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The page found is a 2023 event page (the prize draw ran 2023-08-09 to 2023-09-27), and the current freetrials page at cloud.samsungsds.com could not be read because it renders client-side; a partner article dated 2026-02-05 repeats the mechanic, so the programme is treated as live but the amount is dated. 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