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How an Ex-Cop Rigged McDonald’s Monopoly Game and Stole Millions
Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2018 9:24 pm
by FlyingPenguin
Long read, but really fascinating story. I vaguely remember the hullabaloo about this at the time.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-an-ex ... e-millions
Re: How an Ex-Cop Rigged McDonald’s Monopoly Game and Stole Millions
Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2018 10:29 pm
by Pugsley
Wow... had no ideal it could be that fixed.
Re: How an Ex-Cop Rigged McDonald’s Monopoly Game and Stole Millions
Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2018 4:27 pm
by Losbot
Damn good story.
Re: How an Ex-Cop Rigged McDonald’s Monopoly Game and Stole Millions
Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2018 9:12 pm
by psypher
There was a big biding war for the rights to the movie, 20th Century Fox with Ben Affleck and Matt Damon got the rights for 1 million.
In the end, it was 20th Century Fox and Ben Affleck and Matt Damon's Pearl Street Films' bid of $1 million — a huge sum for an 8,700-word web feature — that beat out other bids from Universal, Netflix and Warner Bros.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ ... ry-1132107