Who Picks the Winners? The Independent Agency Behind Every A Race Against Blindness Drawing
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Not us. Every A Race Against Blindness fundraiser names an independent sweepstakes administrator, American Sweepstakes & Promotion Co., Inc., in its Official Rules. The administrator conducts the random drawing after the fundraiser closes, confirms the winner is eligible, and gives us the name. We announce it live. As of October 2026 that process has produced about 60 grand-prize winners listed by name on our Past Winners page, plus 250 cash winners drawn in a single fundraiser in August 2026, and every one of them can be checked.
Why doesn't A Race Against Blindness draw its own winners?
Because a fundraiser whose organizer picks the winner proves nothing, and we built this organization to be checkable. The two obvious ways a prize giveaway can be dishonest are to pick a friendly winner or to pick no winner at all. Handing the drawing to a licensed third party, whose decisions the rules make final and binding, takes both options off the table. It also keeps us on the right side of sweepstakes law in every state and province where we operate, which is the administrator's specialty rather than ours.
The administrator is paid for its work like any vendor. It is not a sponsor, has no stake in who wins, and its own employees and their households are barred from entering under the same rules that bar ours.
What does the administrator actually do?
Under the Official Rules of every fundraiser, American Sweepstakes & Promotion Co., Inc.:
- Receives the free mail-in entries at its own post office box. Per the rules, it does not acknowledge or verify those entries to the people who mailed them.
- Conducts the random drawing from all eligible entries, online and mailed, on or about the drawing date in the rules, typically five to ten days after the fundraiser closes.
- Confirms the person drawn is eligible: of age, resident where the rules allow, not connected to us or to the administrator, and not a past grand-prize winner.
- Collects the signed affidavit of eligibility (or declaration of compliance in Canada) and the tax paperwork within the deadlines the rules set, and draws an alternate if the first person does not respond or does not qualify.
Its decisions are final. We do not sit in on the drawing, we do not see the pool, and we learn the winner's name when the administrator tells us.
How does the winner find out?
On a live video call, in front of everyone watching. Once the administrator confirms the drawing, we schedule a livestream on our social channels and call the winner during it. We do not contact winners ahead of the livestream; the surprise you see on those calls is real. The Official Rules then require formal notification by phone, email or mail, a response within three business days, and the affidavit within seven days.
After the call, the winner's first name, last initial, state or province and prize go on the Past Winners page, and the livestream replay stays linked there. A few weeks later the winner comes to collect, and we film that too.
Are the winners real? Go and look.
As of October 20, 2026, the Past Winners page lists 59 named winners and two pending announcements for fundraisers that closed in mid-October. The three most recent:
- Colin from Vermont: GMC Yukon Denali and Grand Design Serenova trailer with $50,000 cash, fundraiser ended October 10, 2026.
- Todd H. from Iowa: Ford F-150 Raptor and Explorer ST with $40,000 cash, ended October 3, 2026.
- Danette H. from Iowa: Rossmonster Baja Trail LX with $100,000 cash, ended September 14, 2026.
And three from the past two years with both the announcement and the pickup on video:
- Devin R. from Midlothian, Texas: the SEMA Overland Build Toyota Land Cruiser with $25,000 cash, fundraiser ended December 31, 2024. Announcement and winner day.
- Pete S. from North Carolina: the Baja Adventure Truck, May 2025. Announcement and winner day.
- Collin W. from California: Toyota Tacoma and Voyager trailer, June 2025. Announcement and winner day.
In August 2026 the America's 250th fundraiser drew 250 winners at once, from a grand prize down to 210 fifth-tier cash prizes; the full list of names and states is published in its own post. Each closed fundraiser also gets a write-up on the Fundraiser Stories page with the replay and the winner-day video.
Some winners take the cash alternative instead of the vehicle; the Past Winners page marks those. Either way, nobody has ever paid us a cent to collect a prize. If you are contacted by someone claiming to be us who asks for a fee, a deposit or "taxes" up front, it is a scam; report it through the Help Center.
Frequently asked questions
Who draws the winners in A Race Against Blindness fundraisers?
American Sweepstakes & Promotion Co., Inc., the independent administrator named in every fundraiser's Official Rules, conducts the random drawing and confirms eligibility. A Race Against Blindness is not involved in the selection.
Does A Race Against Blindness know who won before the livestream?
The administrator gives us the confirmed name after the drawing, and we announce it live. We do not contact winners before the livestream.
How many winners has A Race Against Blindness had?
About 60 grand-prize winners as of October 2026, listed by name on the Past Winners page, plus 250 cash winners in the August 2026 America's 250th fundraiser.
Can a past winner win again?
No. The Official Rules make past grand-prize winners ineligible, along with employees and directors of A Race Against Blindness and the administrator and their households.
Do winners have to pay anything to claim a prize?
No. Winners never pay a fee to A Race Against Blindness. Winners are responsible for taxes on the prize, which are reported on an IRS Form 1099 for U.S. winners.
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