Readers digest was another one just about as bad as publishers clearing.
My mother died at 98 and we had piles and piles of never opened CD's, Videos, tapes and unread books to get rid of.
Being virtually blind she no longer read and I had to hot glue her TV control so that she could only on/off and channel change.
She insisted that she'd eventually win as surely she was next and even thou they stated no purchase was necessary to win she always figured her odds would be better if she made purchases.
Mind you this was probably her only vice and at that relatively harmless.
We also had a french version of the digest and local newspaper discovered trash bins of unopened entry forms to their draw.
And , Yes because she participated she would get every offering of collectible coins, artist plates, stamp collections and commemorative coins issued.