..in Microsoft points.
As of yesterday, Xbox LIVE Rewards members have been given the opportunity to win a massive 1 million Microsoft Points. They're also offering 10 Limited Edition Kinect Star Wars Bundles, 10 Xbox 360 Special Edition 4GB Kinect Family Bundles and 10 Limited Edition Mass Effect Kinect for Xbox 360 Sensors. In usual XBL Rewards fashion, every time you feed Microsoft a sizeable chunk of money in exchange for some virtual goods, they'll give you something back. As well as the regular MSP return for purchase of gold membership they'll be offering you something a little more lucrative. Every time you carry out an action they'll give you x amount of entries into their huge sweepstake (displayed as below).
If you're not already a member of XBL Rewards and you're looking to upgrade your free membership to a paid one then now is the perfect time to sign up. Head over to rewards.xbox.com and complete the registration form. Not only will you be given a ticket to win, you'll get access to all the great features the rewards scheme has to offer. I've personally been given quite a few free MSP from signing up and going about my business. Some of the things like MyStats are pretty cool to look at too. It's well worth signing up if you haven't already done so.
(*) The full list of eligible accounts include the fifty (50) United States (and the District of Columbia), United Kingdom, Canada, Mexico, France, Germany, Australia and New Zealand.
Source: Become a Millionaire! Homepage News
So, just a cheap marketing trick to make you buy more Xbox Live? The odds of winning are not high in your favor at all either.
Who'd want so many Microsoft points anyway? You'd have plenty left over after buying the few things you want. Not just that but your chances of getting hacked after winning could become major if they post your gamertag (like they usually do).
