I go there every so often and play Word Whomp, and I accumulate points. You can then use those points to purchase “tickets” for online cash drawings, anywhere from $50 to $1000.
I was just wondering if anyone had ever cashed in their points and won anything. Also, how do you win the jackpot?
I want to second that. And they get me for 35.00 a year too!
I don’t pay…I put up with the ads.
I won at bingo. Once.
To win the jackpot, “jackpot” has to come up in the little spinny thing after you win a game.
Well, I’ve had the little spinny thing hit “jackpot” once, but it just gave me more tickets. Or was it points? Something I did not use in either case. Maybe I did something wrong? I could have been a Pogo millionaire!!!
Another Pogo player checks in:
The only thing I’ve won is tokens. No, I don’t know what they’re good for. I suppose I could search and read and search and read and find the answer, but I don’t really go to Pogo to win stuff (except tokens!). I think you can use your tokens to buy little “people” and dress them up and such. I don’t do that. I do, however, waste hours on MahJong Garden, Tri-Peaks Solitaire, Word Whomp, and various other games. Yes, I pay the fee and collect the weekly badges to accompany my name on the player list.
If I ever won any real money, I’d shit my pants!
MrsSgtSchwartz won $5. They mailed her a check. She pays the subscription fee. So I don’t know if people win huge jackpots, but people do win.
SSG Schwartz
Um… I guess I hope you never win, then.
It’s not a fly by night company. It’s run by EA Games. I firmly believe that those that they say win, actually do. Of course I never have. Just tokens and a few wallpapers.
ETA My wife won $20 once. I’ll be going there after I check the forums here. Maybe tonight is my lucky night.
I’m a Pogo member too…meaning I pay the $5 a month so I can win the badges. It makes me feel like the time I’m wasting is not for naught. 
The tokens you earn can be used to enter into the weekly drawings, but I never do that. I just accumulate them and sometimes buy stuff for my Mini. I have won wallpapers and screensavers, but no money yet. I don’t play for that purpose anyway. I have learned how to play quite a few games that I wouldn’t have otherwise. For instance, I didn’t know how to play Canasta, but I learned on Pogo and it’s one of my favorite games now. I think the games are well animated and very cute. If any of you Dopers want to get “together” and play cards and chat sometimes, that would be cool!
I don’t participate in the chats. I come here for intelligent conversation. 
I find I get fatigued after playing Word Whomp for awhile…my brain gets fried or something. And sometimes their words are weird.
I think the big prizes are reserved for paying members. I don’t play there often enough to make it worth the fee.
Pogo.com is one of th popups that started showing up on my computer due to a trojan or something. So to me they seem suspect.
But they’re owned by EA Games?! :eek:
-FrL-
They’ve been around a long time. I played there back when I had a Performa 575.
My mom and I play a lot and enter a lot. No wins yet.
I don’t think you have to pay to be eligible to win. At least that’s the impression I got from reading the Help section.
Frylock, pogo.com is a legitimate free game site, and they have lots of different games. They used to have trivia but they stopped that.