I am glad none of the magazines in North America ever tried to do something like this, though I would have loved to have a weekly or bi-weekly game magazine back then. If I had the money I would have read several different magazines. Trying to collect fake money like that for prizes would be annoying, but it's a good way to encourage people to submit stuff to the magazine. Sort of like getting freebies from some magazines for having our letter printed. Like EGM did with those tacky "In Your Face" t-shirts for being the psycho letter of the month.