com\/hidden-gems upon opening of play for each Hidden Gems article. Check the Hidden Gems Sweepstakes page at www.windowscent<wbr \/>ral.com\/hidden-gems each day during the Play Period for the prizes available for the next sweepstakes in the series.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>http:\/\/www.windowscentral.com\/hidden-gems Sweepstakes Entry: The Sponsor will periodically publish an online article marked Hidden Gems on www.windowscentral.com during the Play Period, beginning on December 15th, 2014. There are three ways to enter each sweepstakes in the series: 1) Twitter &#8212; To participate in a sweepstakes via Twitter, go to the bottom of the Hidden Gems article [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7783,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"fst_prize":[],"class_list":["post-339121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Windows Central 12 Days of Hidden Gems Sweepstakes - Free Stuff Times Contests<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"http:\/\/www.windowscentral.com\/hidden-gems Sweepstakes Entry: The Sponsor will periodically publish an online article marked Hidden Gems on\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freestufftimes.com\/contests\/16\/windows-central-12-days-hidden-gems-sweepstakes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Windows Central 12 Days of Hidden Gems Sweepstakes - Free Stuff Times Contests\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"http:\/\/www.windowscentral.com\/hidden-gems Sweepstakes Entry: The Sponsor will periodically publish an online article marked Hidden Gems on\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.freestufftimes.com\/contests\/16\/windows-central-12-days-hidden-gems-sweepstakes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Free Stuff Times Contests\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-12-16T17:06:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Chris\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Chris\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.freestufftimes.com\\\/contests\\\/16\\\/windows-central-12-days-hidden-gems-sweepstakes\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.freestufftimes.com\\\/contests\\\/16\\\/windows-central-12-days-hidden-gems-sweepstakes\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Chris\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.freestufftimes.com\\\/contests\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/067269b17dad055936df35eebaed3589\"},\"headline\":\"Windows Central 12 Days of Hidden Gems Sweepstakes\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-12-16T17:06:10+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.freestufftimes.com\\\/contests\\\/16\\\/windows-central-12-days-hidden-gems-sweepstakes\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":372,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.freestufftimes.com\\\/contests\\\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Other\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.freestufftimes.com\\\/contests\\\/16\\\/windows-central-12-days-hidden-gems-sweepstakes\\\/#respond\"]}],\"dateModified\":\"2014-12-16T12:06:10-05:00\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.freestufftimes.com\\\/contests\\\/16\\\/windows-central-12-days-hidden-gems-sweepstakes\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.freestufftimes.com\\\/contests\\\/16\\\/windows-central-12-days-hidden-gems-sweepstakes\\\/\",\"name\":\"Windows Central 12 Days of Hidden Gems Sweepstakes - Free Stuff Times Contests\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.freestufftimes.com\\\/contests\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2014-12-16T17:06:10+00:00\",\"description\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.windowscentral.com\\\/hidden-gems Sweepstakes Entry: The Sponsor will periodically publish an online article marked Hidden Gems on\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.freestufftimes.com\\\/contests\\\/16\\\/windows-central-12-days-hidden-gems-sweepstakes\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.freestufftimes.com\\\/contests\\\/16\\\/windows-central-12-days-hidden-gems-sweepstakes\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.freestufftimes.com\\\/contests\\\/16\\\/windows-central-12-days-hidden-gems-sweepstakes\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.freestufftimes.com\\\/contests\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Other\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.freestufftimes.com\\\/contests\\\/category\\\/other\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Windows Central 12 Days of Hidden Gems Sweepstakes\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.freestufftimes.com\\\/contests\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.freestufftimes.com\\\/contests\\\/\",\"name\":\"Free Stuff Times Contests\",\"description\":\"The Free Stuff Times Contests page is the place to go for Contests, Instant Win Games, Sweepstakes, and more!\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.freestufftimes.com\\\/contests\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.freestufftimes.com\\\/contests\\\/?s={search_term_string}\",\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.freestufftimes.com\\\/contests\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Free Stuff Times Contests\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.freestufftimes.com\\\/contests\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.freestufftimes.com\\\/contests\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.freestufftimes.com\\\/contests\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/1200x1200cc.