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An old TV commercial once promised, “Only Publishers Clearing House can make you so rich, so fast!”
But as some unlucky winners discovered this year, that fortune may not actually last forever.
That’s what happened to John Wyllie, a 61-year-old Oregon man who won $5,000 a week for life from the PCH Prize Patrol in 2012.
According to NBC affiliate KGW8 (1), he received an annual check for $260,000. This helped him retire and buy a house on six acres in scenic Bellingham, Washington.
But those checks suddenly stopped after PCH filed for bankruptcy in 2025,…