Big Bucks: The Press Your Luck Scandal, Part 10/11

Find out how the people of CBS, the Press Your Luck crew, the host, and Michael's apponents reacted after the game from 1984 ended.

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[jopollak]

it's only cheating if you change the elements of the game...what he did was like card counting

[DorvellTStewart]

"The prevaling question was how could we let this happen? What can we do about it? Do we pay the guy his money?"

Ok Cbs, here are the answers.

1, Because you were too stupid to realize that the board wasn't random. You designed it in a way that was bound to be figured out, so it's your own fault this happened.

2, nothing

and 3, Unless there's some rule saying you can't watch a game show and figure out a winning strategy, then yes, you should pay Michael his money.

Good thing you did!

[irishkitty756]

@jopollak Card counting is also illegal...

[EmpKazbar]

I can't blame them for thinking it was cheating back when it happened. That has to be your first assumption without the information they give you in this documentary. That said, he obviously wasn't cheating. Just really good at memorizing patterns.

[JoNnYShizzle]

@jopollak Exactly, it's not illegal. It's frowned upon, like masturbating on an airplane.

[specimen25]

@facefacts911 wow lol

[achoiusa]

The irony is Michael Larson could have used his achievement at winning at Press Your Luck and got any job on Wall Street - Wall Street is always looking for talented people who had "cracked" the system and made tons of money!

[bullet50000]

@jopollak

Not really, because casinos can kick you out for card counting, or even just doing good. They had to pay Larson

[MrBennetzen]

It took 22 yrs for CBS to finally acknowledge this.

[Deckers9870]

@Gimperman Michael Larson too.

[Hallinilla9]

rthzgh

[Gimperman]

R.I.P. Peter, Bill, & Rod.