Gaming Expert Seeks to Find Worst Christmas Gift of 2020… With a $500 Prize!

Has Santa delivered yet another pair of socks? Don’t throw them out just yet… they could be worth $500! Gamble USA, the go-to resource for all the latest legal US casino and sports betting news, along with iGaming expert Apps4 Web Media, is offering a $500 prize to the recipient of the worst Christmas gift in the USA.

Why? To spread a little cheer after a truly terrible year. According to the COVID Response Tracking Study by researchers at the University of Chicago, Americans are the least happy they’ve been in 50 years, and it’s all thanks to the pandemic. After months of not being able to see family and friends, job losses, illness, and a non-existent social life, Christmas was something to finally look forward to. And so, for those let down by a novelty key ring, an umbrella, or a subscription to the Jelly of the Month club, this competition is for you.

“It goes without saying that 2020 has been one of the most challenging for us all, and many of us have been clinging onto that one bit of hope that we’d enjoy a magical Christmas, unwrapping gifts to reveal exactly what we’d been dreaming of” says Alex Windsor, Chief Editor of Gamble USA. “Of course, things don’t always go to plan, and there are some poor souls out there who will have received the exact opposite, some truly bad presents, so we want to make 2021 a little bit brighter with a $500 prize for the recipient of the worst Christmas gift… which can be spent on absolutely anything!”.

Good contenders for the cash prize include cleaning products from your boyfriend, sexy lingerie from Granny, or even expired coupons from your Aunt. But whatever they are, they’ve got to be good! In 2019, a survey of 2000 Americans by OnePoll reported that some unlucky people had received gifts such as a lump of coal, a necklace made of paperclips, an oversized rubber duck, and a didgeridoo! And the international research organization’s 2020 survey found that 40% of Americans admit to being bad gift givers.

Think your gift has what it takes to win? Share your story with Gamble USA through Facebook, Twitter, or the website before 11pm on January 20th to be in with a chance of turning your terrible Christmas present into $500 cash.

To find out more about the competition, visit gamble-usa.com/christmas