April 23rd, 2009

How do companies afford million dollar prizes?

Have you ever wondered how Sponsors make big campaigns with million dollar headlines? Promising to give away $1,000,000 or a new home to one lucky winner? How can they afford it?

Typically, when a million dollar prize is awarded it is insured by a third party. This third party will calculate the odds of a winner or the expected response and, based on these numbers, secure coverage for the prize. So essentially, a million dollar headline may only cost the Sponsor a fraction of that cost.

So in the end… the Sponsor still gets the big headline, prize budgets are kept in control and it can provide a wonderful PR opportunity…a win/win!

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