The good news is that Publishers Clearing House sweepstakes are legitimate – although your odds of winning the current “$5,000 A Week For Life” giveaway are about one in 6.2 billion, according to the official rules. To put that in perspective, the world's population is just shy of 7.8 billion people.

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.

1 in 1.7 billion 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.

PCH is a direct-marketing company that sells merchandise and magazine subscriptions and operates several prize-based websites. While best known for the sweepstakes and Prize Patrol it uses to promote its magazine subscriptions, the majority of the company's revenue is from merchandise.

John Wyllie of White City, OR is the very FIRST recipient of the Publishers Clearing House $5,000.00 A Week "Forever" prize. Check out his winning moment! Do...

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.

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.

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 Prize Patrol has never failed to track down the winner of our SuperPrize awards!

Publishers Clearing House Winners: John Wyllie From White City, Oregon Wins $5,000 a Week "Forever" John Wyllie of White City, OR is the very FIRST recipient of the Publishers Clearing House $5,000.00 A Week "Forever" prize. Check out his winning moment! Do...

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.

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.

Congratulations to our 2023 “Forever” prize winner, Thelma!