Found this rant on YouTube. This fellow doesn’t understand quite a few things about how PIN code contests and sweepstakes work, and why companies run them. Firstly, companies run sweepstakes to sell more products, plain and simple. PIN codes are a way for the company to interact on another level with the consumer. Many of the PIN code promotions have games and activities attached to them designed to make the promotion fun and exciting.

Yes, not everyone has a computer at home, but many can use their computer at work to enter on their lunch hour or visit their local public library.

He also wants to know who regulates games of chance in the United States. Sweepstakes are overseen by the Federal Trade Commission, the United States Postal Service, the Federal Communications Commission and the United States Department of Justice. Ensuring sweepstakes are fair and run correctly is taken very seriously by the U.S. Government.

He rants that even McDonald’s tried to cheat its customers. It did not. One of its employees, a Vice President, tried to cheat both the consumers and the company giving away the winning pieces to friends and family. He was caught. That type of fraud usually comes with a very stiff jail sentence. Since then McDonald’s has implimented further measures to ensure their sweepstakes are run properly.

If you visit YouTube, you can read the comments others have left and I really like the one posted by fitchalfitchal.