A Lucrative Way to Search the Web

One of my three contest prize award stops last week was Minneapolis/St. Paul – where PCH Prize Patrol member Danielle and I were dispatched to surprise yet another lucky Publishers Clearing House winner who entered our sweepstakes at PCH Search & Win.

Not only lucky but SMART. You see, Renae Novak knew that the more you enter The Publishers Clearing House Sweepstakes, the better your chances of winning a huge cash prize. So when she wanted to search online, she clicked on PCH Search & Win; and when she received an email from us, she responded by entering. “Why not?” she figured. She was on the computer often anyway and conducted web searches frequently. Why not use PCH Search & Win?

Well, it really paid off. Our Prize Patrol arrived at Renae’s address, ran up the walk with bouquets of roses and balloons, knocked on the door and knocked the socks off Renae – with a Big Check for $10,000.00!

Currently living with her daughter Tracy and family, Renae confessed she could really use the money. (Who couldn’t these days?)

Son-in-law Mike watched the excitement and couldn’t believe what he was seeing. “I’ve seen it on TV but never thought I’d see it – here!” He phoned Tracy who was at work, and she couldn’t believe it either. “The PCH Prize Patrol is right here!” Mike insisted; but I had to get on the phone to confirm what he was telling her: “Yes Tracy, your mom is a prize drawing winner in The Publishers Clearing House Sweepstakes!” I could tell that there were tears at the other end of the line.

Since you are online right now, why not do what Renae does? Click on over to PCH Search & Win and enter our contests and sweepstakes. It could pay off handsomely – just as it did for Renae.

Happy searching, and the best of luck to you!

Dave Sayer

Executive Director

PCH Prize Patrol

Publishers Clearing House Winner Can Keep Her House

FOR SALE signs lined the street when the PCH Prize Patrol van pulled into the neighborhood for the surprise sweepstakes winning moment. It was evident this area had been hit by the recession. Behind one of the signs, the famous prize award team spotted the house number of the newest Publishers Clearing House winner.

With TV cameras rolling, their hearts pumping, and the Big Check, balloons and roses in hand, they approached the door.

Winner Stephanie Gornichec of Caldwell, Idaho was overcome with emotion when she heard she won one million dollars in the Publishers Clearing House Sweepstakes. The prize couldn’t have come at a better time for her and her husband, Shaun. Stephanie lost her job a year ago and has been unable to find work. "We had 2 incomes, bought a beautiful home and when suddenly half your income is gone ... It's tough!" choked Stephanie, through tears of joy.

The Gornichecs were on the verge of losing their home and considering filing for bankruptcy because they had no more options ... that is until they heard that famous knock on their door from Publishers Clearing House.

Shaun wasted no time in throwing out the FOR SALE sign.

Stephanie won one million dollars with an online sweepstakes entry at PCH Search & Win. Boy, is she glad she entered the contest!

We hope you will too, it’s easy to enter at pch.com or PCH Search & Win.

Good Luck!

Deborah Holland

Executive Vice President

Publishers Clearing House (PCH)

P.S. You can read more about Stephanie’s winning moment in the local Idaho news.

Watch TV Tonight!

Tonight there’s lots of “must see TV” for you folks who enjoy The PCH Blog.

Start off with The NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams. (6:30 or 5:30 PM for most viewers, but check your local listings.) In a Publishers Clearing House commercial, the name of our brand new SuperPrize winner will be announced.

The PCH Prize Patrol will be at the new millionaire’s home and will beam winning moment footage via satellite to PCHTV.com where you will be able to see all the excitement. Will the winner faint? cry? shout? hug us? make a speech? be mute? be home? Who knows! Talk about “reality TV” -- we’ve seen it all. And tonight at PCHTV.com you can see it all too.

At 8:00 PM Eastern/7:00 PM Central, switch over to The Learning Channel for their great series, “The Lottery Changed My Life.” That show will feature our recent “$5,000 A Week for Life” Publishers Clearing House winner, Doris Gray, a beloved school teacher from New Jersey. I am sure that you will be touched by her story. And you will no doubt be motivated to enter the Publishers Clearing House Sweepstakes!

