A method of distributing sweepstakes entries includes associating a product with a user account. The product may be a product such as Internet access time, calling card minutes, gift card credit, other types of store credit, or any other type of product. One or more sweepstakes entries are associated the user account based at least in part upon the value of the product that has been associated with the user account. A user ticket (501) is dispensed to a user correlated with the user account. This user ticket (501) is associated with the product through information recorded on the user ticket (501), and is also printed with a respective indicia for each respective sweepstakes entry associated with the user account. A user receiving the user ticket (501) may see their sweepstakes entry results at a display terminal (106) that causes the results to be displayed in an entertaining fashion.