# Publisher's Clearinghouse Sweepstakes **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 15, 2013, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/publishers-clearinghouse-sweepstakes/671354 "2013-10-15T23:20:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2013, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/publishers-clearinghouse-sweepstakes/671354/1 "2013-10-15T23:20:33Z")
I’ll admit it. I place the stickers on the entry form and send it back. My brother knows a guy who won $5,000 from this, so people really DO win those things. 🆒 Has anyone else here won a prize from them, or worked for them and has inside dirty? I don’t buy stuff from them, however. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2013, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/publishers-clearinghouse-sweepstakes/671354/2 "2013-10-15T23:22:15Z")
Since the OP is asking about personal experiences, let’s move this to IMHO. Colibri General Questions Moderator ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2013, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/publishers-clearinghouse-sweepstakes/671354/3 "2013-10-16T03:50:02Z")
I meant, “inside dirt”. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2013, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/publishers-clearinghouse-sweepstakes/671354/4 "2013-10-16T11:27:06Z")
It’s still around? ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2013, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/publishers-clearinghouse-sweepstakes/671354/5 "2013-10-16T15:42:58Z")
Sure. I see ads for it all the time on TV. The grand prize now is $7,000 a week for life. ---
**Author:** ![amaguri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@amaguri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amaguri)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2013, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/publishers-clearinghouse-sweepstakes/671354/6 "2013-10-16T16:02:43Z")
As far as I know, we never won anything. But when I was a kid, I used to love filling out the form… all those little stamps and stickers and scratch-offs really appealed to me for some reason :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2013, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/publishers-clearinghouse-sweepstakes/671354/7 "2013-10-16T16:32:38Z")
I don’t have any inside dirt, but I can tell you that if you enter the sweeps via the website, you will be bombarded with e-mails with links to all kinds of crap. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2013, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/publishers-clearinghouse-sweepstakes/671354/8 "2013-10-16T18:12:22Z")
Good lord, I’m glad I no longer get carpet bombed with crap from them. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2025, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/publishers-clearinghouse-sweepstakes/671354/9 "2025-09-16T17:40:56Z")
Bumped. Not good, not good at all: > **[Publishers Clearing House’s bankruptcy means ‘forever’ winners will no longer...](https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/16/business/publishers-clearing-house-bankruptcy-winners-lose-prizes)** > > For nearly 60 years, Publishers Clearing House had been known for changing individuals’ lives, fulfilling their dreams with prize money it promised would keep coming for as long as they lived. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2025, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/publishers-clearinghouse-sweepstakes/671354/10 "2025-09-17T03:24:37Z")
Where will that leave Roy Miller’s parents? They won it twice without even entering it! > **[Knight and Day](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knight_and_Day)** > > This is an accepted version of this page > > Knight and Day is a 2010 American satirical action comedy film directed by James Mangold and starring Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz. The film was the second on-screen collaboration of Cruise and Diaz after Vanilla Sky (2001). The film follows June Havens (Diaz), a classic car restorer, who unwittingly gets caught up with Roy Miller (Cruise), an eccentric secret agent, as Roy is on the run from the CIA. > The film's investors offset funding costs by paying ...