Comments on: Jackpot Rewards CEO Jim Miller Explains (Mostly) the Company’s About-Face on Weekly $1 Million Prizes

By: Alicia

Alicia — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:47:29 +0000

My husband signed up for this using my credit card i kept it for a lil bit but than canceled the membership because we werent winning and i didnt use the deals. I canceled it over a month ago and yet their still billing my credit card. so just be careful with this company. I have to call my credit card and stop payment and i hate dealing with those people :/

By: Ken Biastock

Ken Biastock — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:12:56 +0000

We do not want to be on your mailing list; I have unsubscribbed 10x per day for 1-2 weeks and still keep getting e-mails-please remove me

By: Rebekkah

Rebekkah — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 23:36:18 +0000

i was a member 2 months 30 days free. I won Grand Prize Trip to Serengeti Africa for 8 days valued at 11,500 and i am in Pa not Ma
I love Jackpot Rewards

By: Roberta

Roberta — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 13:22:28 +0000

Thanks Brent. I didn’t want to cash it if I was unknowingly signing my life away.

By: Brent

Brent — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 03:53:46 +0000

It’s money Roberta, something that is going to be in short supply soon so take what you can!

By: Roberta

Roberta — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 01:31:09 +0000

They just sent me a check for $10 saying I won it. Don’t know if I shouls cash it. Am I getting myself into something I don’t want if I do?

By: john

john — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:06:08 +0000

I believe the company was started and is based in massachusetts and therefore there probably are a lot of members from Massachusetts. That probably explains why a lot of the winners are from there.

As of June 30, 2008 it looks like they brought back guaranteed prizes each week – this week it is an African Safari trip.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:43:00 +0000

I also just found out about the “guarantee” being taken away today. Didn’t see the rule changes buried at the bottom of the newsletter. Anyway, like Ethan above, prior to reading this article, I had just emailed Jackpot Rewards questioning them on the majority of winners being from MA. I, too, found this fishy. Haven’t cancelled yet, will probably hold off for another month to see what happens.

By: ralph

ralph — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 17:16:10 +0000

To Ethan – The company is based in Massachusetts and was relying on word-of-mouth to get started. (Don’t ask me why.) If anything, all the MA winners show that the website didn’t get the type of viral, national exposure that they’d expected.

Either way, Bait and Switch sure sounds like the case here.

By: Ethan

Ethan — Tue, 27 May 2008 00:09:32 +0000

This is a major Bait and Switch scam. I’d just found out about the new rules right now. I’m going to cancel my membership.
p.s. Anyone every notice that mostly all the winners are from MA? That’s pretty fishy also.

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 03:08:42 +0000

The change in rules was buried at the bottom of the March 31st newsletter. And how on earth can they claim that their little deals of the day is a better incentive than a guaranteed million a week. Do they think the consumer is that stupid?!? This is obvious example of an over-hyped marketing scam that didn’t get the ridiculous membership that they had hoped for. Instead, they refuse to provide any real information on their website and boast million dollar winners from the previous period where they guaranteed it. Guess what… they haven’t had a $1 million winner since!!!!

Death to Jackpot Rewards!

No wonder the financial sector is in crisis… guys like Jim Miller and his backers have no financial/marketing savvy, except for rhetoric and empty promises.

By: curt spaulding

curt spaulding — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:29:59 +0000

Just as one would expect, get all the hype, then take it all away. I still think they are missing the boat unless they don’t have the resources to pay up each week. It sounded to good to be true, maybe so. I’ll ride the wave for just a little bit, but they took the real fun out. quarter million odds is still pretty hefty, 400 to 2000 much better.

By: ralph

ralph — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 17:46:53 +0000

I actually didn’t know that the website had pulled the ‘guarantee’ out of the $1M drawing until a friend of mine had seen an article in the paper about it. I never received a newsletter, and the site is only listing the winning number for the prize, which obviously doesn’t apply to me.

Someone commented on the bait and switch idea, and I agree. I canceled my membership this afternoon.

Great article, BTW.

By: Stacey Malay

Stacey Malay — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 13:15:11 +0000

Hi,

Below is my email to Jackpot rewards and their response. Just seems like they are not getting the numbers they need to sustain a 1 million/week giveaway. I will cancel my membership soon since my odds of winning, now, are not as good.

Oh and I joined only for the million giveaway, I have good rewards programs with my credit card companies!

Dear Stacey,

Thank you for your inquiry. Like any new business, we are constantly looking for ways to bring more value to our customers. The Sunday $1 Million Jackpot drawing will continue to have the best odds of any $1 Million sweepstakes – it just may not have a winner every week. In the coming weeks, we will be introducing more ways for consumers to win cash and other prizes. These new opportunities will give our members even more chances to win, and will create even more winners than before. We apologize that this wasn’t clear in yesterday’s newsletter.

In response to member feedback, we are also enhancing the Deals of the Day to provide members deals they cannot find anywhere else. As members, you are winning in small ways every day with these great savings.

And, as always, if you refer your friends, you increase your chances to win the $1 Million Jackpot by earning bonus entries. We will also be introducing a much easier way for you to use the Refer-A-Friend program soon.

We value you as a Jackpot Rewards member and look forward to bringing you more great shopping deals and new and exciting ways to win. If you have any questions or comments, please let us know.

For additional information regarding the $1 Million Jackpot Rules, please visit:
http://www.jackpotrewards.com/company/sweepsrules/

Regards,

Steve Melanson
Director PMO

—–Original Message—–
From:
Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 10:42 AM
To: membersupport@jackpotrewards.com
Subject: Probably going to cancel my membership since you

are changing your rules about a guaranteed winner every Sunday. That is the whole reason I joined. Pretty disappointed with this decision, why did you make this decision?

I don’t understand how doing this will create more winners as you state in your newsletter. Please explain.

Thanks,
Stacey

Stacey Malay