The day-to-day play of The Optical Dream is essentially a series of 1-week contests. Staff members and doctors have until 11:00PM local time on Sunday to enter and approve points for the week. Any points not entered by that time are forfeited. If the doctor/admin does not approve all the points manually, all entries that have not been previously approved or denied are automatically approved. The earned spins are deposited into the practice account pending assignment to staff. All approved points are used to determine the number of spins a practice is awarded. Any leftover points at the end of the week are discarded and the total for the week is reset to "0" for the next week.