Game Show Cheats & Scandals

These are the three fascinating stories of the biggest scandals in TV game show history.
Perhaps the most famous game show cheat: Charles Ingram aka the Coughing Major, along with his wife Diana and fellow contestant, Tecwen Whittock, who came up with a plan to win Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.
Let's throw it back to the 1950s, when game shows and quiz shows first became popular. Shows like Dotto, $64,000 Question and Twenty-One dominated the ratings, but turns out the shows were rigged. Contestants like Herb Stempel and Charles Van Doren were cast almost like actors by the producers to play their roles to keep sponsors happy. So how did it all get exposed?
Finally, Michael Larson, whose ingenious plan left Press Your Luck host, contestants, audience and producers completely astounded. Find out how he hacked the system to outsmart 1980s hit show.
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[@amglimpse]

Yep, as many people have pointed out, Michael Larson didn’t technically cheat, but it was a big scandal at the time! Thanks for watching 🧡

[@newlineschannel]

Ok

[@bobjohnston9154]

Kind of like card counting at the Blackjack table. Is it cheating or just outwitting the house? I go with the latter.

[@herzogsbuick]

@@bobjohnston9154 ya i go with the latter too. that married couple in the UK Who Wants To Be A Millionaire were cheaters, but Michael Larson (who played poorly at first!) just figured out patterns. @amglimpse is right, it was a big scandal so i feel it's appropriate being here, that's why the video's called "Cheats and Scandals", not just "Cheats"

[@samanderson6194]

Your the man bro something tells me your a coolkunt as much as ya content behind the screen keep em coming G

[@bodyloverz30]

@@bobjohnston9154 Skill.

[@mrowley7300]

Michael figured out the pattern and used it against the show, can't help but respect the guy for that

[@WobblesandBean]

No he didn't, his wife did. They conspired together, he didn't figure out anything. Either way, he rightfully had his winnings stripped, cuz he cheated.

[@MetisRose95]

@@WobblesandBean Michael is the No Whammy guy. Charles is the Millionaire guy. Charles and his wife cheated. Michael just noticed a pattern.

[@r32juan]

@@WobblesandBean watch again 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@kennethcochran1556]

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[@A-small-amount-of-peas]

My respect evaporated when I heard about the Ponzi scheme part at the end

[@emdotrod]

What Michael Larson did is to study the game and exploited it so hard that the producer thought he was cheating.

[@adamnedeff3102]

Actually (glasses pushed up) nobody in the studio thought he was cheating. There was a documentary about this some years back, and I’ve also had the good fortune to meet and work with actual network executives who were there when it happened. The idea that somebody might memorize the patterns had been brought up when the series was in development, and the concern was always dismissed with a “Pfft, what are the odds of THAT happening?” In that studio, while he was doing what he did, the reaction in the control room was closer to “Oh shit, he’s done it.” They knew immediately.

[@beekarinsaan]

@@adamnedeff3102 what do you mean glasses pushed up? Did you actually mean you pushed up your glasses when typing your reply? 😂🤣

[@childofcascadia]

@beekarinsaan Wow, prove you know nothing about internet culture a little harder, huh?

[@freedustin]

@@childofcascadia cringe

[@beekarinsaan]

@@childofcascadia might as well answer the question or just move on. Why waste time with a stupid comment like that?

[@nasis18]

Michael memorized the pattern. That's not cheating. That's skill.

[@jekw23]

Agree, I couldn’t do it. This isn’t cheating at all

[@davidf2244]

Tell me you didn't watch the video without telling me that you didn't watch the video.

[@KylezGotGame]

Exactly, it’s like counting cards at a casino. It’s technically not illegal because it’s not cheating, but frowned upon by the casinos and will kick you out for it, but they have to give you your winnings.

[@nasis18]

@@KylezGotGame Agreed.

[@AyeThatsHandsomePete]

@@davidf2244 you should delete that comment dude, you look absolutely foolish.

[@SirPumpkinSlice]

Wait the Whammy guy did not cheat, that is just skillful play

[@lvgeeco7121]

Title also included Scandal

[@SirPumpkinSlice]

@@lvgeeco7121 That is true, between this and the Price is Right doc I watched, game show producers come across as bad sports.

[@richardignatowicz8532]

Thats what I thought. He didn't cheat just on the verge of obsession.

