LuckyStar: giveaways without spreadsheets

You promised your subscribers a giveaway, then realized you would have to collect entries by hand, check who actually subscribed and prove the winner was picked fairly. LuckyStar handles all of that for you 🎁

It is a bot with a Mini App for running contests in Telegram. The interface is in English and Chinese, and the project keeps an official group and a news channel. More than 11,000 people use it each month.

Pick how the draw ends

The first decision is when your giveaway closes. LuckyStar offers three modes:

• Scheduled. Set a date and time, and the bot draws winners at that moment.
• Participant count. The draw happens once enough people have joined. Great when the goal is growing your audience.
• Instant. Draw right now, handy during a livestream or a group call.

Who gets to enter

The bot checks entry requirements automatically, so you never have to inspect people one by one.

• Channel subscription. Only subscribers can take part, the classic growth condition.
• Telegram Premium. Limit entries to Premium users, a decent filter against fake accounts.
• Token holding. Crypto projects can require participants to hold a specific coin.
• Friend invites. A referral mechanic helps the giveaway spread beyond your current followers.

Your first contest in five steps

1. Open the bot and tap start.
2. Add it as an admin to your channel or group so it can post and verify subscriptions.
3. Describe the prize, the number of winners and the conditions.
4. Choose the ending mode and publish.
5. After the draw, export the winner list and reach out.

Rules that save you trouble later

A fair draw cannot fix badly written rules. A few habits experienced organizers swear by ✍️

• Set a claim deadline. For example, winners must reply within 48 hours or the prize goes to someone else.
• Keep conditions few. Every extra hoop cuts your entries.
• Post results publicly. A winner list in the channel shuts down talk about fake winners.
• Expect some fake entries. Premium and subscription checks filter out many bots, not all of them.

If you are the one entering

Giveaways on LuckyStar happen inside Telegram, and entering is free. If someone claiming to be the organizer asks you to pay for shipping, taxes or a fee to receive your prize, be careful, because that is a well known scam 🚩

A genuine organizer usually writes from the channel itself or lists a contact in the results post. Make sure the account messaging you matches the one shown there.