Vigilant network users who noticed changes in the Telegram messenger code related to the possibility of sweepstakes and gifts were right. Now, Telegram channels can hold sweepstakes among subscribers, give them gifts and a Telegram Premium subscription.
To do this, the channel owner needs to set parameters for selecting sweepstakes participants. This could be the amount of time a person has been subscribed to the channel, the subscriber's country of residence, or their additional subscription to partner channels.
Telegram will automatically select the winner or winners from the channel's audience who meet the conditions. Winners personally receive gift codes, which can serve as public confirmation of winning the giveaway.
Each gift code activates a free Telegram Premium subscription. But before the start of the sweepstakes, the organizer needs to pay for the selected number of Premium subscriptions in advance. This can be done in any Telegram application, or in another way.
For each Premium subscription drawn, the channel automatically receives 4 votes. They will remain with the organizing channel for the duration of the distributed free subscriptions, and give it the possibility of additional options. Such as publishing stories, for example.
In addition, along with this update, the messenger launched a Premium subscription giveaway for ordinary users subscribed to the channel of Telegram's main totem animal. They will give away 10 thousand free subscriptions there, spending more than two hundred thousand dollars on them.