[@quentinparhiala9415]

your right

[@Timothee_Chalamet_CMBYN]

@@lvgeeco7121 it was updated after

[@Himbeaw]

What Michael achieved was f**king brilliant. Noticed a pattern, and absolutely took advantage of it. He’s skilled, not a cheater or a hack, and anyone in his position would’ve done the same.

[@75aces97]

Not everyone would. Pretty much anyone can do homework, but most don’t.

[@MichaelDiSalvoSATandACTTutor]

Problem is he tried to make his life a cheat code

[@exocolt15]

Nobody in the commentary said he cheated. What happened is a scandal which is part of the videos name. Having said that it’s weird ur so fervently defending a thief.

[@gimmick206]

If you cheat, make sure to not be perfect. First rule on the book.

[@leonideschnuppe6944]

Like my mum: She allways cheated at her tests in chemistry class in school, but only to get a 3 (equivalent to e.g. a C in the USA), so her teacher never noticed it 😅

[@kidkidkid792]

@@leonideschnuppe6944 where do you use 1-5 system?

[@DomMarmelo]

@@kidkidkid792 In Portugal we use 1-5 system

[@itsmealex8959]

But in order to cheat, you have to go against the rules in the book, so you have to break the first rule on the book and be perfect.

[@mojorisin8368]

In?

[@WobblesandBean]

This always seemed kinda insane in hindsight to me. How did people NOT notice the constant coughing?

[@asmileisspecial]

The coughs we hear in the audio were enhanced in post production (not by the KZbinr, by the production company). The coughs might have been slightly quieter in real life, I really wish I we could see the actual episode without the audio enhancement to get an idea of what the coughing really sounded like.

[@wesleywarsmith1113]

@@asmileisspecial From the viewers perspective sure. But none of the 100 people on the set noticed? The set is not large and dead silent unless clapping is happening.

[@bigbearkat2010]

@@wesleywarsmith1113 They did notice, that's how he got caught. The only person on staff that didn't notice at the time was the host.

[@fendyoasis8933]

@@wesleywarsmith1113 I believe somebody was interviewed in the room and notice the coughing and the cheating especially the last question. One of them look at the cheating contestant and knew the answer was googol and put a stern look to not to cough and the guy coughed anyway. I mean there were people in the room that did notice.

[@samanderson6194]

He also was circumsized

[@awfulfalafelwafflerofl2800]

Holy shit! Michael Larson was only 35 when he was on Press Your Luck?! I would have guessed he was in his late 50s at least!

[@MichaelDiSalvoSATandACTTutor]

Too much ice cream

[@DanielMcCauley-up7oq]

Betcha heavy smoker

[@johnnyquest9519]

He died shortly after winning that money

[@cecemepls0]

Michael did not cheat in my opinion….the producers just didn’t expect anyone to see the spins as anything other than random 🤷🏼‍♀️ Whether it was Michael or not, surely someone would’ve noticed at some point, I’m sure some game fanatics already knew but never got a chance on the show. If you want your game to be truly random, you have to work harder to make sure it’s actually random lmao I think he deserved his win….

[@JediMastr80]

The fact they only had 5 different patterns back then, I'm kind of surprising somebody didn't do this sooner. I did read that after this happened with Larson, they did replace the 5 original patterns with 5 new ones (most likely as a temp measure to throw anybody that tried it after his episode's airing). Then in August 1984, it was further reprogrammed with 32 different patterns, which would be pretty much impossible to cheat that unless somebody had a photographic memory. For modern versions of Press Your Luck being done today, I could see some additional patterns being used, with the possibility of it randomly switching between multiple patterns on the fly, making it pretty random for anybody that tried and next to impossible to memorize. This is just a guess, I have no evidence of this.

[@N1120A]

Larson had the perfect job for it too. He was an ice cream man in a cold state, which meant he didn't work most of the winter and was able to constantly watch PYL and memorize the patterns.

[@laurenmp7486]

@@JediMastr80 I watched Press Your Luck as a kid and I figured out there was a pattern, I never sat around figuring out how many there were or anything, but I could tell there were definite patterns. So yeah it wasn't exactly hard to figure out and the surprise is it took so long

[@Verilee1970]

I like how, "he moved to Florida," is all the explanation one needs to understand how somebody evaded both the IRS and the SEC.

[@juggerfox]

and the FBI?! What is Florida, like the bermuda triangle?? xD

[@MinecraftMartin]

He became Florida Man, who can't be caught because Florida Man is legion, he is many.

