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Who was the greatest game show contestant ever?

April 26, 2017contestant entertainment Music other - television television

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Who was the greatest game show contestant ever?

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Michael Larson. The guy who figured out Press Your Luck’s computerized “random” prize board wasn’t so random after all. “On an episode aired June 8 and 11, 1984, a self-described unemployed ice cream truck driver named Michael Larson made it onto the show. Watching the show at home and with the use of stop-motion on a VCR, Larson discovered that the presumed random patterns of the game board were not random and was able to memorize the sequences to help him stop the board where and when he wanted. … ….Although CBS investigated Larson, they determined that figuring out the patterns was not cheating and let him keep his winnings. The board was reprogrammed for more (and more complicated) patterns to prevent another player from being able to memorize the board like Larson had….. …The entire story was told in a two-hour documentary on GSN titled Big Bucks: The Press Your Luck Scandal. GSN also aired a special rematch edition of Whammy!