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[Azzurri]

I'm talking the big prizes not free food, it's because the Itlaian mafia rigged the goddamn game.



How crazy is that shit? I never knew until recently.

 

[West Texas CEO]

 

[Azzurri]

No wonder I never got Boardwalk

 

[Dai Kaiju]

Someone won the harrier jet that they advertised on the commercials one time. Apparently, they were told something along the lines of “LOL” when they tried to claim the prize so they had to take McDonald’s to court. if I’m remembering correctly, the judge ruled that they had to cough up a harrier jet for the prize winner somehow.

 

[ManaByte]

HBO made a full documentary about this.

McMillion$ | Official Website for the HBO Series | HBO.com

The official website for McMillion$ on HBO, featuring interviews, schedule information, behind the scenes exclusives, and more.

www.hbo.com

 

[Xyrmellon]

Yeah, long story short the mob infiltrated the company that printed the game pieces and the big winners were given to pre arranged winners.

 

[triplestation]

dont forget the truckloads of pokeyman cards

 

[Blade2.0]

HBO made a full documentary about this.

McMillion$ | Official Website for the HBO Series | HBO.com

The official website for McMillion$ on HBO, featuring interviews, schedule information, behind the scenes exclusives, and more.

www.hbo.com

Watched it. It was crazy.

 

[GloveSlap]

Someone won the harrier jet that they advertised on the commercials one time. Apparently, they were told something along the lines of “LOL” when they tried to claim the prize so they had to take McDonald’s to court. if I’m remembering correctly, the judge ruled that they had to cough up a harrier jet for the prize winner somehow.

Pretty sure you're thinking of Pepsi points.

 

[Tschumi]

This is like the most fun news I've seen in a while

He let me have some nuggest at least...

 

[usctrojan]

i was more than happy pulling a free fries or cheeseburger every now and then

 

[Jennings]

I've known about this caper for years, but I didn't realize the mafia was behind it. I just thought it was some random dude at the factory giving winning pieces to his friends and splitting all the money.

 

[AJUMP23]

I remember St Jude one year was sent the Boardwalk piece.

Also I won a lot a fries, and burgers in the monopoly game.

 

[funkygunther]

he was selling Big Macs on the corner, and the mob wanted in

 

[Soodanim]

i was more than happy pulling a free fries or cheeseburger every now and then

When you have no expectations you can only be pleasantly surprised

 

[Dural]

I've known about this caper for years, but I didn't realize the mafia was behind it. I just thought it was some random dude at the factory giving winning pieces to his friends and splitting all the money.

It wasn't the mafia behind it, it was one guy (that wasn't part of the mafia) that got other people to help, one of those people being related to the mafia.

In 2005 the Monopoly game included Best Buy bucks, you were guaranteed at least $1 per sticker pull that could be used at BB. I sent in several hundred self addressed stamped envelopes and received one of the BB stickers and four of the monopoly game pieces per envelope. Ended up with several hundred dollars to use at BB and a shitload of free food for McDs. Didn't get any big prize though. The BB bucks had the ability to be used online, but it didn't invalidate it for being used in store. I ended up buying a bunch of the 360 launch games with the BB bucks online then going in store to use them to buy other things. It was great!

 

[Mistake]

It wasn't the mafia behind it, it was one guy (that wasn't part of the mafia) that got other people to help, one of those people being related to the mafia.

In 2005 the Monopoly game included Best Buy bucks, you were guaranteed at least $1 per sticker pull that could be used at BB. I sent in several hundred self addressed stamped envelopes and received one of the BB stickers and four of the monopoly game pieces per envelope. Ended up with several hundred dollars to use at BB and a shitload of free food for McDs. Didn't get any big prize though. The BB bucks had the ability to be used online, but it didn't invalidate it for being used in store. I ended up buying a bunch of the 360 launch games with the BB bucks online then going in store to use them to buy other things. It was great!

Reminds me of this old story

 

[StreetsofBeige]

There's also professional contest losers who submit tons of applications knowing the clearing house isn't going to cross verify every form even though every contest says one entry per person.

At one of my old companies the same person won 3 years in a row.