[@mikewalsh1189]

Lol I thought the same thing

[@DavidZanter]

Lol, same thought. "He escaped the US government..... by moving to Florida"

[@masterdoge987]

The saddest thing about Charles Ingram’s case - other than the fact that his £1M question was stupidly easy - is that he was effectively the game show Icarus. He could’ve just guessed Onassis on question 8, walked away with a cool £8,000, and still kept his public image. But instead, he tried flying too close to the sun, and lost his giant prize. Truly a sad story.

[@TayWoode]

Greed! I thought the last question was easy too but then I remembered not a lot of people had heard of it back then, I actually thought it was Judith Keppels last question

[@potato5602]

​@TayWoode he was was a civil engineer, by didaction he could've found the right answer to googol because the other ones had know suffixes (mega, giga, nano). Just like he could've figured out the name of Paris' architecture style being Haussmann.

[@apocratos0174]

Nah Greeedy show owners didnt wanted to give up the money.... Disgusting people.... With people in charge like that no wonder uk went down the drain

[@scalzmoney]

I know this was England but how do you not know who Jackie Kennedy's second husband was? It's a trivia show. Maybe don't go on there if you're not good at it.

[@RubyBlueUwU]

⁠@@scalzmoneyI’m guessing the time affects it, we have significantly less interest in the Kennedys or the us presidents in general, there’s no reason we’d care too much about the widow of one. She wasn’t that much of a celebrity here, I only knew it from references in American TV, it’s unnecessary information about pop culture that isn’t ours. The trivia on these shows is, by nature, completely random, it’s impossible to perfect every subject. That said, I’m still surprised he couldn’t make an educated guess on it.

[@DemonsSister]

I honestly feel the "Press the Luck" guy didn't cheat. He just learned the game.

[@quentinparhiala9415]

me to

[@jeremywj]

The fact that CBS paid him settles the question of if he cheated or not. He did not.

[@Kamesuko]

He didn’t cheat but he sure as shit sucked at investing

[@luigifan4585]

Of course he didn't cheat, CBS was just salty that they had to pay out so much money to him since he figured out PYL's roulette

[@charlottestreet3301]

​@@jeremywj its also called game show scandals to

[@Person01234]

"he was wanted by the SEC, the IRS and the FBI, so he fled to florida" that cracked me up for some reason.

[@N1120A]

Larson's memorization of the PYL board was absolutely incredible. If he hadn't gotten nervous, he could have gone on indefinitely.

[@kcbh24]

Michael died at 49 in 1999? He looked 49 in the 1980's

[@MisterVercetti]

Something a lot of folks don't know about the Michael Larson situation was just how close he came to losing it all. Notice the last square he lands on: it switches from $700 + a spin to the Bahamas. The other value it could have switched to instead of the trip? A Whammy. So yeah, despite his amazing skill in getting to that point, it really did come down to luck in the end.

[@75aces97]

That’s the thing. It’s one thing to be able to hit a button at home on your vcr, where you lose nothing when you get it wrong. It’s another to do it on television in front of an audience, where you lose it all if you’re off by tenths of a second. It’s impressive that he backed off before he took one turn too many. 😊

[@JasonEmerson711]

Great assessment. He def was taking a random shot on that last spin. Interesting note: It was said that about 1 in 6 spins ends in a whammy. Sounds eerily similar to a random dice throw when the result is a 7: 1 in 6 odds.

[@aznpikachu215]

Really close, one picture away from that Whammy.

[@CrackingCody]

I'm thankful most people here have indeed pointed out that Larson isn't a cheater. Learning how a game works and playing it like a GAME isn't cheating.

[@samanderson6194]

Learn all the Rules...so you know how to break em properly" - Dali Lama

[@XiaoFury]

The producers got annoyed and didn't want to give the big prize money.

[@asmileisspecial]

I love true crime where nobody dies! You’ve already covered scams I didn’t know about so thank you! Subscribed, I think the algorithm is favouring your channel now as you were recommended to me.

[@tonnynaomi3926]

i discovered this channel few i've been binging on it since. tbh, i'm kind of tired of murder true crime. it's just so depressing and the sensationalization of some of them just puts me off and a lot of the stories are recycled. but this channel is different. a lot of the cases covered by this channel are relatively new to me. and the vibes this channel gives off is not "woo murder blood mental illness scary" it's more so "woo scandal, money, scams" and i find it kind of refreshing. and as a teenager who had just gotten into the world of money and banks and that sorta stuff, the channel has thought me a great lesson to not trust anyone easily with my money, even those who seem professional on the outside.

