Some Xbox Gamers Are Getting Free Gift Cards

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Throughout its 20-plus years as one of the titans of the gaming industry, Microsoft has been no stranger to featuring its products in frequent giveaways giving gamers a chance to score some sweet prizes. Alongside a plethora of giveaways for themed consoles and controllers, Xbox has been known to surprise unsuspecting fans with goodies like the commemorative anniversary bundles it gave out to random users to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Xbox. Now, the latest in Xbox's random giveaways features some Xbox players seeing small gifts in their Xbox messages.

Xbox's newest gift card giveaway would be far from the first time the gaming brand has sent out free Xbox cash with the company previously celebrating its Spring sale event with $5 gift cards sent out at random to lucky Xbox users. These kinds of giveaways commonly run alongside the beginning of major sales on the platform with Microsoft using the bite-sized incentive to get players spending on a wide array of discounted games. Now, it looks like Xbox is sending out even more gift cards with some Xbox users already seeing the $5 certificates in their Xbox messages.

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The newest giveaway from Xbox has already seen several users across the United States, Canada, UK, and other regions receiving $5 gift cards in their Xbox messages for players to spend on the Microsoft Store. According to messages players have received from the company, the gift card balance is set to last through June 30th with players seeing just over a month to figure out how to spend their newfound rewards. The surprise rewards likely look to coincide with Xbox's previously announced «Super Saver Sale» seeing many games discounted by more than 80%

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