Publishers Clearing House Sweepstakes Winnings and controlling moderators. Jericho New York

I have now won FIVE (5) times.  I just won another $10 check!

Also, I left ouit my belief that companies are paying money for PCH to run those 10 second commercials on the website and mobile games.  That's not unusual; after all, companies pay the TV, Radio, Print and Online media companies to advetise, so...

Sorry, folks, but Publishers Clearing House is real.

I've won 4 times and have received all four prizes ($150 check, two $10 checks - paid by mail - and a $5 Amazon gift card which I received online).   Publishers Clearing House is a marketing company that sells other company's products like magazines or the "As Seen On TV" junk that you see on... well, TV. The prices are usually a little higher than normal plus they tack on slightly higher shipping costs. If you want cheaper deals, then contact the magazines directly or just buy "As Seen..." stuff from Walmart. Keep in mind that they mail out hundreds of millions of pieces of mail, in addition to getting millions of people to play their games online. As a reward for providing this service, Publishers Clearing House obviously gets a cut from each sale they make, which in turn funds their prizes.  

Regarding their prizes, if you read the fine print carefully, you will see that they only offer a major prize a couple of times per year and the smaller prizes are spread across many different games. So literally, you might have 100 different games vying for the same $100 prize. The probability figures are right there; just read the papers that you normally throw out or go to the "Odds of Winning" page on the Internet.  Recently I had this discussion with a senior citizen relative who swore up and down that she had won a car, based on some flashy mailer from a (now past) car tent sale.  This mailer did have the usual scratch off game and a car key.  But I read her the fine print, which clearly states that matching numbers only PUT YOU IN THE RUNNING for a new car, that the actual odds are 1 out of 500,000 nationwide.   In order to find out, the "winner" has to show up for a cattle call, where salesmen would try to sell that person a car.  Even non-sales result in possible future prospects.  As I told her, "If it's too good to be true...it usually is."  

So is Publishers Clearing House a scam? I say no. But I think it falls into the same category as political campaigns and even religious fundraising. They're selling HOPE and DREAMS. So it's not really fair for us to not read the fine print and face reality (like reading the "Odds of Winning" pages or even The Bible itself) then get frustrated when things don't turn out as we wish.   

My advice: First of all, make sure that you are actually dealing with Publishers Clearing House, which is based in Port Washington, N.Y., on Long Island.  In reading these comments, I come to the conclusion that people either aren't reading closely or can't read at all.  There are literally dozens of fake "PCH" scams floating around, many which have the terms "Publishers" or "Clearing" in the names.  Be careful and read carefully!  

Second, have fun with it. Read the ads and occasionally treat yourself to ONE thing you can really use now or give as a gift. Give the stickers to some little kid to play with. Make sure that you are registered and signed in when playing their online games. If an online screen or email says that you have won, then copy the message immediately and contact PCH for further instructions. And for goodness sake, set limits. I just recently passed 200,000,000 tokens, which makes me a Black Diamond.  I no longer play the mobile device games and look at no more than three of their emails a day.  I also fill out any mailers I receive.  What the heck!  It's worth a stamp to get a little fun (remember the Sears / Fingerhut Wish Book Catalogs?)  

By the way: I am posting this exact letter in several places, so nothing fishy is going on.  Good luck!