[@summerxo6994]

Yesssss agreeed

[@chamomiletea5424]

Same :)

[@jodiv2928]

Micheal A cheat? Not a chance.. He had to do a lot to be able to get the winnings. How hard was it for him to hit that button perfect every time..Just one wrong move or hesitation and he would have lost it all. Give the man a bow

[@bigbearkat2010]

Yeah they did a doc on this one time and the contestant next to him thought the guy might have a heart attack from the money he was building up.

[@erikdraven1731]

He almost did on his last spin, as was pointed out during the documentary. He stopped a half-second too soon and the square he landed on had just changed from $700 + a spin. Fortunately, it turned to a trip to the Bahamas, but the other slide was the whammy.

[@mbh9566]

That guy on Press Your Luck shouldn’t be placed alongside the others that are featured in this video. In those other cases it was clearly cheating, whereas with the Press Your Luck guy it was a skill that he had developed over years. That’s not cheating! That’s like claiming that card counters are cheating at Blackjack.

[@antonmerley6629]

You'll get kicked out of a casino if your obviously counting

[@mbh9566]

@@antonmerley6629 You sure will, but that’s all that will happen. If you go into a casino and actually cheat in some way then you can and probably will be arrested and charged with a felony. They can’t do that about card counting, because it’s not technically a form of cheating.

[@hidebehind3565]

​@@antonmerley6629 That's because casinos are cheating and don't like losing. They are also unlawful places so police won't do anything when you get kicked out even though card counting is not illegal.

[@NextNate03]

I thought the same thing until I re-read the title of the video. "Game Show Cheats and Scandals" It was a Scandal.

[@davidrivera9743]

​@@NextNate03 With an emphasis on the word "Scandal."

[@mjwbulich]

There's a 1994 film called 'Quiz Show' about the Van Doren scandal. It's directed by Robert Redford and has a great cast. I think it even got nominated for Best Picture. I highly recommend the film.

[@SoCalJellybean]

Cheating or not, you just KNOW the Who Wants to be a Millionaire producers were instantly like, “we don’t HAVE £1,000,000 to give!!” 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@jeremywj]

Technically they don't. Show like Millionaire that have huge top prizes that are rarely won take out insurance policies on the jackpot. I'm sure Millionaire, at the very least, has insurance against more than 1 person a season winning. It was rare enough that many seasons didn't feature a top prize winner so it is even possible a single win in a season is partially covered by insurance. This also means that anyone that does win is going to be looked at very carefully because we all know insurance companies do not like to pay.

[@J.C...]

​​@@jeremywj their policy actually paid out up to 5 million. The insurance company paid all prizes of 500k and 1 million. The deductible on this policy is/was also 1.5 million, so the show still had to pay out a HUGE deductible. The ins company ended up suing the show because they said the questions were too easy so too many people were winning and they were losing too much money. Not sure when that was or the outcome, though. So I'm sure that means they're using a different company now and a, as a result, a different policy.

[@slowanddeliberate6893]

They get paid over 20-25 years. They don't get a lump sum.

[@TayWoode]

@@slowanddeliberate6893is that only for the million? Do they get the other values all at once?

[@slowanddeliberate6893]

@@TayWoode The low winnings are usually lump sums.

[@ethanodell8044]

To be fair, Micheal Larson just used the patterns that he found in the show and used them to his advantage. It’s like card counting in games of poker or blackjack at a casino; he’s technically not cheating since he’s not using some outside factor to gain an unfair advantage, just using his head and the resources the game gives him to make optimal choices.

[@GK-gc9cv]

A little different. Card counting only swings odds but doesn't guarantee a win. A bad steak and a perfect card counter would run out of money and lose. Him on the other hand broke the game

[@mikewalsh1189]

Memorizing the bird doesn’t guarantee a win either, being off by a tenth of a second can result in a loss. And as fatigue was setting in, he ended up landing on other squares.

[@raphaelcalado4335]

Michael didn't cheat, the guy was just a meticulous person about the game show of his interest.

[@CameronF305]

Michael didn’t cheat anything but the system, what a genius

[@patman0250]

Michael Larson is the only person here that's not a cheater. He played with pure skill, he saw a loophole and he exploited it to his advantage. As far as I'm concerned that's not illegal and that's not cheating whatsoever. It's just like being a card counter in poker, it's not illegal it's pure skill.

