Big Bucks: The Press Your Luck Scandal, Part 9/11

[JosephJamesScott]

I liked the guy but I understand why they want to paint him as a monster. It's better for CBS if they can paint him as the bad guy rather then a hero, especially considering how they treated him afterwards.

[Jigah2]

There was a rule in the game at the time that if you won more than 20K you had to retire. He even says that. He only wanted to win 20K so he could come back.

[pbrick6301]

I had no idea that this happened on 9/11.

[JoeGutfeld]

You can hear that he didn't want to do it to them.

[GGRSC]

RIP Peter

[HRSoftwareSystems]

I don't think it was cheating either. I think it is funny that they can just retire him

[lilbrian13]

He didn't cheat. CBS just made the game easy enough to wear he could crack it.

[kyanzes]

It looks to me there was no safe quit for him. He had to rely on blind luck if he wanted to quit, right? He knew the repeating winning patterns but not that which would have allowed him to quit.

[greenday61892]

@kyanzes How does that make any sense whatsoever? He could have passed his spins whenever he wanted to.

[StukInBuf]

"You must get someting that has an extra spin; CBS will relinquish the rest of its daytime schedule if you can do that."

I don't think Victor Newman, Nikki, and the rest of them would agree so much...

[Ember121Scorpio]

Just think how heartbreaking it would have been had that square been a whammy

[scorch8282]

@Ember121Scorpio it would have been deserved.

[tsukune007]

by far one of the greatest players of the game. i did a project on this show for my high school. i was hosting the game and 3 of my fellow classmates played the game good and it came down a case of follow the bouncing last spin, and one ended up taking over 23K plus

[Joeey]

His money is very little when you consider what a small collective from Goldman Sachs bank has taken from the US people.

[Muckraker7]

I found this riveting. Noone knew what to do. It was surreal. The audience was even freaking out. He beat the game. He wasn't a cheater.

[rottella24]

Peter told Michael to spend the money wisely. I wonder if Peter had a feeling that Michael was going to do something foolish with the money (which is exactly what ended up happening).

[Shhhsplain]

how could she pass three spins to him with $100000. how would she feel if she cost him all the money

[jrodd5050]

haha she was all bitter at the end "leaving with a lot of memories" LOLLLLZZZ

[jopollak]

yeah, totally not cheating

[Crainlongshot]

If you study for a test is that cheating? You can take a T/F test by guessing at random, or study the material.

[gamshwfan]

He made game show history right here.

[Donhinton]

In Vegas it would certainly be considered cheating but I think the Network knew they wouldn't be able to get out of paying him by claiming fraud. Which in the end is why they gave him is money.

[mrnitrous20]

He didn't cheat he beat them at their own game which is why CBS had to pay up, that must be like winning $500,000 today

[LMLR187]

@mrnitrous20 he passed away

[seige184]

@mrnitrous20 nah w/ inflation it's $224211.38 (inflation clock to 2009)

[SamMcIlvaine]

@mrnitrous20: Inflation calculators put it around 220k. Still a drop in the bucket for CBS. Good for Michael!

[BandBTV1]

Bloody Cheater!