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Hello Winsters!

I'm so excited to be taking the reins again at Winster. I notice many of my old friends are signing back up and I'm seeing some new faces as well. 

We are diligently working on tech issues and trying to get the site humming. I wanted to thank everyone for working with Joey and Jill in our customer service department to help them understand your specific issues. I receive glowing reports on your willingness to help. And Jill, who is relatively new, can't believe how polite our players are, even bothering to thank her personally for her help :)

Mark your calendars for the next Happy Hour, Tuesday March 8th in honor of International Women's Day! (Go, us!) We are scheduling one hour for the afternoon and one again in the evening for all us 9-5ers. The schedule is as follows:

March 8,

11:00am-12:00pm PST (that's 2:00-3:00 EST) 

and again from 6:00-7:00pm PST (that's 9:00-10:00 EST) 

Have a great week and I'll see you Tuesday for Happy Hour!

XO

Winnie

Happy President's Day Weekend Everyone!

After doing a little research on Wikipedia, my go-to for random information, I found out that this Monday is NOT actually anyone's birthday. The US Congress, wanting more 3 day weekends created the "Uniform Monday Holiday Act" in 1971. It moved the holiday once known as Washington's Birthday, as well as Memorial Day, Columbus Day and Veterans Day to nearby Mondays. Bad news for Washington but good news for the uncelebrated Lincoln who became inadvertently included.

We hope you'll be taking some much needed rest this weekend. Don't forget to join your friends at Winster, we'll all be working this weekend to make sure your play goes smoothly. And if you have time, spend some of those Lincoln's and Washington's, I hear there are great sales going on!

Have a great weekend!

XO

Winnie

Good Morning Winsters!

Just a short note this week to give you the Great News! Inbox Dollars and Send Earnings are back! If you're a former player who discovered Winster through from Inbox Dollars or Send Earnings, you can finally start accumulating cash again simply by playing your favorite games and chatting with your friends. 

I can think of worse ways to spend your time :)

If you have a prize chosen and would like to switch back to one of the newer prizes, just go to My Stuff/Prizes/Change Prize. You should see icons for all the great new things Winster is offering.

Happy Playing!

XO

Winnie

Happy Easter Weekend Winsters!

Whether you're religious or not, you've got to love Easter for the feeling of new beginnings and the unofficial start of spring...not to mention the awesome candy. Baby bunnies, tulips and those egg shaped peanut butter cups that have just the right ratio of peanut butter to chocolate. 

When I was young, women always wore a corsage on Easter Sunday. We would stop at the florist on the way to Easter dinner and buy white lily pin-ons, one for each of my grandmothers. The girls and my mother wore white gloves and carried pastel purses. If we were lucky, they were stuffed with jelly beans.

Things have gotten a lot more casual these days. I've purchased the frilly dresses and gloves for my own daughter only to return them immediately after the Easter Bunny picture at the mall. And more often than not, my mother in law is in flip flops and shorts when we show up for dinner so I bring a potted lily.

In the spirit of the old days, we've put some cyber formality back into the holiday with a free Easter bonnet available in the hat section of Winster.com. And a few new Easter gifts to send to your friends!

Whatever your traditions, enjoy the day and the coming of Spring!

XO

Winnie

Hello Winsters!

I was browsing the gift pages on Winster yesterday to get an idea of what people chose. And it seems, being the generous people that you are, you like to give each other luck! Lucky Talismans to be exact. 

Which got me to researching... for instance, did you know that the bright pink rabbits feet that we all carried around as kids (besides being gross and inhumane). were originally African voodoo items? And the odds of finding a four-leaf clover are 10,000 to 1? But, according to Irish legend the million to one FIVE leaf clover is the ticket to real luck.

Since none of us won the Powerball last month, I figured we can all use as much luck as we can get. So with that in mind I've added some new lucky items to the gift shop. The elusive five leaf clover, the lucky cat paw, the horseshoe and the old standby, the lucky penny.

All in the gift shop waiting to bestow luck on their new owners :)

Have a great weekend and enjoy the beginning of summer!

XO

Winnie

Happy Holidays Winsters!

If you’re anything like me, December turns you into a serious robo-person. I find myself doing things I would never do. Like baking, and shampooing the carpet. This year I even insisted we all have the cheesy black and white photo taken...in turtlenecks no less! 

I used to blame Martha Stewart, but holiday over-achieving has run rampant. I blame myself.

It’s time to get back to what we do best ladies and gentlemen, sitting down at our computers and playing games! And, if we’re really feeling motivated, chatting with our friends (while eating the cookies we’ve baked). In our spare time here at Winster (aka our work day), we’ve put together two Holiday Happy Hours to get you through the long weeks ahead. As usual, Free Spins and No Ads for these hours. They are:

Friday, December 21st and Saturday December 22nd

10-11am PST (1:00-2:00 EST)

3-4pm PST (6:00-7:00 EST)

Tuesday, January 1st and Wednesday January 2nd

10-11am PST (1:00-2:00 EST)

3-4pm PST (6:00-7:00 EST)

And, as a small token of appreciation, we’ve added two free hats and two free gifts. Enjoy!

One a serious note, we want to thank all of you for building such a great site at Winster. Your commitment to the community is amazing.  We’re looking forward to great things in the New Year and we appreciate every one of you!

XO

Winnie