Has anyone ever won a contest by Pepsi, Mountain Dew or any commercial company, sweepstakes etc.?

I don't play those pop the top, flip the label, scratch off, log onto Dr Pepper dot com type of contests because I have never - heard - of - ANYONE winning them. And that goes for the fast food chains too. If you have EVER heard of anyone winning one of the 100 contest promotions they have going on each year, please hollar back.

Has anyone ever won a contest by Pepsi, Mountain Dew or any commercial company, sweepstakes etc.?
Same here...no...I have never won and do not know anyone who has....The funny thing is you would think the lottery would be harder to win but I know someone in my hometown who won $6,000,000!!!! I think it is time for someone to win a friggin' mcdonalds or pepsi contest! Good point!
Reply:my nephew won a shirt and a skateboard from the lunchables company. But it was one of the automatic winner, from the inside of the box, it was really cute. and an expensive skateboard
Reply:I won muffins and coffee from Tim Horton's. NEVER the car. I got a t-shirt from someone once, don't remember what company.
Reply:I've only won a few free 20 oz. drinks, but nothing other than that. I've pretty much given up on checking codes and such; I think it's really a waste of time. I have some of the worst luck! lol.
Reply:Several years ago, Chevron had a contest where you had to collect and match game pieces (obtained by visiting any participating gas station, no purchase required) to win various prizes (money, new car, free gas for a year, small bags of Jelly Belly candy, etc.) In my case, I managed to win several bags of Jelly Bellys (those were instant win prizes) and one mail-in prize, a limited edition "Danni Driver" Chevron toy car. Of course, the toy car isn't particularly valuable, but it was one of the prizes that could only be obtained by mailing in the game pieces for verification.





My understanding of those contests is that the really big prizes are tightly controlled by the company. Rare game pieces are sent to specific areas around the country to prevent million-dollar prizes from being won in the same location (the idea is to spread the wealth so that anyone can win something big regardless of whether they live in rural Nebraska or in Los Angeles). If you recall, McDonalds had a scandal a few years ago when some employees of the company that they had hired to distribute the big prize game pieces conspired to distribute them to a few selected friends and relatives. The scheme fell apart when one of the people involved wasn't satisified with his "cut" of the prize money and started talking.

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