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AFP and PCH competed for exclusive rights to magazines and for the better promotion and prize ideas. When AFP increased their jackpot to $1 million, [11] and then to $10 million in 1985, PCH raised its prizes to match. [5] $7 million in prizes were distributed by 1979, [13] $40 million by 1991, [6] and $137 million by 2000. [10]
Bob Castleberry (August 10, 1929 – October 21, 2004) was a former contest winner and the former mayor of Denton, Texas. Less than a year previous to his election, Castleberry won the Publishers Clearing House $10 million sweepstakes.
Many believe, incorrectly, that Ed McMahon was the spokesperson for PCH. Star Search host Ed McMahon worked for only American Family Publishers according to a 1992 interview [7].The $25,000 Pyramid host Dick Clark was a spokesperson for AFP as well. [1] PCH remains in business and promotes its products by means of sweepstakes.
Jun. 29—Scammers are using a Publisher Clearing House ruse as the latest tactic to take people's money. Publishers Clearing House sweepstakes are legitimate, however, scammers have honed in on a ...
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Publishers Clearing House agreed to pay $3.5 million, not to a lucky prize winner, but to a collection of states that accused the marketing company of once again misleading consumers. A decade ...
Of those three companies, only Publishers Clearing House continues to use sweepstakes as a promotional device and as recently as 2010 paid $3.5 million to settle charges that it had violated the terms of a 2001 multi-state agreement for which it was fined $34 million. [13] [14]
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