And it’s so easy to enter the PCH contest online – at pch.com, PCH Search & Win, or PCH online games such as PCH Lotto, PCH Games or PCH Scratch Cards. Did you know that more and more of our PCH contest winners are coming from online sweepstakes entries?

Happy viewing! And good luck!

Dave Sayer

Executive Director

PCH PRIZE PATROL

Publishers Clearing House Winner About To Be Revealed

The air is charged with excitement here at Publishers Clearing House Sweepstakes Headquarters in anticipation of today’s news. The August 13th winner of PCH Giveaway No. 1400 will be revealed tonight in a TV commercial announcement during the NBC Evening News with Brian Williams. Who will the lucky new millionaire be? In what zip code will the new PCH winner reside? The information is kept a secret until the announcement, and revealed only to a select few PCH’ers on a “need-to-know” basis.

The PCH Prize Patrol has been dispatched to an undisclosed location. Did they travel by plane or by car? Only a few of our co-workers have that information and they’re not talking … just grinning!

Another question many people have: Was the matching winning number returned? This is important because if it was returned by the deadline, Publishers Clearing House will award our first-ever PCH Wow $100,000.00 A Week For A Year $5.2 Million Fast Payout SuperPrize. On the other hand, if the matching winning number was not returned by the deadline, PCH will have conducted a second chance drawing to award a $1 Million prize to one lucky timely entrant. So, PCH’ers are wondering, will the next Publishers Clearing House winner receive $100,000 A Week For A Year or $1 Million? For sure, our Controller knows. He’s the guy that works out the finances for prize payments. Hey Michael, is it $100,000 A Week For A Year or $1,000,000.00? No response – you know those financial types, very confidential. Either way, it’s a huge chunk of change, and some stunned PCH contest entrant is about to receive the surprise of a lifetime when the Prize Patrol shows up on his or her doorstep with video cameras rolling to film the big sweepstakes winning moment.

In the 30 years I have worked at Publishers Clearing House, I have witnessed countless prize drawings in our famous contests and sweepstakes and met many of the big winners. It’s unique and exciting every time. We PCH’ers get that “little kids on Christmas Eve” feeling, looking forward to the wonderful surprises about to be revealed. We will watch the Publishers Clearing House winnerannouncement on TV and go online to watch the sweepstakes winning moment on PCHTV.com. We hope you’ll do the same.

Deborah Holland

Executive Vice President

Publishers Clearing House (a.k.a.PCH)

Ed McMahon Sweepstakes Spokesperson

Ed McMahon Sweepstakes Spokesperson

Publishers Clearing House is saddened by the passing of Ed McMahon. He was a large personality who entertained generations of TV audiences. Contrary to the belief of many, Ed McMahon never represented Publishers Clearing House or its sweepstakes as a TV spokesperson. He was employed by American Family Publishers, a rival sweepstakes company that ceased operations in 2001.

We extend our condolences to Mr. McMahon's family.

Prize Patrol Awards 101 Cash Sweepstakes Prizes

Wow, it’s Prize Patrol Blitz week at Publishers Clearing House – the week when over 30 teams of specially-trained PCH Prize Patrol deputies go on the road to award 101 free cash sweepstakes prizes to lucky Publishers Clearing House winners! Have you entered the contest online or through the mail? If so, maybe they will stop at your doorstep for a surprise sweepstakes winning moment!

Here’s an “insider’s look” at the announcement each team of Prize Patrol deputies personalized and then emailed to local media in the markets where Publishers Clearing House cash sweepstakes prizes will be awarded.

“Hello Local Media:

As advised in an earlier fax, the Publishers Clearing House PRIZE PATROL is arriving in your media coverage area on Tuesday or Wednesday, May 12th or 13th to surprise a local resident with a big cash sweepstakes prize.

