Press Your Luck scandal
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title:
Press Your Luck scandal
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The Press Your Luck scandal was contestant Michael Larson's 1984 record-breaking win of $110,237 on the American game show Press Your Luck. An Ohio man with a penchant for get-rich-quick schemes, Larson studied the game show and discovered that its ostensibly randomized game board was actually only five different patterns of lights. After successfully auditioning in person at the Los Angeles studio, Larson performed on May 19, 1984, and beat the show so dramatically, he was accused by executives
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1984 dramatic TV game-show success
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Press_Your_Luck_scandal
date created:
2016-12-31T19:30:17Z
date modified:
2024-09-14T17:31:37Z
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