[@GothBatty]

That coughing 😆

[@ArtVandelayOfficial]

Totally not faking bruv

[@alphagerudo6242]

Peter Griffen: *Farts-"Noooooooo...No.."

[@jerryhorn4697]

You can see the intense concentration in Michael Larson's eyes as he focuses on the flashing tiles on the Press Your Luck big board. Throughout his long run of spins, he never once shouted that familiar mantra " Big Bucks! Big Bucks! No Whammies!"

[@sonic1135]

I respect the man for FIGURING OUT the board Michael didn't cheat he studied and figured it out

[@TSNAnnotator]

I’m glad you mentioned the “Twenty One” scandal. There’s a great Ralph Fiennes and John Turturro movie about it called “Quiz Show”

[@Fools_Requiem]

Whammy one was not a cheat. Saying that studying and memorizing patterns is cheating is like saying that counting cards is cheating. It's not cheating, it's being skilled.

[@paulorocky]

I can’t get over the fact that the first case involved a couple named Charles and Diana.

[@AgentOffice]

They were popular names

[@Mac-sb5lj]

It was a huge front page scandal at the time. Charles was a decorated Major in the English Army. I remember thinking at the time that this dishonest person directed soldiers to war. 😮

[@MartynRice1]

How have I never noticed that before😮

[@chadczternastek]

I remember seeing the story behind the Press Your Luck one. For one guy to figure that out is mind blowing. The one where the guy memorized the prices of the items on The Price Is Right is equally impressive. I honestly dont consider that cheating.

[@Blake-sb6sp]

Sucks that you had to re-upload due to copyright issues, i've re-liked and re-commented! Love the vids amglimpse! keep it up

[@amglimpse]

Love you!

[@scottedge4388]

I have to agree with many of the other comments here. Michael Larson did not cheat exactly, he just "cracked the code" and used that knowledge to his advantage. Chances are that somebody would have eventually figured out that the "random" patterns were not really random.

[@playcube4564]

fair, but if you were one of the other two players or the producers paying out the check you might look at it and think hes a cheater, you know? It certainly was unfair (even if it is the games fault and he is just taking advantage of that)

[@dhenderson1810]

​@@playcube4564The fact is, they had no intention of paying the money anyway, and looked for excuses to deny him. They don't make shows like this, hoping to give money away.

[@dhenderson1810]

@@viiviviviiv Why look back over his tape and look at inconsistencies, if they intend to pay? Legally they have to pay, but only if they can't catch you out on anything. Lord knows they will try, though. You do these shows to make money, not lose it. They can cop giving away small prizes, but you can bet that they make the million dollar winner jump through hoops to get a cent that they ha e earned. Watch the movie "Quiz Show" and read up on the game show scandals, and the underhanded things they did. This makes what the major fid look like child's play.

[@GK-gc9cv]

​@viiviviviiv they have actuaries who calculate probabilities of wins and budget for those. They dont budget for someone cracking the code to win

[@XCodeHelpHub]

​@playcube4564 This is what the so called geniuses here never understand. The other two players alone could do nothing and I would have walked for allowing him to continue. This is why casinos.dont like card counters.

[@J.C...]

She coughed directly on camera. How foolish.

[@jolo3118]

Your channel popped up in my recommended feed and I am so glad it did! Great voice, editing, the whole package!

[@amglimpse]

Thank you so much!!

[@BrianBarrettWilson]

Just watched your Boston Marathon video and had to sub. Great stuff, really 👍

[@amglimpse]

Thank you so much for the support! I’m glad you enjoyed.

[@redrazorx-23]

With the Michael Larson case…you can’t break a rule that doesn’t exist.

[@ButterBallTheOpossum]

I wonder if Michael got whammys on purpose in the beginning

[@madamefeast4824]

Lol at the idiots on Who Wants to be a Millionaire. That's like a scheme you'd come up with in 6th grade to cheat on a multiple choice Geography test. How did they think nobody would notice lol

[@luisreyes1963]

The quiz show scandal of 1959 is the reason most game shows are "dumbed down" to make it easier for the contestants (with the exception of Jeopardy & Who Wants To Be A Millionaire).

[@Morgil27]

That 21 scandal was so infamous, I remember it being mentioned in my high school Recent US History book.

[@flowingafterglow629]

How in the blazes was Jack Berry allowed to stay in the TV gameshow business, I'll never understand.

