Fair Warning

$100,000 A Week For A Year is at Stake! If you have not entered the Publishers Clearing House Sweepstakes by August 4, 2009, you will relinquish any chance to win the new PCH Wow SuperPrize. The PCH Wow prize would pay $100,000 A Week For A Year to a lucky winner. Enter the contest today at pchwow.com.

Winner selection processing will begin after the deadline for entry submission. On prize drawing day, the winning number will be randomly generated by the mainframe computer at Publishers Clearing House Sweepstakes Headquarters. If a matching winning number has not been timely returned, forfeiture proceedings will begin. Working with the IT Department, the Contest Department will double check the Contest Audit File to make sure a match has not been found. The Board of Judges will be notified that the matching winning number was not returned by the deadline. The Board of Judges will review all documentation and verify the forfeiture conclusion. Once forfeiture proceedings begin, they cannot be reversed and an alternate winner will be selected.

This is important. If you do submit a timely entry and your number matches the PCH Wow SuperPrize winning number, you will win $100,000 A Week For A Year! Wow! Just think of what you could do with all that money!

Every PCH Sweepstakes entry gives you another chance to win, so you are encouraged to enter the sweepstakes often!

Good Luck!

Deborah Holland

Executive Vice President

Publishers Clearing House

PCH Surprise Patrol

We thought our PCH Blog followers would enjoy reading a Thank You note sent to PCH Prize Patrol deputies Rob and Tatiana by a recent Publishers Clearing House winner. Here it is:

Dear Rob,

I just wanted to thank you and Tatiana again for the incredible experience of having the PCH Prize Patrol ringing my doorbell! We really appreciate the roses, (still gorgeous, by the way)champagne, balloons, pens, and of course the check. We had to go to the grocery that afternoon and my daughter told everyone in Publix that the "Surprise Patrol" had visited us. I think she coined a great name for you. Everyone's response was "Wow, I didn't think anyone ever really won that." Then last night my husband and I attended a benefit for the historic house museum here and people were just fascinated that I had won the Publishers Clearing House Sweepstakes and again the universal response was "I didn't think anyone really won that."

So, I am happy to report that I am proving all the naysayers wrong. I also hope you and Tatiana enjoyed driving down beautiful Main Street and had a good lunch. My daughter and I would love for you to visit again and I am keeping my fingers crossed.

If you get a chance, I would appreciate any photos you could e-mail.

Again, many, many thanks for everything,

Laura Nelson

For your chance to win the PCH Wow SuperPrize we’re currently offering -- $100,000 A Week For A Year – submit your online sweepstakes entry at pchwow.com by August 4th! Who knows … maybe you’ll be the next winner writing us a thank you note!

Good luck,

Deborah Holland

Executive Vice President

Publishers Clearing House (PCH)

PCH Winners Playhouse

When consumers come up to me and declare that the winners in our PCH TV commercials are not real people but actors, I have to laugh. If they were actors, I’d like to see them take to the stage and play Hamlet or Lady Macbeth or some Tennessee Williams heroine. The audience would go into hysterics and the curtain would have to come down shortly into Scene 1.

A few years ago we lightheartedly contemplated running a TV ad campaign called “Publishers Clearing House Presents WINNERS PLAYHOUSE.” We imagined some of our favorite Publishers Clearing House winners like Bob Castleberry playing Othello, Thelma Seidenberg playing Stella from “A Streetcar Named Desire,” and Sherwin Gerber playing Willy Loman from “Death of A Salesman.” It would have proved once and for all that the PCH Sweepstakes winners -- with all due respect -- are not professional actors but real, everyday people -- just like you!

Don’t believe me yet? Visit PCHTV.com where you can see some of our recent winning moments – and I think you will agree with me that the performances in front of the camera are not the product of theatrical training.

So if you are a real, everyday person, what are you waiting for? You don’t have to rehearse. You don’t have to be discovered like some aspiring actor on Broadway or in Hollywood. Go for it!

