HeySummit selects giveaway winners at random from eligible attendees for the event or session. An attendee must have a completed registration, an email address, and accepted the event terms. HeySummit excludes people marked as excluded from giveaways, deactivated attendees, active presenters, hosts, and the event organiser.

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Every eligible attendee starts with one entry in the random draw. Social shares and completed viral incentives add extra weighting, increasing their chance of being selected. They are not required unless your event settings require attendance or the giveaway is restricted to specific tickets. For a ticket-restricted giveaway, only attendees with an eligible ticket can be selected.

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In the event dashboard, go to Marketing > Offers & Giveaways > Giveaway Settings. Turn on Only Select Winners from Attendees Who Attended? if winners must have attended. Then choose Attendance Type Required: live broadcast, replay, in-person, or any of those types. Select Save. For a session-level giveaway, the attendee must meet the requirement for that session. For an event-level or bundled giveaway, they must meet it somewhere in the event.

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Giveaway winners are generated automatically by default. Event-level and bundled giveaways use the event or bundle winner date and time in Giveaway Settings, or default to 24 hours after the event ends when that field is blank. Session-level giveaways use Session Giveaway Timing: at the end of each session, a set number of minutes after it ends, or at the event or bundle date and time.

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You can turn off automatic generation or set an individual giveaway to generate at a custom date and time. When manual generation is available, use Generate Winners from the giveaway's actions on Marketing > Offers & Giveaways. The action requires confirmation because it chooses winners and sends related emails.

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If a giveaway has more than one prize, HeySummit will not choose the same attendee twice in that draw. Whether an attendee can win across separate giveaways depends on Allow Attendes to Win More Than One Giveaway? in Giveaway Settings. When it is off, previous winners are excluded from later event draws.

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To re-generate a winner, open Marketing > Offers & Giveaways > Winners. The replacement draw uses the same giveaway rules and excludes the previous winner.

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If no eligible attendee is found, HeySummit marks the giveaway as No Giveaway Winners Found. It does not select someone outside the eligible pool. Review the giveaway settings and attendee eligibility before retrying. When a winner is selected, HeySummit emails them and, where applicable, notifies the linked presenter, sponsor, session presenters, or event organiser for fulfilment.