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

See the nerve-wracking conclusion of the 1984 game in which Michael Larson is forced to play with 3 passed spins, thanks to Janie. Watch as Michael's total reaches to the all-time highest Press Your Luck total of $110,237 and how he retaliates with Janie.

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[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

[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.

[SamMcIlvaine]

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

[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.

[greenday61892]

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

[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.