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.freestufftimes.com\\\/contests\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/1200x1200cc.png\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":1200,\"caption\":\"Free Stuff Times Contests\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.freestufftimes.com\\\/contests\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.freestufftimes.com\\\/contests\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/067269b17dad055936df35eebaed3589\",\"name\":\"Chris\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/90fded9c52f40c42eed30c6bcaca442ecb2938833a74d5e7c676e5bd4756614a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/90fded9c52f40c42eed30c6bcaca442ecb2938833a74d5e7c676e5bd4756614a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/90fded9c52f40c42eed30c6bcaca442ecb2938833a74d5e7c676e5bd4756614a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Chris\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Windows Central 12 Days of Hidden Gems Sweepstakes - Free Stuff Times Contests","description":"http:\/\/www.windowscentral.com\/hidden-gems Sweepstakes Entry: The Sponsor will periodically publish an online article marked Hidden Gems on","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.freestufftimes.com\/contests\/16\/windows-central-12-days-hidden-gems-sweepstakes\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Windows Central 12 Days of Hidden Gems Sweepstakes - Free Stuff Times Contests","og_description":"http:\/\/www.windowscentral.com\/hidden-gems Sweepstakes Entry: The Sponsor will periodically publish an online article marked Hidden Gems on","og_url":"https:\/\/www.freestufftimes.com\/contests\/16\/windows-central-12-days-hidden-gems-sweepstakes\/","og_site_name":"Free Stuff Times Contests","article_published_time":"2014-12-16T17:06:10+00:00","author":"Chris","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Chris","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.freestufftimes.com\/contests\/16\/windows-central-12-days-hidden-gems-sweepstakes\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.freestufftimes.com\/contests\/16\/windows-central-12-days-hidden-gems-sweepstakes\/"},"author":{"name":"Chris","@id":"https:\/\/www.freestufftimes.com\/contests\/#\/schema\/person\/067269b17dad055936df35eebaed3589"},"headline":"Windows Central 12 Days of Hidden Gems Sweepstakes","datePublished":"2014-12-16T17:06:10+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.freestufftimes.com\/contests\/16\/windows-central-12-days-hidden-gems-sweepstakes\/"},"wordCount":372,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.freestufftimes.com\/contests\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Other"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.freestufftimes.com\/contests\/16\/windows-central-12-days-hidden-gems-sweepstakes\/#respond"]}],"dateModified":"2014-12-16T12:06:10-05:00"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.freestufftimes.com\/contests\/16\/windows-central-12-days-hidden-gems-sweepstakes\/","url":"https:\/\/www.freestufftimes.com\/contests\/16\/windows-central-12-days-hidden-gems-sweepstakes\/","name":"Windows Central 12 Days of Hidden Gems Sweepstakes - Free Stuff Times Contests","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.freestufftimes.com\/contests\/#website"},"datePublished":"2014-12-16T17:06:10+00:00","description":"http:\/\/www.windowscentral.com\/hidden-gems Sweepstakes Entry: The Sponsor will periodically publish an online article marked Hidden Gems on","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.freestufftimes.com\/contests\/16\/windows-central-12-days-hidden-gems-sweepstakes\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.freestufftimes.com\/contests\/16\/windows-central-12-days-hidden-gems-sweepstakes\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.freestufftimes.com\/contests\/16\/windows-central-12-days-hidden-gems-sweepstakes\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.freestufftimes.com\/contests\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Other","item":"https:\/\/www.freestufftimes.com\/contests\/category\/other\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Windows Central 12 Days of Hidden Gems Sweepstakes"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.freestufftimes.com\/contests\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.freestufftimes.com\/contests\/","name":"Free Stuff Times Contests","description":"The Free Stuff Times Contests page is the place to go for Contests, Instant Win Games, Sweepstakes, and more!","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.freestufftimes.com\/contests\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":"https:\/\/www.freestufftimes.com\/contests\/?s={search_term_string}","query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.freestufftimes.com\/contests\/#organization","name":"Free Stuff Times Contests","url":"https:\/\/www.freestufftimes.com\/contests\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.freestufftimes.com\/contests\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.freestufftimes.com\/contests\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1200x1200cc.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.freestufftimes.com\/contests\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1200x1200cc.png","width":1200,"height":1200,"caption":"Free Stuff Times Contests"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.freestufftimes.com\/contests\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.freestufftimes.com\/contests\/#\/schema\/person\/067269b17dad055936df35eebaed3589","name":"Chris","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/90fded9c52f40c42eed30c6bcaca442ecb2938833a74d5e7c676e5bd4756614a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/90fded9c52f40c42eed30c6bcaca442ecb2938833a74d5e7c676e5bd4756614a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/90fded9c52f40c42eed30c6bcaca442ecb2938833a74d5e7c676e5bd4756614a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Chris"}}]}},"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2mit9-1qdH","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freestufftimes.com\/contests\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freestufftimes.com\/contests\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freestufftimes.com\/contests\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freestufftimes.com\/contests\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7783"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freestufftimes.com\/contests\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=339121"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.freestufftimes.com\/contests\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339121\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freestufftimes.com\/contests\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=339121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freestufftimes.com\/contests\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=339121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freestufftimes.com\/contests\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=339121"},{"taxonomy":"fst_prize","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freestufftimes.com\/contests\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/fst_prize?post=339121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}