[@Batwing20293]

Michael Larson may have been a weird dude who was bad with money....but he did nothing wrong here. Props to him.

[@anislitim]

K..I usually almost never comment on YT.. but man..wish I had find out about your channel like a year or so from now so there would be more content to binge watch! Your videos are addictive, so well documented and narrated.. I literally watched all of them in one go... can't wait to see more of your stuff! You're doing great as I can read many others saying the same!

[@amglimpse]

Thank you so much for the kind words! We really appreciate the support. More videos coming soon!

[@AdmiralBison]

Michael didn't cheat, he just simply figured out the system and played by its rules. Whatever happened afterwards...well that's a different story.

[@omgnobrain]

I 100% recommend the movie "Quiz show", it covers the Van Dorren scandal and Ralph Fiennes is a delight in it.

[@danieljohnson2005]

Man, I’m really impressed with your videos. If you keep up this kind of quality in your writing and production, I think you’re going to break a million subscribers within the next year or two. I’ve already subscribed. Stay on the course, because you’re doing great, especially for only having ten videos under your belt.

[@rick161179]

Larson's effort was genius. It's like a computer game which is more a game of skill rather than chance.

[@joshuajgrillot]

Even as a small child i could see the pattern of the squares lighting up. Maybe I just had an eye for spotting things like that. Mike figured it out and was able to go on the show and put what he had studied to use to his advantage.

[@bloodrunsclear]

The Twenty One Scandal was turned into a movie called Quiz Show.

[@fourthhorsemendeath218]

There's a big difference between cheating the system and mastering how the system works to benefit yourself

[@masterdoge987]

Very intriguing video! I knew most of the surface information, but the behind the scenes stuff was stuff I’m just learning now. Thanks for making this, I’m a big fan of game shows and love seeing game show content on KZbin :) -playing a game so well that the producers accuse you of cheating is such a power move-

[@foxmccloud7055]

The difference between Michael Larson and Charles Ingram is that Michael got his $110,237 and Charles got publicly humiliated and shamed.

[@SirPumpkinSlice]

Well no because Larsen didn't cheat. If anything the producers were bad sports.

[@quentinparhiala9415]

exactly

[@bigbearkat2010]

I mean Charles should get shamed, he cheated and didn't even do it in a clever way, they were on to him before the episode even finished taping

[@XCodeHelpHub]

​@@SirPumpkinSliceYes he did cheat!

[@medea27]

@@XCodeHelpHub Larson _didn't_ cheat - he played within the show's rules, using the show's equipment & didn't deceive or lie to win. In the casino world he's what's referred to as an _"advantage player"..._ like a card counter in blackjack he studied the system, found the advantage (the programming of the prize board) & trained to utilise it. It didn't guarantee him an outcome - it increased his chances within the scope of the game's rules. Ingram was 100% a cheat because he got outside assistance to guarantee a win, which is very much against the rules.

[@yuuneeq9494]

If deal or no deal showed you the amounts in the cases, shuffled them in front of you, and asked you to pick; would it be cheating if you followed it and chose the right one? That's basically all michael did. It's the game show seething over their skill issue.

[@foxmccloud7055]

In light of the quiz show scandals, networks not only implemented a policing system called "Standards and Practices" to ensure that no cheating is being done, and that the games are kept fair and random. They also implemented limits on how many times or days a contestant can be on a show, how much money they can win or both. NBC limited the amount of days or times they can be on a show. ABC limited the amount of times or days to five and implemented a limit on winnings like: 1972- $20,000 and 1982- $50,000. CBS implemented several limits on winnings seen here: 1972-1978: $25,000 1978-1982: $25,000-$35,000 1982-1984: $25,000-$50,000 1984-1986: $50,000-$75,000* (* denotes hard cap on winnings being implemented after Michael Larson took CBS and "Press Your Luck" for $110,237) Also starting on top of the $50,000-$75,000* they put limits on how many times a player can be on a show usually five days with "Body Language" imposing a six day limit. 1986-1992: $75,000-$100,000* 1992-2006: $125,000* Since 2006 there is no limit on winnings.

[@devak45167]

Man this channel should be way more popular. Just discovered it today I’m burning thru these. Great content, liked and subbed!