Simply enter the Publishers Clearing House Sweepstakes online – and, if you do so by August 4th at pchwow.com, you can go for our new PCH Wow fast payout SuperPrize. If you’re the lucky prize drawing winner, you’ll receive $100,000 A Week For A Year! Wow!

If you search online, you may want to try the search engine at PCH Search & Win, where you can get a PCH contest entry every day, or one or more of the several PCH online games available at PCH Lotto, PCH Games (where you can play the popular Jigsaw Puzzle Game or Mah Jong Alchemy, plus many other games), or PCH Scratch Cards.

Enter our contests and sweepstakes as often as you can! We want to make you a star -- of your very own PCH winning moment!

Good luck – or as they say in show biz, “Break a leg!”

Dave Sayer

Executive Director

PCH PRIZE PATROL

Making Dreams Come True with the PCH Cash Sweepstakes

Their names are Betty and Barney—but not Rubble as in the Flintstone cartoon series—their last name is Rohney. Betty is the winner of the cash sweepstakes prize that the PCH Prize Patrol will deliver with the big check from Publishers Clearing House. We drive our PCH Prize Patrol van to her address in the town of San Lorenzo, California, south of Oakland.

Upon our arrival, we are disappointed to learn that Betty is not home and a neighbor informs us that she and her husband, Barney, left earlier and she has no idea when they are returning. We decided to take a lunch break at a nearby fast food establishment and then try to reach Betty again. As we return to the Rohney house, we are now excited to see their silver car parked in the driveway. They are home and we are ready to rock n’ roll with our bouquet of roses, balloons, the video camera and of course the big check! Ready for the winning moment, Al knocks on the door and when Betty comes out, she is so pleased to accept her big check and Barney is more than ready to accept the bottle of PCH Prize Patrol champagne on behalf of his wife—they will open it later to celebrate!

The couple is beaming with happiness and declare they plan on using the money for an anniversary vacation, which they were hoping to take and now will definitely have the funds to pay for! Betty informs us that she has been entering the Publishers Clearing House Sweepstakes for many years and she enters the contest often. Winning the prize drawing is a dream come true for the couple. She was hoping that one day she would find the Publishers Clearing House Prize Patrol at her doorstep—and that day has arrived! Wow!

We leave Betty and Barney, to enjoy the afterglow of their PCH winning moment, satisfied that the Rohney’s would now have a fun anniversary trip, thanks to winning $1,000.00 from the Publishers Clearing House Sweepstakes!

It’s easy to enter the Publishers Clearing House Sweepstakes online and we encourage you to do it! If you hurry, you can still get in on the new PCH Wow Fast Payout SuperPrize of $100,000 A Week For A Whole Year!

Good Luck!

Sheryl S. and Al G.

PCH Prize Patrol Deputies

An Ordinary Man

There’s a song that Professor Higgins sings in “My Fair Lady” in which he declares, “I’m an ordinary man.”

That’s what I am too: just an ordinary man.

But I do have an extraordinary job. As longtime head of the Publishers Clearing House Prize Patrol, I’ve been privileged to hand out over $200 million in free sweepstakes prizes to winners of the Publishers Clearing House Sweepstakes.

When I’m dressed in my blue blazer and carrying roses and balloons, I’m treated like a celebrity. But -- thank heavens -- when I’m in regular clothes, no one pays any attention. It just shows that people aren’t interested in me so much as they want that Big Check I’m carrying. And that’s OK. Being in the spotlight for a couple of minutes is enough.

You’ll probably agree with that. If you win a huge PCH SuperPrize -- like the PCH Wow fast payout $100,000 A Week For A Year – you’ll certainly enjoy the celebration; but within a few days it will be time to relax, sit back and enjoy the fun, freedom and security that comes with such a great prize, one that’s worth over $5,000,000.00! This prize could be yours; but you must enter the contest by going to pchwow.com by August 4.

