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What's with the "Crapshoot" ad box on woot?

Jan 12, 2012 4:47 PM

Have you seen the "Crapshoot" box on the woot site? It says "Deliver bags of crap to their destinies" and "Play Now." All I ever get when I click it is an error message. Any body have any luck with it? Is it a game? Or a chance to get a bag of crap. I've tried using both Google Chrome and IE with no luck.

tcayer tcayer

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It was a game released on April Fool's day last year. You had to beat the game to buy a BOC. You can still play it, but no BOC rewards

capguncowboy capguncowboy
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They also have the Sling-A-Monkey game

theoneill555 theoneill555
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You're not missing out on anything. That game was only worth playing when a BOC was on the line.

rustybender rustybender
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Use this url for the crapshoot game:

https://www.woot.com/crapshoot/game

Use this url for the Sling-A-Monkey game:

http://kids.woot.com/?sling-a-monkey&utm_source=woot&utm_medium=stripe-cpc-Woot0&utm_content=Sling-a-Monkey&utm_campaign=House-Ads

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