Just went down to the local market today and already Pepsi is starting its new promotion for...yes, "Play For A Billion" will return for season two. Which means we can twist those yellow caps to our hearts content without having to peak for a code for a free song from under the bottle or looking at it at an angle.

I do have my doubts though since no one got the billion last time...the odds are still astronomical. Impossible, you ask? We shall see come next fall...

QUick question: is this only basic Pepsi or any Pepsi drink (diet, Pepsi One, Mountain Dew, etc.) If it's just plain Pepsi, I'd consider filing a class action suit on behalf of us diabetics....

If every company eventually merges with each other, there is a possibility that no one will be eligible to win any contest, as everybody will work for the same company.

As for the Monopoly stamps, well, I'm sure they check big winners to make sure they're eligible, and everything else is food. But the game stamps are attached to food packaging, and when fry cartons disappear by the case, besides the fact that they're not free, there's nothing left to serve food in.

Back when the Monopoly stamps first appeared, I was working for the local grocery store. The 1st few times they came out, there was a gameboard with 2 free stamps in every Sunday Paper.

Now, our store was a rather small one, however for some odd reason, we stocked alot of major papers, in addition to our locals. Living where i live, the demand for 40 copies of the New York Times wasnt that great. So at the end of the day we threw out all the papers, and what was inside, why 40 free Monopoly game boards. They would have otherwise been chucked in the trash, so me and a few co-workers ate lunch at Mickey D's for a week or two courtesy of the stamps.

I can recall a Co-worker at the same grocery store, getting in hot water for ripping pepsi points off 24-packs back in the early-mid 90's.

The rules for this year are now out:
http://billionsweeps.yahoo.com/pepsico/sta...on04_rules.html

Several notable changes:

1. It will air on ABC this year and not the WB.
2. There will be 200 contestants not 1000 like last year.
3. Of the 200, 150 will be chosen from codes entered online and 50 will be selected via regional sweepstakes.
4. You can have up to 500 entries this year, last year was 300.
5. The show will originate from Los Angeles and not Orlando.

Tim :-)

There are 2 things that remain a mystery:

1. Will Drew Carey host this year's installment?

2. Will the monkey be back again?

Another thing to note is that there are 200 contestants this year instead of the 1000 last year. Each contestant will have 5 times as many winning numbers but there will be 5 times fewer contestants. The overall odds of someone winning the grand prize remain the same.
-Joe Kavanagh

Can you imagine what would happen to ABC if someone won 1 Billion dollars, or even over 10 million?

The billion dollar payout is Warren Buffet's problem, not ABC's or Pepsi's.