Of course, there are lots of other prizes too. Publishers Clearing House (also known as PCH) has a variety of websites that are really worth visiting: pch.com, PCHTV.com (where you can see lots of our winning moments), PCH Search & Win and several online games, such as PCH Lotto, PCH Games or PCH Scratch Cards. They are informative, fun, entertaining and full of opportunities to win.

Good luck!

Dave Sayer

Executive Director

PCH PRIZE PATROL

PCH Delivers – Guaranteed

People often ask me, “Has the Publishers Clearing House Prize Patrol ever gone to the wrong house?”

I have to admit that it has happened on two occasions.

The first time was in a northern California town that had east and west street addresses. We went to 140 West Jefferson when the winner actually lived at 140 East Jefferson. The lady who opened the door at 140 West could not have been more gracious and understanding when told of our honest mistake. “That happens all the time,” she said. “I wish the city would make those street signs clearer!” She pointed us in the right direction and expressed hopes that the rightful winner would enjoy her prize. As it turned out, that rightful cash sweepstakes winner had departed 140 East Jefferson for work an hour before we arrived. Nonetheless, we tracked her down at her job some 45 minutes away. Of course she was thrilled that we eventually found her at her workplace – a Home Depot. As you can imagine, the roses, the balloons and The Big Check created quite a stir for the contractors and shoppers who gathered ‘round to witness the exciting winning moment.

On the second occasion, in a small Pennsylvania town, we were on the right street and in the right block; but we were “off” by one house number. (In our defense, I must tell you that the houses’ mailboxes were poorly marked.) Our first approach was up a wooden ramp that we suspected might be used by a resident with a wheelchair or walker. A neighbor who was watching our progress gave me a curious look – so I asked her, “Do you think Mrs. Smith will be able to answer the door bell easily?” – to which she replied: “Oh no, Mrs. Smith doesn’t live there; she lives in that house next door.” Phew! That was a close one. But, again, everything turned out all right – with happiness all around, especially for the prize drawing winner, Mrs. Smith.

I’m glad that municipalities across the U.S. are asking residents to make sure their house numbers are easily identifiable. My town, for instance, requires that our house numbers be a very-legible six inches high. That’s good for PCH Prize Patrol deliveries and even more importantly for emergency services.

But relax. We always deliver our Big Checks to the rightful winners – guaranteed. enter the PCH sweepstakes with confidence, knowing that if you win, we will find you!

It’s not too early to start getting your entries in for this fall’s Prize Patrol Blitz – when over 60 Prize Patrol deputies will deliver Big Checks of $10,000.00 each to winners in 101 towns and cities across the USA. We’re calling it PCH Zip because contest entrants will be able to go online to pchzip.com and enter their zip code to see if the Prize Patrol will be coming to their area. Enter the Publishers Clearing House Sweepstakes online now and enter often to improve your chances of winning one of our many ongoing contests. Enter by August 4 and you could even win our fabulous PCH Wow SuperPrize: $100,000 A Week For An Entire Year! That’s over $5 Million!

And don’t forget the family of Publishers Clearing House websites, all with PCH in their names: pch.com, PCH Search & Win, PCHTV.com and several online game sites, such as PCH Lotto, PCH Games or PCH Scratch Cards. They offer lots of opportunities to win and have fun in the meantime.

Good luck!

Dave Sayer

Executive Director

PCH PRIZE PATROL

Baby It’s Time to Start Saving!

My little niece Nina is a bundle of joy, bringing smiles to everyone who encounters her. Her parents couldn’t be happier, but they admit to worrying about her future… the cost of daycare, clothing she’ll outgrow, music lessons, her first car, the first “ding” on the bumper of that car, and of course the big one, college. Now although winning a huge multi-million dollar sweepstakes is one way to solve your monetary worries, it’s not a realistic financial plan we can all count on (especially for my dear sister, who is out of the running for the PCH Sweepstakes due to her relation to me – sorry, sis). But that doesn’t mean PCH can’t make things a little easier for our customers. We save people thousands of dollars every day with our fantastic deals and unbeatable magazine values.

