Meet Desiree Scudder, Our Newest SuperPrize Winner

Last Updated: October 26, 2015

The morning of October 23rd found the PCH Prize Patrol standing outside an apartment in Irving, Texas – just outside Dallas — looking for Desiree Scudder, our newest Million Dollar winner.

Prize Patrol
 

But there were two problems: First, no one answered the door despite our increasingly hard knocking.  And second, it was raining cats and dogs in a record-breaking deluge – as reported in the national news.  The apartment manager across the way saw us in our soggy blue blazers and took pity.  She knew that a male occupant of the apartment worked nights and might sleep through our loudest efforts.  So she called his wife — at work — and exclaimed “Call home and wake your husband!  You won’t believe who’s outside your door!”

A phone call woke Michael up and brought him groggily to the door where we learned that Desiree, his daughter, was ten miles away at a lab employed as a toxicologist.  So off we went — to surprise her on the job.

PCH One Million Dollar Winner
 

Well, we knocked the socks off Desiree and her co-workers.  “I’m on cloud nine!” she exclaimed on being presented with roses, balloons, champagne and a Big Check.  Colleagues couldn’t believe what was happening in their ordinarily quiet lab environment and rushed to embrace her with hugs and congratulations.  Watch Desiree’s “winning moment” for yourself below!

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When told that she was the winner of a “Second Chance” drawing – because there was no match to the winning number – Desiree shook her head in disbelief and exclaimed ‘Cool!”  Yes, she might not have won $7,000 a week for life, but she was more than happy with her Million Dollar prize. “Hey, it was free!” she said over and over again.  And because she is a PCH SuperFan on Facebook, she also received a bonus of $10,000 a year for life plus $1,000 Cash on the spot.

PCH $1 Million Winner
 

In a follow-up phone call with Desiree, we learned that her family was absolutely “floored” by the news of her win.   So far she has only allowed herself one treat: a massage — a real luxury for this hard-working 30-year old who put herself through college by working three jobs at a time.

Congratulations Desiree, and welcome to our huge and ever-growing family of winners!  And to the rest of you, follow Desiree’s advice: Enter every chance you get and you could be a winner too.

Dave Sayer
PCH Prize Patrol Ambassador