The original post: /r/television by /u/greatmewtwo on 2024-09-06 23:56:46.
Looking at old sweepstakes and contest commercials, I remember being prompted to send postcards and self-addressed stamped envelopes to many PO boxes throughout America in hopes to win a share of swag or spending cash. More specifically, I was thinking of the Snickers Shock Zone promotion that ran in the fall of 1998 where one particular wrapper would net a lucky winner $2,000,000 USD (paid over a 20-year term). However, you do not hear much about the winners of such sweepstakes or promotions unless someone were to really write about it in some way, especially today with the advent of social media.
Is anyone out there aware of those who won those contests or sweepstakes that they flashed up on the TV over the years? How did that all play out?