Big Bucks: The Press Your Luck Scandal, Part 6/11

This clip reveals analysis of how Michael Larson strategized his winning streek. Also shown: find out how this Press Your Luck genius cracked the code to win the most money ever on the show.

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• Big
• Bucks
• The
• Press
• Your
• Luck
• Scandal

[alexbluegrass]

Michael Larson is the man! A pure genious!

[LeBrad]

You ever seen any of those guys that take a deck of shuffled cards, memorise the order in 10 minutes and can recite it perfectly? Or the guy that memorised pi to 10.000 places?

Never underestimate some peoples' crazy good memories.

[duckisays]

@alexbluegrass It's "genius" genius. ; )

[hawaiiguykailua]

I knew the board when I was 7 years old, trust me he wasn't a genius it was just a simple board that was pretty limited.

[Jessyleppert]

He was the Charles Van Doren of the 1980s.

[soundwave803]

Michael Larson was the Ken Jennings of his day.

[HRSoftwareSystems]

Wow that is so smart! Is it really cheating if you just figure out how it works? Its not like he tampered with the board

[metalsnake27]

I always knew this had a pattern without even watching it for long.... however the thing about 4 and 8 no having whammies is a huge mistake.

[GreenDeathFlavor]

The statement made at 5:14 is only partially true. Other tiles had no whammy as well but Michael target 4 and 8 because each cash prize on those tiles also had an extra spin so that's how Michael went on and on and on and on until he decided he won enough from them.

[Wardenclyffeforever]

The skill here wasn't an awesome memory, it was amazing concentration and timing more than anything.

[danthemadhatter]

This guy deserved his money. This isn't cheating anymore than practicing hitting pitches repeatedly to be sure you hit the ball every time is cheating.

[Ember121Scorpio]

This is an example of how to con a game show, the idiot in the How to be a Millionaire con is how 'not' to con a game show