Persistence paid off for Richard Maigatter (pronounced “My-gator”) last week when Dave Sayer of the PCH Prize Patrol arrived unannounced at his Appleton, Wisconsin home to present a $100,000.00 Tax Free Prize. Mr. Maigatter played the PCH Sweepstakes online five times a week for the past 10 years, hoping one day his entry would be […]

When the PCH Prize Patrol goes on the road to a surprise a cash prize winner, they usually stop at a local florist to buy a dozen roses before the big winning moment. From time to time in our PCH mailings and PCH online promotions, we tell folks about this, to give them a glimpse […]

PCH Prize Patrol Notes from the road, following a recent surprise prize award in Raleigh-Durham Area … We arrived at Newton Grove Florist at 10:00 this morning to collect a dozen roses and inflate balloons with the help of the formerly skeptical proprietress. We waited to see if any of the media would venture down […]

A fond memory for us is when we surprised $10,000 cash sweepstakes winner Henry Wilson in Sumter, SC a little after 11:00 in the morning this past Veteran’s Day. His entire family was home to welcome us for the prize award because it was a holiday. Henry smiled from ear to ear when we told […]

During a recent PCH cash sweepstakes prize winner tour, my PCH Prize Patrol partner, Sally, and I drove 350 miles across the state of Missouri to Kansas City. Along the way we stopped for gas and food at a 1950’s-style truck stop and got the eye from the locals while we hungrily filled up on […]

PCH Prize Patrol member Danielle and I landed in Columbus, OH just hours after helping Dave Sayer award Marilyn Ragin her $1 Million SuperPrize. What a difference a few hours of flight time makes! It was 66 degrees and sunny in Miami. Columbus was Miami’s polar opposite: snowy and cold! Despite that, it was great […]

After the PCH Prize Patrol surprised Million Dollar SuperPrize Winner Natalie Bostelman at work, her sister-in-law called up to ask if she still wanted pizza for dinner. In an interview featured in About.com, Natalie said even though her sister-in-law thought maybe the new millionaire would want caviar now, she preferred pizza instead! Since that big […]

Hi, this is Natalie again. I’m the August 2008 winner of $1 Million from Publishers Clearing House and boy, what a thrilling day I’ve had as I got to relive the ecstasy of my own PCH winning moment, through the joy of a new PCH SuperPrize winner. It all started when this morning I rolled […]

Just Out Of The Shower, Just in Case As you may know by now, we like to catch our winners by surprise and bring some completely unexpected joy into their lives. But sometimes, every so often, word gets around BEFORE we reach the town we’re visiting that PCH is on the way there for a […]

Our trip to Baraboo included a drive through Madison, Wisconsin where we admired and photographed the impressive state capitol building. Then it was off to the florist in Baraboo where the congenial staff prepared a dozen roses and helium balloons for the surprise winning moment of our new PCH Cash Sweepstakes Prize Winner, Mike Schultz. […]