# Has anyone ever won at pogo.com? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 28, 2007, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-won-at-pogo-com/413500 "2007-07-28T17:22:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2007, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-won-at-pogo-com/413500/1 "2007-07-28T17:22:39Z")
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? ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2007, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-won-at-pogo-com/413500/2 "2007-07-28T17:29:44Z")
I want to second that. And they get me for 35.00 a year too! ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2007, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-won-at-pogo-com/413500/3 "2007-07-28T17:35:26Z")
I don’t pay…I put up with the ads. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2007, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-won-at-pogo-com/413500/4 "2007-07-28T19:23:31Z")
I won at bingo. Once. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2007, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-won-at-pogo-com/413500/5 "2007-07-28T19:26:02Z")
To win the jackpot, “jackpot” has to come up in the little spinny thing after you win a game. ---
**Author:** ![Einmon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Einmon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Einmon)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2007, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-won-at-pogo-com/413500/6 "2007-07-28T22:31:04Z")
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!!! ---
**Author:** ![Proudest\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/proudest_monkey/32/13257_2.png) [@Proudest\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Proudest_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2007, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-won-at-pogo-com/413500/7 "2007-07-28T22:50:51Z")
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! ---
**Author:** ![SSG\_Schwartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2007, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-won-at-pogo-com/413500/8 "2007-07-28T23:08:18Z")
**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 ---
**Author:** ![sinjin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@sinjin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sinjin)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2007, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-won-at-pogo-com/413500/9 "2007-07-29T01:01:54Z")
[QUOTE=Proudest Monkey] If I ever won any real money, I’d shit my pants! [/QUOTE] Um… I guess I hope you never win, then. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2007, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-won-at-pogo-com/413500/10 "2007-07-29T01:56:38Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2007, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-won-at-pogo-com/413500/11 "2007-07-29T02:26:53Z")
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! ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2007, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-won-at-pogo-com/413500/12 "2007-07-29T13:33:34Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2007, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-won-at-pogo-com/413500/13 "2007-07-29T15:50:48Z")
I think the big prizes are reserved for paying members. I don’t play there often enough to make it worth the fee. ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2007, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-won-at-pogo-com/413500/14 "2007-07-29T16:13:51Z")
[Pogo.com](http://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- ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2007, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-won-at-pogo-com/413500/15 "2007-07-29T17:46:32Z")
They’ve been around a long time. I played there back when I had a Performa 575. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2007, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-won-at-pogo-com/413500/16 "2007-07-29T17:50:04Z")
My mom and I play a lot and enter a lot. No wins yet. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2007, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-won-at-pogo-com/413500/17 "2007-07-29T20:23:07Z")
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](http://pogo.com) is a legitimate free game site, and they have lots of different games. They used to have trivia but they stopped that.