McDonald’s for life? A new contest gives customers chance at 50 years of free food

McDonald’s has announced it will bring back its McGold Card, a card that gives the owner free meals for life.

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Beginning Monday, every order made with the McDonald’s app that cost at least $1, will earn the customer an entry in the contest to win the card.

The cardholder will get two free meals a week for 50 years.

There will be three winners, and those winners will each get three extra cards to give away for a total of 12 cards being won. There will be other prizes awarded. The contest ends on Dec. 25.

It is not the first time the fast-food giant has given out the McGold Card.

The previous contest to win the card was in 2018. That card also allowed the winner to get two free meals a week for 50 years.

“Our fans have been fascinated by the lore of the McGold Card and if it really exists. And now, we’ll make this McDonald’s legend a reality for our fans by giving them the ultimate holiday gift — a chance to win a card and then share access to it with three of their family or friends,” McDonald’s USA chief marketing officer Tariq Hassan said in a release.