Publishers Clearing House (PCH)

My mom is elderly and has been playing for 5 years now, she has a spare bedroom with all the stuff she has bought covering the whole bed. She keeps saying they'll be here any day now and she's on her phone constantly playing all the games. She just lost her house because she was expecting pch to come any day, she was behind on her property tax and had such faith in pch... it was ridiculous! Well they never came and her house I grew up in is gone.
It should be against the law to do this to people.

I would like to see more often PCH giving a million dollar prize to someone in their 40s living in a $30,000 home. Instead of only upper middle class people. That makes me think the game is rigged much like the state lotteries. Always filtering the money to the upper class. Some people who only live on $12,000 a year should be winners at sometime.

No one ever win black and young someone who could really make a difference with the founding like build safe havens for homeless in my home town or make a way for battered woman if I had a chance at pch I'd make it actually worth given the prize to a young driven to change our world and less fortunate world sum our system yet failing to accomplish after all their rules and restrictions to resources no homeless want to even get the help of the broken system if it ain't rules it's limits and hold backs

I'm a PhD and have been playing PCH games/lotto etc. for over a year and have nothing to show for it but nearly 60m tokens in one account amd 25m in another. Every evening I spend up to 100k tokens for "rewards". We order some small item at least once a month. All we ever receive is some $ store item worth "a dollar or two" and at least 20 emails a day from PCH. Yes, playing is enjoyable but entirely non-productive. What am I not understanding?

Its either racist, or search engine scam, started when I was 19 years old I am now 59 years old. I truly believe this is some kind of scam, magazine, search or the company is racist

Items are cheaply made and over priced. Order something they say it's out of stock then out of the blue months later without checking to see if you still wanted it they send it to you anyway. Hard to come up with the money to send something back when you're on SS in the midst of inflation. Don't plan on ever winning anything from them. I spent 8 years making hundreds of entries buying many numerous item from them and have never received a cent from them. Do yourself a favor don't waste any more of your time or money. You would do better to give it to charity.

This month they have changed the number of times you can apply to win a million/dollarized prize on their home page which was replete with games. Same with the 7 million or five million. Or any prizes amount they offer. Previously these amounts were able to be won in a variety of games they offer but Each game could only be played once. Now you play once for any amount and you're totally waiting your time playing for that amount anywhere else except in search, lotto, or two games they offer on line, oh and also in surveys, which I refuse to play. Have a ton of marketers know you most intimate info? No way!
They are reducing the number of chances you have to win and killing the number of times the people who advertise with them get to have you see their ads or merchandise.
They are now increasing the interval time in their on-line games with more ad time there instead.
Both make anyone not want to play any of their games. Its very defeating.
I have been a customer for 40 plus years. I only buy occasionally and it it only something I need. They say I've been a customer since 2004-5 but I started in the 80s (all games were played by mail) when they did not have computerized history.
I did enjoy playing their online games but now they take twice as long to earn the same number of chances to win as before. I am not undergoing misconceptions that winning is nearly impossible. If you look at what a millionaire is; it's kinda deceiving. They take a million and divide it over 25 years into $29.000.00 a year increments. Considering the taxes on this,...you stand a chance to really to win only $14,000.00 a year.
Not a million. And you have to live 25 years. With the dollar worth 10 cents on what it was in 1970, you get my drift.
Recently they have allowed their largest "super prize" to be given to a successor when you pass. That is an awesome offer. But it has only been recent and on a few games. Haven't seen it much this year.
All the amounts under a million-$900,800,700,600,$500,000 are similiarly broken down over 25-20 years.
Thus you really will only garner $12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7000.00 a year
Where you can will the entire amount is under 475K. There are prizes of $450,400,300,200,100,75,000.00, 50, 40, 30 15, 10, 6-5-and so on.
But pay close attention to the rules because they are generally two years from today.
The odds are in the "BILLIONS" to win a prize. The only prize being won is reduced further if it's offered (ea. Attempt is offered a billion plus times.) You have to hit the exact one. So we're really talking near impossible. It may be offered and the offer is not taken.
Your best odds are really long, as long as winning the lotto and thats the guess the exact 5-6-7 numbers in their "lotto games". I have seen only one be won in last 5 years, and it was for $4000,000.00 oh and a couple of million games.
It is a free chance unlike the store where you truly throw your money away trying to win the same.
Thus this is their best game to play.
To win a vehicle (valued at highest retail price) the odds are also incredibly long but the chances are free unlike games of choice that cost dollars.
So my advice is playing games for free (which now demand you spend more time watching ads) is truly the best attempt to win.
They have been much better at letting you know the cost of what you are buying,, showing you the mailing fee plus your item. The mailing fee, which is on an arbitrary system based on valuation rather than the actual mailing cost. So an item for $15.00. The mail fee is $7,00 thus making the total nearer $22.00
The item going for $20.00 has a higher mailing fee even though it does not weigh any more and might even be smaller.
So Caveat Emperor
I do enjoy playing the games personally because they are free. Free gambling is the best kind.
Your time is the cost. What is your time worth? Playing all their games on a laptop and a cell phone to reduce the total time invested leaves you at approximately 5 hours daily. On one devise approximately 6-7 hours. You really must justify this. I figure hundreds of chances on their games beat once or twice all dy long. But still, you must divide 5000 chances into odds of billions
I do play as I am retired and remember my Mom playing on her extremely limited income (SS) and wishing to heaven she'd win. I wanted to help her so very bad.
Those days in the 60-80s were amplified with deception marketing practices where the person buying items was often led to believe they were on the cusp of winning. Or had won.Period.
After multiple lawsuits PCH made the changes to spell out everywhere "that you had not yet won, but you might." Now a days,. It's strictly "you have not won, and buying won't enhance your chances" which is what they should have done all those years ago. My Mom really thought and believed she had won.
One of the main reasons I play is to make her dream come true. Sure I could use the money, who cannot?
But I have a deep desire to make her dream come true.
I know the odds, I know the costs, now you do too

