The Verge Today I'm Toying With Giveaway #17

What you can win

One sponsor-selected item from The Verge's Giveaway #17 prize list, with an approximate retail value up to $3,000. The prize may be new, pre-owned, refurbished or previously used.

No confirmed individual prize value is recorded. We leave it unpriced instead of treating an unknown value as zero or inventing an estimate.

Top prizes listed: 1. This count does not tell us the total number of entrants or your odds.

How to enter without a purchase

Either use the Gleam form with name and email and earn one entry for following The Verge on TikTok and one for following The Verge on Instagram, or—if you have not entered online—email your full name, complete address, email address and date of birth to titwgiveaway@theverge.com with the sweepstakes title in the subject line. The rules conflict between a two-online-entry allowance and a one-total-entry limit.

There is no simple repeat-entry schedule recorded for this listing. Use the specific sponsor instructions below rather than assuming it is a daily giveaway.

A no-purchase method may still involve ordinary postage, internet access, an account, or another requirement stated in the rules. Use the exact method and deadline that apply to your entry.

Who can enter

Countries

United States

Included states or regions

Alabama (AL), Alaska (AK), Arizona (AZ), Arkansas (AR), California (CA), Colorado (CO), Connecticut (CT), Delaware (DE), District of Columbia (DC), Florida (FL), Georgia (GA), Hawaii (HI), Idaho (ID), Illinois (IL), Indiana (IN), Iowa (IA), Kansas (KS), Kentucky (KY), Louisiana (LA), Maine (ME), Maryland (MD), Massachusetts (MA), Michigan (MI), Minnesota (MN), Mississippi (MS), Missouri (MO), Montana (MT), Nebraska (NE), Nevada (NV), New Hampshire (NH), New Jersey (NJ), New Mexico (NM), New York (NY), North Carolina (NC), North Dakota (ND), Ohio (OH), Oklahoma (OK), Oregon (OR), Pennsylvania (PA), Rhode Island (RI), South Carolina (SC), South Dakota (SD), Tennessee (TN), Texas (TX), Utah (UT), Vermont (VT), Virginia (VA), Washington (WA), West Virginia (WV), Wisconsin (WI), Wyoming (WY)

Excluded states or regions

PR, GU, VI, AS, MP

Age

18 or older

Additional requirements: Entrants must be legal residents of the 50 United States or Washington, D.C., have reached the legal age of majority where they live, and have internet access and a valid email address. Online entries require following The Verge on TikTok and/or Instagram. The official rules conflict between two permitted online entries and one total entry per person.

Open to legal residents of the 50 United States and Washington, D.C., who are of legal age of majority; void where prohibited. Sponsor and promotion-party exclusions remain subject to the official rules.

Country and age alone do not establish eligibility. Check residency, household, employee, membership and other exclusions in the official rules. PrizeOtter’s profile match is a screening aid, not sponsor approval.

Dates and entry limits

Opens

October 21, 2026 at 9:00 AM EDT

Closes

October 28, 2026 at 9:00 AM EDT

Sponsor’s deadline wording

Sweepstakes begins at 9:00AM ET on October 21st, 2026 and ends at 9:00AM ET on October 28th, 2026.

Dates above use the promotion’s recorded time zone (America/New_York). Mail-in postmarks, receipt deadlines and bonus periods may differ from the main closing time; check the entry instructions. Understand entry limits and deadlines.

Sources and verification

Listed sponsor: VM Publishing, LLC. Rules last reviewed October 25, 2026. Promotion edition: 2026-17.

October 25, 2026: The current sponsor article, series hub and linked Giveaway #17 Gleam page were checked. They verify the October 21 9:00 a.m.–October 28 9:00 a.m. ET period, no-purchase status, 50-state/DC legal-majority audience, valid-email/internet conditions, weekly fresh-entry structure, mystery gadget package, Gleam route and referenced email alternative. Exact prize contents/ARV, email recipient/subject and within-edition cap remain unknown. The official-rules Google document redirected from the sponsor link but was not retrievable through the research tool. No form, follow, subscription, email or other entry action was performed. | October 25, 2026: The complete public official-rules document was retrieved and reviewed without entering. It verifies the exact email recipient and required subject/fields, one email entry for a person who has not entered online, two stated social-follow entries, an internally conflicting one-total-entry cap, a single sponsor-selected item worth up to $3,000 that may be used or refurbished, marketing-email enrollment, and possible winner affidavit/release. The scalar prize value remains null because the rules publish only an upper bound. Account requirements are now established for both free routes; the conflicting cap and unspecified winner-document return channel remain unresolved.

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