You can go to pchwow.com today to see all of our fabulous $100,000 A Week For A Year PCH Wow Sweepstakes, but also be sure to check out PCH Value Merchandise to discover quality deals you won’t find anywhere else. Our line up includes must-have As Seen on TV offers and handy items for the home that save you time and money. For a complete list of all the items offered online by PCH, click here.

PCH has access to special merchandise deals, and of course our magazine subscription offers are huge money-savers. A dollar here and a dollar there may not make you an instant millionaire, but during this current economic crunch they sure do make a difference.

Take it from me – an aunt who’d love to spoil her niece if only I had the means – PCH is the place for smart shopping. Of course, it never hurts to take a moment and enter our incredible free sweepstakes… five million bucks should cover college tuition in the year 2027, shouldn’t it?

Wishing you lots of luck,

Brenna S.

Prize Patrol Deputy

Wow, Is This Candid Camera? No, It’s PCH!

When Robin Bartlett of Florida was awarded the Publishers Clearing House Sweepstakes $15,000 Independence Day prize, she couldn’t believe what was happening. Her immediate reaction was, “Is this a joke? Is this Candid Camera?”

The presentation took place in a restaurant where Robin worked. The PCH Prize Patrol van was led there from her nearby home by son Sean who told us beforehand how we could identify our newest Publishers Clearing House prize winner: she has red hair, and she’ll probably be behind the counter managing the lunchtime traffic.

“We’re looking for Robin,” I said as we approached the counter. Her hands went up to her face and she replied a bit nervously, “I’m Robin.” With that I announced that she was a prize drawing winner in the Publishers Clearing House Sweepstakes.

Her co-workers surrounded her and exhibited the same kind of amazement I’ve seen hundreds of times. “Is this for real?”

“This is absolutely real” I assured everyone. “It’s no joke.”

Robin wasn’t the first winner to ask, “Is this Candid Camera?” TV viewers have seen our actual winning moments in PCH commercials for decades. And yet when they see us “live and in person,” in our blue blazers, with the balloons, the roses and the Big Check, they can’t believe their eyes.

Some bystanders say, “Well I never thought I’d see the day when the PCH Prize Patrol would show up here – in our little town. First of all, I’m amazed that it really happens, and -- second of all -- that the winner is someone I know. I guess I’d better enter!”

I nod in agreement and say to them -- and I say to you -- “You’re right: you’d better enter the PCH contest!”

You could be an online winner – just like Robin. Publishers Clearing House Sweepstakes has a variety of websites that are really worth visiting: pch.com, PCHTV.com (where you can see lots of our “winning moments”) and PCH Search & Win and several online games such as PCHGames.com and PCHScratchCards.com. They are informative, fun, entertaining and full of opportunities to win.

Enter by August 4 and you could win our new PCH Wow SuperPrize that could make you Really Rich, Really Fast: $100,000 A Week For A Year. That’s over $5 Million! Just click here to enter the sweepstakes.

Don’t delay! Our Prize Patrol -- and cameraman -- are ready to make you a winner!

Smile!

Dave Sayer

Executive Director

PCH PRIZE PATROL

A Huge Relief for PCH Sweepstakes Winner

As the PCH Prize Patrol drove through the desert to surprise a Publishers Clearing House winner, we observed the tranquil setting around us. We were on our way to Winnemucca, a small Nevada town about 160 miles northeast of Reno. As the Prize Patrol van drove through the valley surrounded by snow-capped mountains, all we could see was desert terrain, sagebrush and tumbleweeds blowing across the road.

The florist patiently waited after we called to let her know we would be late. She handed the PCH Prize Patrol a gorgeous bouquet as she quickly filled our balloons with helium, preparing us for the sweepstakes winning moment. We asked the florist to direct us to the PCH contest winner because our Internet research couldn’t give us an exact delivery address. Using the old fashioned method of a phone book helped us to locate a phone number that Al dialed to check if a Mr. Ralph Nicholson would be home for “a delivery.” The florist warned us that the contest winner’s home might be tough to find but we remained undaunted, because after all, we are the PCH Prize Patrol and we always find our winner! With the assistance of our trusty Lady Garmin navigational system, we approached the winner’s locale—rows of homes, many without visible addresses. However, we were relieved to find our Publishers Clearing House winner’s address clearly marked as we drove up a narrow road.

