484 - The 'Press Your Luck' Scandal
Do Go On29 Jan 2025

484 - The 'Press Your Luck' Scandal

If there's one thing we love, it's game show scandals! And this week we hear about a very successful contestant on the American game show Press Your Luck. But WAS he just lucky, or was there more to it?


This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approximately 09:49 (though as always, we go off on tangents throughout the report).


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REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnMlSVS9hb4

https://www.nofreelunch.co.uk/blog/michael-larson-press-your-luck/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Press_Your_Luck_scandal

https://www.daytondailynews.com/local/lebanons-michael-larson-and-the-110000-press-your-luck-scandal-of-1984/GTVLQYYNN5DGBPFOAKNESTBN5A/

https://www.thisamericanlife.org/412/million-dollar-idea


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