"Press your luck" Scandal (widescreen, HBO, best, difference)
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Paul Michael Larson (May 10, 1949 – February 16, 1999) was an American contestant on the television game show Press Your Luck in 1984. ... As a result, Larson lost all of his winnings within two years of the show's taping and moved to Florida, where he later died of throat cancer at the age of 49.
no, no, no.. That doesn't even BEGIN to touch upon how sad and stupid this story is.
You cut out all the crazy.
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In November 1984, Larson learned about a local radio show promotion promising a $30,000 prize for matching a $1 bill's serial number with a random number read out on the air. Over several days, he withdrew his remaining winnings in $1 bills, examined each dollar, and (upon discovering that he did not have the winning number) re-deposited roughly half of the money. Larson left about $50,000 in his house, which was stolen in a burglary while he was attending a Christmas party.
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Larson soon got caught up in an illicit scheme to sell part of a foreign lottery, and he fled Ohio.
Yeah, I see it now, but it wasn't there the first time I looked.. Weird.
Yeah I used the IMG tags to put up a youtube video the first time and it didnt show up for some reason. That usually works. Oh well.
The last time I saw those documentary, I remember them saying he was trying all kinds of get rich quick schemes before he struck gold with press your luck.
He was the Thomas Edison of scams. "I have not failed I just found 10000 ways that didnt work".
I missed it the first time around only because I was still crawling round in nappies then.
I believe Game Show Network re-runs the documentary occasionally. I saw it a few years ago at a neighbor's house when I was installing their new widescreen.
Agree with the other poster. This isn't a "scandal" at all. He figured out how the system worked and used it to his advantage while playing by the rules. I think it got labeled a "scandal" because sensationalistic language sells headlines (meaning: ad time) in the corporate ma$$ media.
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