The Great Ape Cash Hunt — Official Rules

Last Updated: September 2026

The Great Ape Cash Hunt is a free promotion from Trivia Ape. Real cash prizes are secretly hidden inside ordinary free trivia games, and the first players to complete those games during the hunt win the cash. No account, no purchase, no catch — just play.

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY

A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING

The Cash Hunt is played entirely in Trivia Ape's free trivia games.

Current Cash Hunt Details

No Cash Hunt is active right now

New hunts are announced on the site — check back soon.

How It Works

  • Each Cash Hunt is its own event with its own published start and end times, eligible games, number of prizes, prize amounts, and total available prize value — shown in Current Cash Hunt Details above.
  • To enter, complete any eligible free trivia game during the hunt's active window. You never pay anything to play.
  • Your score does not determine whether you win. Finishing the game does.
  • Before the hunt begins, every cash prize is randomly and secretly assigned to a distinct eligible game. Each winning game contains exactly one prize — and no one, including Trivia Ape, will tell you which games hold cash.
  • The first eligible completion of a winning game, while its prize is still available, wins that prize.
  • Once a prize is awarded, that game cannot award another prize during that hunt.

How to Claim a Prize

  • If your completion wins, you'll have 2 minutes from the server-recorded award time to submit your first name, email address, and mobile phone number.
  • The countdown you see on screen is a convenience — the server's clock is the official deadline.
  • If the deadline passes, the prize is permanently forfeited. Forfeited prizes are never returned to circulation, reassigned, or replaced.
  • Prizes that are not found before the Cash Hunt ends expire unawarded.
  • All claims are subject to verification.

Prize Pool & Odds

The advertised prize pool is the amount hidden and available to be found — it is not a guarantee that the entire amount will be paid out.

Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible games in the pool, the number of prizes remaining, which games participants choose to play, and whether a game's assigned prize has already been awarded.

Getting Paid

  • Verified prizes are manually paid out through Zelle.
  • After Trivia Ape sends your Zelle payment, you have 14 days to accept it. If you do not accept and Zelle returns the funds to Trivia Ape, the prize is forfeited and will not be reissued.
  • Winners are responsible for providing accurate contact and payment information and for any applicable taxes.

Winning More Than Once

There is no limit on how many prizes one eligible person may win. Each prize must be independently found and claimed.

Who Can Play

Open to legal residents of the United States who are 18 years of age or older. Void where prohibited or restricted.

Fair Play

  • Bots, scripts, automation, fraudulent information, tampering, or attempts to circumvent the normal game or Cash Hunt process may result in disqualification.
  • Playing quickly, by itself, does not disqualify anyone.
  • During unusually rapid play, Trivia Ape may apply its "Slow Down, Sparky" pacing delay. It's a breather, not a penalty — it never affects eligibility.

Your Information

Winner information is used only for claim verification, prize communication and payment, record-keeping, abuse prevention, and legal compliance.

Entering or claiming a prize does not subscribe you to marketing emails or text messages.

Technical Failures & Hunt Integrity

Trivia Ape is not responsible for lost, late, delayed, or misdirected completions or claims caused by technical failures, network congestion, or errors beyond its control.

If a technical failure, human error, or suspected fraud affects a game, a prize, or the hunt itself, Trivia Ape may void affected entries or results. Its decisions are final.

Changes to These Rules

Trivia Ape may modify, suspend, or cancel a Cash Hunt or these Official Rules — in whole or in part — if fraud, technical failure, or any other cause beyond its control impairs the integrity of the hunt, to the extent permitted by law.

General Conditions & Sponsor

Sponsored by Trivia Ape, South Elgin, Illinois, USA.

Trivia Ape's decisions on all hunt matters are final and binding. If any provision of these Official Rules is found invalid, the remaining provisions remain in effect.

Questions? support@triviaape.com