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Press Your Luck Scandal | How Cheating Won Him the Biggest Game Show Prize Ever

Press Your Luck Scandal | How Cheating Won Him the Biggest Game Show Prize Ever

Episode 235 Published 1 year, 7 months ago
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In the 1980s, Michael Larson became an overnight celebrity when he appeared on the game show Press Your Luck and set the record for the biggest single-day winnings in game show history. Larson, an ice cream truck driver from Ohio, didn't become the king of Press Your Luck by chance. He had carefully studied the patterns of the game board and learned how to time his button presses perfectly to land on the high-dollar squares.


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