Publishers Clearing House Swee
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pstakes or Scam
On January 28, 1999, Wisconsin Attorney General James Doyle filed a civil lawsuit against one of the largest sweepstakes promoters in the country, Publishers Clearing House for "allegedly making fraudulent representations" or using deceptive advertising. According to the complaint, ....
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.... Clearing house to change its marketing practices." In addition, Doyle believes that federal legislation should do more to protect consumers from "fraudulent sweepstakes offers."
Publishers Clearing House disagrees, contending that their rules are very specific, that they disclose all of their odds, and that people understand the promotions. Debbie Holland, senior vice president of the company insists that "people don't think that they win" when they receive letters from the company n ....
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