George Rabel (asker) Aug 8, 2021:

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In the event that production, technical, seeding, programming or any other reasons cause more than the stated number of prizes as set forth in these Official Rules to be available and/or claimed, Sponsor reserves the right to award only the stated number of prizes by a random drawing among all legitimate, un-awarded, eligible prize claims.

George Rabel (asker) Aug 8, 2021:

@Wilsonn Understood. My apologies.

Wilsonn Perez Reyes Aug 8, 2021:

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Kiet Bach Aug 8, 2021:

I don't think "seeding" means "spread out the result", but the sweepstakes sponsor can certainly seed it this way by distributing the seeded tickets (winning tickets) to different geographical locations.

George Rabel (asker) Aug 7, 2021:

Invaluable help. Thank you! For a bit more detail: There only three grand prizes, which do not have any cash value; there are no second or third prizes; the number of prizes is limited to; the number of entries is determined by the number of participants, and each participant is subject to a limit of 5 entries. In this case, the only variables are the number of potential players and how many entries (up to 5) are submitted by each. Therefore, the “seed money” option does not apply
Since I need to translate the word into Spanish, I’d appreciate suggestions (in English) as an alternative to using the word. Would it be possible that, in this case, “seeding” means to spread out the results so the 5 winners are spread out through the state and not concentrated in one geographical area?

Taña Dalglish Aug 7, 2021:

@ Althea Good research!

Althea Draper Aug 7, 2021:

Another seeding is the seeding of the random number generator . This is done by a computer, but the numbers are not truly random as it's not possible for a program to be absolutely random. An initial seed number is required to 'start' the generation of the sequence of random numbers. From the context you give, I think that this might be the seeding that you are looking for as this may result in more prize winning 'tickets' than there are prizes. This link describes how it's done.
https://www.gigacalculator.com/calculators/random-number-gen...

Althea Draper Aug 7, 2021:

There are a few meanings for seeding in sweepstakes. First, seeding of prizes to ensure a "fair and impartial distribution of winning pieces through a geographical area". That is, making sure that not all winners are in the same area and spread well about the whole area that the sweepstakes take place in.
https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Investigation_of_pres...
http://www.promotionwatch.com/sweepstakes-security.aspx

There's also seeding the prize money where the amount you can win increases with the number of 'players'. No-one will buy the first ticket if the only amount they can win back is their ticket price, so a seed amount is put up to begin with to encourage more tickets to be bought. This link explains it better
https://www.agco.ca/bulletin/2020/info-bulletin-no-97-new-op...