Most everything Publisher's Clearing House pushes is junk. They also overcharge for delivery, which is done by a bulk rate company. I've received beaten up and broken items that were too cheap to even ask for a replacement. They flood my mailbox with large packs of offers with my name and address in multiple places throughout.

This sweepstakes company had led my father (elderly) for 16 years and he never received a dime or a show after multiple times telling him what days they are showing up with the "Prize Patrol". He even bought multiple products from them just to see if making purchases would help his chances. At this point we are looking to join a class action lawsuit against them.

While I understand the goal of the app is have the user click as many adds and confuse the person, STILL I was expecting a degree of ethical conduct but I was wrong! The frustration of being stuck at a level and no matter what I clicked on, nothing worked! Site was frozen! This came in addition to receiving merchandise I did NOT order and being billed for it. My attempts to contact PCH customer service went unanswered! Scam all the way! Deleting this useless app and time to contact BBB about the merchandise I didn't order but I'm charged for!

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Right now I only rate pch a one star rating because of there propaganda BS. To try to get you to purchase somthing before you can get to the part of the site to submit entry to munch product advertising online for those only wanting to play the online sweepstakes and sumitt a entry my guess is there clue of where there heading is Idaho because the clue said the state bird is the color of there uniform wich is Blue unless there misleading and there are other states that have a bird that's the color Blue

