Publishers Clearing House has said your chances of winning a top prize such as $7,000 a week for life are “in the hundreds of millions.” Other estimates place your odds at 1 in 1.7 billion. To put that in perspective, your odds of winning the Powerball lottery jackpot are 1 in 292 million.

The odds are so tiny that PCH is at the top of sweepstakes you're least likely to win. If you entered 1,000 times, your odds are still a measly 1 in 6,200,000.

If you have any questions as to whether or not you actually are a winner of a Publishers Clearing House sweepstakes, you should call their customer service number of 1-800-459-4724. Don't trust any other telephone number that may be provided to you by anyone informing you of your win.

If the matching winning number for PCH's Giveaway No. 21000 is assigned to an entrant from this promotion, $7,000 a week for life with a guaranteed minimum of $1,000,000 will be awarded to the winner - Win Cash Sweepstakes. Grand Prize: $7,000 a week for life with a guaranteed minimum of $1,000,000.

Publisher's Clearinghouse Sweepstakes winner Edwin Walker (left) finally got his winning check from PCH's Howie Guja. PUBLISHED: September 1, 2023 at 1:55 p.m. | UPDATED: September 1, 2023 at 5:55 p.m.

The PCH Prize Patrol comes in person to the door of major winners with balloons and roses! You may be contacted by mail, but PCH never calls in advance.

Publisher's Clearinghouse Sweepstakes winner Edwin Walker (left) finally got his winning check from PCH's Howie Guja. PUBLISHED: September 1, 2023 at 1:55 p.m. | UPDATED: September 1, 2023 at 5:55 p.m.

How does Publishers Clearing House make money? The good news is that Publishers Clearing House's sweepstakes really are legitimate. The bad news is that it is extremely hard to win their mega prizes. PCH runs a variety of big creative presentation sweepstakes that give away millions of dollars every year.

Edwin Walker Publisher's Clearing House came to Alabama to award a $1 million check...but no one was home. The well-known contest from the direct marketing company sent its “Prize Patrol” to Albertville this afternoon to find Edwin Walker.

When our famous Publishers Clearing House Prize Patrol awards a prize in person, they make every effort to find that winner. If the winner is at work, on vacation, or away from home, the Prize Patrol will find them.

The PCH Prize Patrol comes in person to the door of major winners with balloons and roses! You may be contacted by mail, but PCH never calls in advance. If you receive a call from someone claiming to be from Publishers Clearing House - just hang up! You haven't heard from the real PCH.

Retired Buffalo Police Officer Won the June 30th PCH SuperPrize! On June 30th the Publishers Clearing House Prize Patrol headed to Buffalo, NY to award Cedric Littlejohn with the $1 Million SuperPrize....