[@aa1bb2cc3dd4]

Michael was the same as the Price is Right guy who memorized every single dollar amount and owned the show

[@bmasters1981]

And Drew Carey, host, was absolutely certain that there was something inside going on as how Terry Kniess got that Showcase bid exactly right, so Drew basically said in an interview, "smoke this, this might not even air"; when it did, and Terry's bid was shown as being exactly right, Drew undersold it, because he probably didn't think that Terry could get the prices so correct down to the penny. People have criticized Drew for underselling it, but, to be honest, I can't blame him, because in all the years before that, no one, but no one, got a Showcase bid exact (many have gotten one-bids exactly right, and some have gotten small prize guesses in pricing games exactly right, but no one did it with a Showcase up until then).

[@TemmiePlays]

​@@bmasters1981 Drew is an idiot. the guy got every price right literally without fail and his job as host isn't to cast judgement. he's lucky they didn't go public lol.

[@sarahewson3607]

Michael died at 49? He looked older when he was a contestant 😕

[@jeremywj]

He was 35 when it was taped. Pretty much everyone back then looks older compared to people of the same age today.

[@TheBlingice]

The most shocking with the first case is how easy the questions were fore a 1 million question

[@kmelaine]

This is fastest I’ve ever subscribed to a channel. It will be awesome to watch your channel explode! Great job 👏

[@jaygee6738]

Larson didnt cheat. He took advantage of their negligence to randomize the board. Noticing a pattern is not cheating.

[@iseekper5ection6]

I was very surprised that your subscriber count was at 4.4K! You definitely deserve way more with this content! Thanks for keeping me entertained as I binge watch your videos today! 🙏

[@quentinparhiala9415]

same

[@sarah3796]

It’s 17k at the time of commenting

[@leonideschnuppe6944]

I saw some videos about the first cheater, but never in such detail. Great work!

[@AngelRasmus3]

Good on Michael Larson for figuring out the pattern, that takes some smarts to figure out something like that

[@kevincoates3175]

Bro I absolutely LOVE your content like I’m binge watching all of your videos just bracing myself for the inevitable which is running out of videos to watch but until then I AM LOVING your channel bro Keep up the good work

[@AlbatrossRevenue]

_"Michael was wanted by the SEC, the IRS, and the FBI, so he fled to..."_ Indonesia? Russia? _"Florida"_ Oh...ok

[@Angelica_Rodriguez39]

I mean, Michael Larson was just smart as hell. Can't blame the player one bit for that lmao

[@johnwahl9852]

Quickly just watched almost all ur videos… great quality dude keep it up!

[@Sharkbait_OoHaHa_]

I found your channel, idk how just ended up here as one does. 1. Binged all your videos 2. I can’t believe you don’t have more subscribers! I legitimately thought this was like at least 300K with the quality! I’m so impressed and can’t wait for more content! I’d love to see you cover the rubber trade in the Congo or in the Amazon

[@frankhurst9665]

The $64,000 Question scandal was the reason Jeopardy came about. The idea that giving the answer and requiring a question made it "uncheatable." (So I've heard)

[@BlueManIan]

That's basically it!

[@rackcity5981]

Mike did not cheat.

[@cottonxcandyxjollyxrancher4075]

Your channel appeared in my feed, and after the first video I was hooked. You earned a subscriber, I want to be here for your journey to 1+ mil! Keep up the awesome work!

[@zclmt03]

Totally underrated channel. Thank you for your work

[@cathyherrera7277]

Your channel deserves a million subscribers!

[@amglimpse]

Wow, thank you!

[@sincostan999]

i’m sure i, like many, ended up here from your boston marathon vid but i was suprised (in a good way!!) to see such professional videos from a smaller channel. subscribed and looking forward to more :) game show scandals is one niche rabbit hole i’ve been looking for the right trigger to go down once more

[@Moonewitch]

Why wouldn't you expect professional videos from a smaller channel? Having a smaller channel doesn't mean that you're not equipped with professionalism and talent. Not knocking...just saying.

[@quentinparhiala9415]

so do I

[@eliseevensen1750]

Brilliant content! New subscriber here, and I am already on a amglimpse-binge. Thanks :D

[@tylerbarnick8750]

How hasn't this Channel blown up yet? I'm rooting that this channel can get to a million subs someday!

[@jacobhof]

Man this channel rocks! Maybe choose to make the title and thumbnail "scripting, cheating, and scandals" idk I saw this video and I was like, "I've heard to these cheaters 10x before" but you still held my attention. And I had no idea about that history of faking the shows. I hope you can do something on military scandals next!