You've seen our TV commercials. Now you can witness the real thing. In the process you can perform an educational service for your audience:

Recently, there has been an increase in scams misrepresenting themselves as recognizable brand names and trying to rip people off by sending fake checks and having them “pre-pay” “taxes” or other fees to claim prizes. The REAL Publishers Clearing House will show your audience how LEGITIMATE sweepstakes prizes are awarded by the PCH Prize Patrol, in person, in a no-strings-attached prize presentation.

Please see the attached "Request for Media Coverage" for more details, and then plan on joining us at the specified time and place as we prepare to surprise the winner nearby with a “big check” for $1,000.00.

Please call my cell phone to confirm your participation or if you have questions.

We look forward to seeing you.

Many thanks.

YOUR LOCAL PUBLISHERS CLEARING HOUSE PRIZE PATROL DEPUTY”

It will be very exciting if the local TV stations and newspapers cover the sweepstakes winning moments and then tell each sweepstakes winner story online and on the air. We will also be getting updates from the Prize Patrol deputies, so come back here to the PCH Blog for more new prize award adventures, challenges and triumphs. You’ll also be able to watch new sweepstakes winning moments on pchtv.com – should be lots of fun!

Holding the fort back here at sweepstakes headquarters,

Deborah Holland

Executive Vice President

Publishers Clearing House Launches pchtv.com Bringing the Excitement of Prize Patrol "Winning Moments" to the Online World

Site to Launch on August 27th, the Same Day the Next Millionaire SuperPrize Winner Is Announced

PORT WASHINGTON, NY (Marketwire August 27, 2008) Each year millions of people watch in anticipation, hoping their doorbell will ring with the news that they are the next big SuperPrize winner in the Publishers Clearing House Sweepstakes . Now, consumers will get a closer look behind the scenes of this amazing moment, with the Publishers Clearing House launch of PCHTV.com.

PCHtv.com will feature an instant feed of the August 27th event, showcasing the amazing reactions that winners give the company's Prize Patrol when they surprise a sweepstakes entrant with the news that they have won the Publishers Clearing House sweepstakes. The site will officially launch on August 27th, 2008, 7 PM EDT, immediately after the name of the winner is announced during the NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams. This announcement will direct viewers to PCHtv.com to see the actual winning moment, which will be uploaded directly from the location of the winner that same day. Once at PCHtv.com, users will also have the opportunity to enter to win a special PCHtv.com exclusive prize.

"Publishers Clearing House has been a pioneer in the business of reality television for many years," said Todd Sloane, Senior Vice President/Creative of Publishers Clearing House. "Our efforts have made it possible for America to witness countless reactions of prize winners in our well known television advertising. Now this iconic brand is moving online and extending this opportunity beyond the television and onto the computer screen."

"The new site represents just one of a number of new online initiatives for Publishers Clearing House," said Alex Betancur, Vice President and General Manager of PCH.com. "PCHtv.com joins the growing network of Publishers Clearing House websites that provide creative advertising opportunities for advertisers including PCHGames.com, PCHLotto.com, PCHSearchandwin.com and many others."

In the future PCHtv.com will include user generated video capabilities that will allow individuals to create and upload their very own SuperPrize reaction videos.

About PCH.com

PCH.com is the online destination for Publishers Clearing House, a leading multi-channel direct marketer of value-based consumer products and magazines promoted with a chance to win sweepstakes prizes. Publishers Clearing House has been in business since 1953.

Press Release: Prize Winner in Your Area August 27th

THIS NEWS ALERT WAS SENT TO 210 MAJOR MEDIA MARKETS ON June 27, 2008:

This is to alert you to the fact that there will definitely be a Publishers Clearing House Sweepstakes winner of at least $1,000.00 in your TV viewing area this August 27th.

A resident of your area could also be our newest SuperPrize Winner. In that event, the Prize Patrol will contact you on or about August 25th and invite you to join them on August 27th as they surprise the lucky new millionaire.