A group of children directly across from us watched with wide eyes as the Publishers Clearing House Prize Patrol brought out the balloons, roses and big check. They started jumping up and down excitedly, calling out to us, “Are you giving away money?” We said, “We are doing just that!” Then we walked up to the door, ready for the next Publishers Clearing House winning moment.

Mr. Nicholson swung open the door with a big smile and when we told him we had a surprise for him, he quipped, “Roses for me?” He was thrilled to accept his big check in the amount of $1,000.00. The PCH Prize Patrol returned to the van for a few minutes, to retrieve the champagne bottle and some paperwork. As we returned to Mr. Nicholson’s home, he admitted he had become a bit weepy with emotion after his sweepstakes winning moment, while we had stepped out.

We then listened to the prize winner’s story. Winning the Publishers Clearing House Sweepstakes was a huge relief for him because he has 17 grown children and can certainly use the money. Mr. Nicholson has a terrific sense of humor and shared some entertaining jokes with us. After taking photos and chatting, we returned to the van.

The neighborhood children were still filled with enthusiasm so we beckoned them over and gave out PCH Prize Patrol pens to each of them, much to their delight. “Tell your parents to enter the Publishers Clearing House Sweepstakes and maybe one day they will be winners too!” we say to them. Not only did we make the day for Mr. Nicholson, with a check from the PCH Sweepstakes, but for the neighborhood children as well—maybe for them it was something like meeting the tooth fairy in person!

Sheryl S.

PCH Prize Patrol Deputy

Lights – Camera – Action

The words “Lights – Camera – Action” are rarely heard when we shoot footage for our Publishers Clearing House TV commercials. That’s because the winning moments that you see on television and at PCHTV.com are totally impromptu. The PCH Prize Patrol arrives on a winner’s doorstep and the camera is already rolling. There’s no warning or rehearsal time for the winner; there are no special lights; there’s no director yelling orders to shoot.

There’s a one-time exception taking place this summer as we get ready for this fall’s Prize Patrol Blitz campaign during which viewers will be able to enter their zip codes online at pchzip.com and find out if the Prize Patrol is coming to their TV viewing area. TV commercials are being shot for airing in September that show over 60 Prize Patrol deputies getting ready to award Big Checks of $10,000.00 each in 101 towns and cities across the USA. When there are that many people “on camera” and a huge convoy of PCH Prize Patrol vans, we need an experienced directorial team. So, indeed, advertising professionals Greg, Sean and Terre will be saying the equivalent of “Lights – Camera – Action!”

But if the Prize Patrol rings your doorbell, your sweepstakes winning moment will still be totally unrehearsed. You won’t have time to get made-up or select a wardrobe for your “red carpet” appearance.

The only way you can get ready is this: You must enter the Publishers Clearing House Sweepstakes – because if you don’t enter you will lose for sure!

Enter the contest now and enter often to improve your chances of winning one of our many ongoing contests and sweepstakes. Enter at pchwow.com by August 4 and you could even win our fabulous new PCH Wow SuperPrize: $100,000 A Week – every week for an entire year! That’s over $5 Million!

And don’t forget: any time you search online you should use the search engine at PCH Search & Win where you can get a chance to win prizes every time you search. Publishers Clearing House also has a lot of entertaining online games that you can play for free, such as PCH Games (where you can play the popular Jigsaw Puzzle Game or Mah Jong Alchemy, plus many other games), or PCH Scratch Cards. There are so many ways to win prizes online at PCH, you’ll want to visit us often!¬

Good luck!

Dave Sayer

Executive Director

PCH PRIZE PATROL