Apparently not. Dogged by a multistate task force that accuses it of bilking the elderly, American Family Publishers (partly owned by a subsidiary of Time-Warner Inc., parent company of TIME Daily) has agreed to stop telling consumers they are "winners" unless they really are -- and to make it clearer that no purchase is needed to enter the sweepstakes.
The company will also pay a total of $1.25 million to 25 states -- not very much against the $70 million the company says it's given away since 1977. The states may be receiving that money soon.