[@enigmaticpro]

This is the best channel ever! I thoroughly enjoyed all 10 videos. I hope you continue to make them!🎉

[@TheContract318]

Your videos are incredible. I can't wait to see the future of this channel!

[@jenessyfernandez7437]

these are such well made videos was not expecting you to only have 5k!! keep it up

[@fredonline1]

As far as I'm concerned michael did nothing wrong. He just played the game better than the producers thought someone could.

[@daniellirette7226]

Yeah but the guy on press your luck didn’t cheat, he didn’t scam, he was smart enough to recognize the systems flaws and capitalized on it. The guy from millionaire in England on the other hand, made his cheating obvious 🙄

[@Boutys_mom]

Great research! New sub! Keep up the excellent work exposing frauds!

[@everythingbyjohn]

Wow I love this channel man I’m laughing as I’m driving lol. We need more content asap. Salute.

[@A-small-amount-of-peas]

I remember the Charles Ingram incident really annoyed the BBC as a very popular sitcom called One Foot in the Grave was having its last ever show on the exact same time slot as Millionaire on ITV when the whole British public knew they would be watching the first ever million pound winner and because Millionaire was so popular at the time the final show of One Foot in the Grave lost a lot of viewers because people choose to watch a bloke answering general knowledge questions and blatantly cheating. The Press your Luck guy at one point I remember hearing that Bill Murray was going to play him in a movie about the incident but it never happened

[@davecommentator]

That wasn't actually the case - the first million pound winner did indeed broadcast at the same time as the last One Foot in the Grave, but it was Judith Keppel, not Charles Ingram. That did lead to a few conspiracy theories that Keppel's win was rigged to lure TV viewers away from the BBC though!

[@MartynRice1]

"Margaret! They're putting Chris bloody Tarrant on at the same time as us! I don't beeeeeelieeeve it!"

[@Olliethesnowman]

God they not only coughed each time but dang he whispered the answers lol

[@Morgil27]

I remember seeing an hour long special on The Game Show Network many years ago about that Press Your Luck guy.

[@xXisislovesacXx]

please i just spent so long trying to find this channel. i woke up at like 4am the other day to one of your videos but didn’t look at the channel name 😭 the relief

[@MARKLINMAN1]

This channel should definitely have way more subscribers! AWESOME

[@everythingbobbywolfe]

You have what it takes to become huge on KZbin. Good luck to you

[@MrEverton1878]

Just found your channel. Loving it. Subscribed!

[@allykayx]

This is going to be my second night in a row listening to your voice while I fall asleep 😅 it’s amazing man..

[@MLMJB]

Not Charles and Diana . . . That's messed up! lol

[@citypopradioFM]

Larson didn't cheat, he memorized patterns, and that's why CBS had to pay him upon trying to deny him his winnings. They still denied him from appearing on the next show as all winners were supposed to do.

[@bmasters1981]

That was the rules then, the winnings cap-- if you had made over $25K (later $50K), you kept what you had won (barring taxes of course); you just couldn't come back. A 1979 CBS show called Whew! w/the late, great Tom Kennedy had the bonus round (the Gauntlet of Villains) where winning the top prize automatically retired you ($25K); you were also retired upon seven (later five) attempts at it, even if you had not won the final prize.

[@neoknight3320]

Cheating is rigging the electrical boards, or messing with machines that run the game for his benefit. All Michael did was learn the pattern and beat the system. The guy did nothing wrong.

[@XCodeHelpHub]

Wrong! He gave the other players no chance thus he cheated. Speaks volumes of you character

[@neoknight3320]

@@XCodeHelpHub I know right , I agree with you, it speaks volumes of his character, what a tool!

[@jeremywj]

@@XCodeHelpHub I disagree. They had the same opportunity/chance to learn the game as he did. They didn't, thus he won.

[@blueberryblues5644]

​@@XCodeHelpHub Damn, so many cheaters out there. If you're so good at something people can never beat you, well that just means you're a no good worthless cheater. Yes I eat glue, I don't see how that's relevent.

[@dhenderson1810]

Cheating is breaking the rules. No rules are broken if you are simply learning the system. People only cry "Cheat" when someone else does it first.

[@SylteRacing]

These videos is really good! Hope you get alot more views 😊 Keep up the good work! 🤩

[@sostdm617]

You definitely earned a New subscriber your work is excellent I just finished all of your videos