I am a steady user daily going onto the pch app and web site and i love playing the games. I enter the sweeps and i like playing but now the intrusive ads are getting to me. Some ads let you skip after five seconds and i like that, what i dont like is some ads you dont have the option to skip. Sometimes you can refresh to get the ads you can skip. But other times whatever sweep your trying to enter goes away and takes you to another page. I am a person that doesnt like to be forced into watching or doing anything i dont like. Now before when i played the games there are ads that are on the bottom and you can X them out to get them out of the way. Now, whether i am on the app or website these ads are now poping up when i am trying to play majong and it is showing up on the game which then distracts me and then I lose my progress.
Now all these ads are personally annoying and some offensive. Lately there is one that pops up about sex postions or something like that.
So lets get to the ads, i dont want to watch an ad about health insurance ( I have my own, and if i didnt i would not be researching them from ads. Or ads about extravagant trips to exotic places, ( I dont want to watch them, Because I wont ever be able to go because I am low income and struggle to buy food. So i dont want to be reminded of that fact.) Or, Products that i cant afford to buy, why do i want to remind myself that i cant have that. And the one that bothers me the most is when it is showing cancer patients and showing something about medication or the trials or the experiencs of going through kemo or radiation treatments ( My mom had cancer, watched her go through both kemo and radiation, she past away after 6 year battle. I defiantly don't want to be reminded.
PCH go back to allowing people to skip ads if they want, or whoever wants to waste there time watching these useless ads by all means.
I just want to enjoy playing to take my mind off of real life and all that comes with it. Just want to play, but now I really dont because for a 60 second game i have to watch five mins of an ad. And honestly when I am forced to watch an ad i want to finish my game i will go to the rest room so i am not watching it anyway.
But now the ads are so long, and there are multiple ads for one game and intrusive to what your playing, it isnt fun anymore. Please just let people enjoy there games, and don't force a person to watch the whole ad, give the option to skip, and stop the extra ads that pop up on the bottom, and in front of the game.
This applies to both web site and app. None of these ads are worth watching, and even thought you need advertisers that's great but don't force it down my throat, give me the option to skip.
I used to to all the sweeps, all the scratch cards and the lotto and all the games, but now i pick a select few because there is not enough time in a day for me to do them all now, not like I use too.

PCH main objective is getting you to buy cheap merchandise under the disguise of making you a millionaire they even say they Love their customers. I am 70 years old - have ordered from them since my 20's 50 years now. The merchandise is super cheap. I have never won any money and I I don't understand don't know anyone who has ever won a cent. I don't understand how they are legally allowed to take advantage of people especially elderly.

Just did all the work to hit the goal of a billion tokens and it turns out nothing at all happens when you achieve it. No congratulations, no additional tokens of appreciation, no small cash prize, no item discount, nothing. So anyone reading this thinking to spend all the time and effort to hit the billion token mark, note that it means nothing to PCH other than the fact that you wasted a lot of time and effort to hit that number.

I've been using there app for a decade. They claim you win real money and tokens for prizes on there games. Yeah, you win tokens you have to redeem for prizes you might be able to win. I don't believe you win anything but tokens. Its just to keep you playing with the hopes of winning. They tell you there's a chance with every game. I play several times a day for years I've never won anything but tokens I have redeemed for prizes I never received. You decided!

Trying to speak to a person I was finally able to do so, being persist paid off since they drop the amount of my bill. No free gift but at least I feel it was a fair solution. The people who I chatted with were helpful even though I was pretty upset. My beef was with PCH not their associates, Thank you for the help in this matter.

I use to have fun playing pch but not anymore. No one ever wins anything anymore and tokens are to hard to get. Bummer bye PCH

I really enjoy the new PCH app, very good graphics and easy to use, they have better games this time around.

I recall that some years ago, PCH was found to have been dumping literally tons of unopened entries in a New Jersey landfill. This leads me to assume the same is happening today, but since the entries are via the Internet, they are being sent to the great junkyard in the sky. This is nothing more than a scheme to collect dollars from the innumerable ads they show, and to make money by selling good from their various associated vendors.

Takes a little bit of time and patience. They only pay out with digital online cards now. I wish they would go back to the option of a physical card in the mail. Like Visa/Mastercard!

Please do yourself a favor and NEVER order anything from PCH! It is a total scam and rip off! They trick you into thinking you will be the next big winner but it never happens! I have been a customer for 14 long years, filled out all the forms, emails and wasted all my time doing so... you will never win... this is just a gimmick to get your money... all their products are cheap, come form China and are overpriced... STAY AWAY from the PCH Scam Please!

I have grown up with this company and have played & ordered product for close to 20
Years pch always no hassles with
Returns and give you alot of good offers and there is the games where you can win big money and the games are free like front page
Where you can find any info you need to look up and you get a chance to win real money who
Does that pch that's who I have
Been involved with this company for 20 years and i love the way
They turn everyday people's life's
Around always showing up at the
Wright time of need This company
Takes me back to the seventhies in some ways when life was a little more simple & fun and we had more trust in each other