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<p>Channel owners can now launch <strong>Giveaways</strong> to randomly <strong>distribute prizes</strong> among their followers. This is great if you want to <strong>promote your channel</strong>, get <strong>new subscribers</strong> or <strong>reward existing</strong> ones. </p>
<p>Giveaways have been a popular trend on social media for a while, but until now it was impossible to quickly organize them in a <strong>verifiable</strong> and <strong>transparent</strong> manner. Today Telegram changes that. This will allow millions of users to receive prizes like <strong>Telegram Premium subscriptions</strong>, and Telegram will guarantee that winners are selected fairly.</p>
<p>Channel owners can create a <strong>Giveaway</strong> in just a few taps. Telegram will <strong>randomly select</strong> the winners based on the rules they set – and distribute the prizes.</p>
<p>The lucky winners will receive links with gift codes, which can serve as public verification that they won. Each code includes a <strong>free subscription</strong> to Telegram Premium, but the organizers may add other prizes <em>(like Teslas)</em> on top to spice things up.</p>
<p>To try this out, <ahref="https://t.me/durov/234"><strong>Join the Giveaway</strong></a> sponsored by the Chief Totem Animal of Telegram before <em>November 13th</em>. If you already have Premium, you can still enter and win – and pass the prize to a friend.</p>
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<p>In addition to getting new followers, channels automatically earn 4 boosts for every subscription that they give out in giveaways. These <ahref="https://telegram.org/blog/channel-stories#stories-for-channels">boosts</a> can't be reassigned and <strong>stay with the channel</strong> for the duration of the subscriptions in the giveaway. Boosts help channels <strong>level up</strong> and <ahref="https://telegram.org/blog/channel-stories#stories-for-channels">unlock stories</a>, <ahref="https://telegram.org/blog/reply-revolution#account-colors">custom colors</a> and more.</p>
<p>Beyond the <strong>number of winners</strong> and <strong>giveaway duration</strong>, the organizer can specify whether <strong>all subscribers</strong> or <strong>only new subscribers</strong> are eligible – and select <strong>certain countries</strong> or require that participants <strong>subscribe to other channels</strong> to be included.</p>
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<p>Channels of any level can start a giveaway via <em>Channel Info ><imgclass="icon"src="/file/464001466/3/TUYKwGzdaIM.984/c472ac8f01ebdd57c8"alt="⋮"> or <imgclass="icon"src="/file/464001448/2/VHd-rEO8AMI.2898/1d9c403b5d0d54dbb0"alt="⋯">> Statistics > Boosts > Get Boosts via Gifts</em>.</p>
<h4><aclass="anchor"name="paying-for-giveaways"href="#paying-for-giveaways"><iclass="anchor-icon"></i></a>Paying for Giveaways</h4>
<p>To start a giveaway, the organizer must <strong>pay in advance</strong> for the Premium subscriptions they wish to award. This can be done from <strong>any Telegram app</strong>, but is <strong>more affordable</strong> via <ahref="https://t.me/premiumbot">@PremiumBot</a> or <ahref="https://fragment.com/">Fragment</a>.</p>
<p>The App Store and Google Play limit the size of transactions – while <ahref="https://t.me/premiumbot">@PremiumBot</a> allows for larger purchases. For <strong>massive giveaways</strong>, <ahref="https://fragment.com/">Fragment</a> lets you distribute <strong>thousands of subscriptions</strong> at a time.</p>
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<p>You can access <ahref="https://t.me/premiumbot">@PremiumBot</a> from <ahref="https://web.telegram.org/">Telegram Web</a>, <ahref="https://desktop.telegram.org/">Telegram Desktop</a> or the <strong>direct version</strong> of <ahref="https://telegram.org/android">Telegram for Android</a>.</p>
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<h4><aclass="anchor"name="more-boosts-for-users"href="#more-boosts-for-users"><iclass="anchor-icon"></i></a>More Boosts for Users</h4>
<p>Starting today, each Telegram Premium account receives <strong>more boosts</strong> as part of its subscription. Instead of one boost, users who pay for their own subscription have <strong>4 boosts</strong> to spread among several channels – or to give certain channels <strong>multiple boosts</strong>.</p>
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<p>If you <strong>gift Premium</strong> to someone, they'll get <strong>1 boost</strong> and you'll get <strong>3 more</strong> for your own account. If you win Premium <strong>in a giveaway</strong>, your 4 boosts automatically go to the <strong>host channel</strong> instead.</p>
<p>That's all for today, we'll be back soon to give away more new features to boost your mood this fall.</p>
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