Forum Competitions?

Hello everyone, I am Swaggermonkey, I'm sorry for some of you that are jealous of the name but that's not what I'm here to talk about. I have some questions, sorry if some of you may somehow get annoyed at this thread for any reason, but I have some sincere questions I would like to ask :) , ok let's get into this.

-Forum Competitions
I have been looking through some threads and chatting with some members, asking about competitions. I want to know what they are and who runs them? So these are my questions, hopefully they get answered :)

-Who starts and runs forum competitions for GEMS?

-Are gift card giveaways only for members to give away? (as in Supercell only allows gift cards to be marketed through here?)

I saw a post where a member received 1000 I believe, he didn't say if he received it from a iTunes card but I'm not sure?

Here are some more questions :D

-How can I participate in these competitions?

- Is there a page or certain thread or person that is only dedicated to announcing competitions?

-How do they keep track of me if I am participating?

-How would they know who comes in first, first?!?!?

- And if you win, is it safe to give information for shipping or give them email info?

-If not, how can I protect my information?

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Okay guys,
so now I have said my questions, it would be most appreciated if they get answered :D thank you all, clash on.

***THIS THREAD IS DESIGNED FOR FORUM COMPETITION QUESTIONS, SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS YOURSELF OR ANY OF THESE YOU WANTED TO KNOW AND GOT ANSWERED, PLEASE DON'T BE AFRAID TO LET ME KNOW, THANKS GUYS, LOVE YOU ALL***

All feedback is welcome by the way :)

http://forum.supercell.net/forumdisp...s-Competitions

These are usually run by Supercell and I think they directly deposit them into your account.