Earl Lumsden of Miami, Florida was not expecting the PCH Prize Patrol to pull up to his house and knock on his door. If he had been, he probably would have had enough clothes on to appear in one of our famous PCH TV Commercials. Alas, he was only half dressed for the sweepstakes winning moment. But he got himself pulled together for the “photo op” shown below.
You can see that Earl was one happy Publishers Clearing House winner – and not just because of the wonderful surprise visit from the Prize Patrol, but because Earl has been out of work for several years, a victim of the recession. So the Big Check for $10,000 was mighty welcome.
“I can’t stop shaking,” Earl said, apologizing as his normally steady handwriting became almost illegible.
“That’s normal,” I assured him, knowing from my hundreds of prize awards that Publishers Clearing House winners are often too overwhelmed to maintain their faculties.
Don’t believe me? Enter the PCH Sweepstakes by going to pch.com, and if we surprise you with a Big Check – worth thousands, even millions of dollars – you will find that it’s hard to stay calm!
Good luck!
Dave Sayer
Executive Director
PCH PRIZE PATROL
as I look at your prize map I am angered to see not only are you not coming to TX,but according to your map you have never even been to Tx.
Posted by: Mary Chase | November 13, 2009 at 07:29 AM
CONGRATS TO THE GUY IN FLORIDA!
I HAVE NO DOUBT I WOULD BE DEFINITELY SHAKING IN MY SHOES IF YOU COME UP NORTH TO NEWPORT,MI TO MY HOME, LOL,
I JUST HOPE IM NOT A PERSON WHO PASSES OUT BUT YOU NEVER KNOW HAHAHA.
HERE LATLEY IVE HAD A FEW KNOCKS ON MY DOOR CAUSE MY SONS FRIENDS STOP BY FROM TIME TO TIME AND I'M GETTING QUITE A BIT JUMPIER THEN NORMAL LOL
I GUESS YOU COULD SAY IM READY AND I KNOW JUST HOW MUCH A MILLION DOLLARS WOULD DO TO MY LIFE ITS LIKE ALWAYS SAID, A DREAM COME TRUE.
SO ((( MAD MEN ))) COME SEE ME UP HERE IN MI,!!READY TO HAVE SOME FUN AND ENJOY THESE HOLIDAYS COMING UP!
Posted by: JEFF PETREE | November 13, 2009 at 11:04 AM
There are many PCH winners from Texas. The most recent major winner was Jelaine Jaeb from Coppell, TX, who won $10,000 in August 2009.
Her story and photo were posted here on the PCH Blog on 8/24/09, in an entry entitled "Do Pets Win the Publishers Clearing House Sweepstakes?"
The map you saw only showed the winners who got prizes this week, as part of our Prize Patrol Blitz. It does not show all the winners we've ever had.
Posted by: Deborah Holland | November 13, 2009 at 03:09 PM
well they said someone in the buffalo viewing area won here guess the three tv stations didn't care because the women that won was about an hour away from our area and the fact that extreme home makeover is in the viewing area as in the city of buffalo sorry your winner was as important enough for any crews to drive that far to cover the winning moment
Posted by: gblock | November 13, 2009 at 03:29 PM
TV Viewing Areas are defined by Nielsen Media Research, the same company that measures the size of viewing audiences for TV shows. The largest share of TV viewing in every county in the U.S. can be attributed to stations in a particular TV area. As an illustration, most of the TV viewing in Sarasota County, FL can be traced to stations broadcasting out of Tampa and St. Petersburg; therefore, anyone who lives in Sarasota County, FL, resides in the “Tampa Bay TV Area.”
You live in a “TV Viewing Area”. Most likely your TV Area is named for the largest metropolitan area in your vicinity.
PCH Prize Patrol teams delivered prizes to 101 TV Viewing Areas this week. Go to the Prize Patrol Live site at http://prizepatrol.pch.com to see where they went.
Posted by: Deborah Holland | November 13, 2009 at 03:43 PM
The Prize Patrol tries to get local TV and news coverage in every market we visit for a prize award. Sometimes the local media will cover the story, but sometimes they don't.
Posted by: Deborah Holland | November 13, 2009 at 03:45 PM
What a sweet week for the winners of Prize Patrol Blitz. So happy for you all. But as we all know, PCH prizes never stops so don't lose hope. Million more chances are waiting ahead. Why not continue in taking advantage of these free opportunities. Who knows the next winning moment could be yours.
Posted by: R. Johnson | November 14, 2009 at 03:54 PM
in r buffalo area case there was something even bigger then u guys even so the biggest news paper didn't even cover u guys guess they think CITY OF BUFFALO IS A BIG VIEWING AREA.
Posted by: gblock | November 15, 2009 at 02:12 PM
OMG U guys R giving away a suv a ford escape something i could use better then cash but my chances of winning something like that r about as slim as pulling 25,000 out of a turkey butt on thanksgiving.
Posted by: gblock | November 15, 2009 at 02:23 PM