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Michael Larson broke Press Your Luck - Game Shows Part II

World's Greatest Con

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Skin Care Is Your Money Maker

Larson won $110,237. That's $283,000 in today money. Plus, he got trips to the Bahamas, Kauai and sailboat. By the numbers, the odds of hitting a whammy are 1 in 6,. The same odds as rolling a 7 at a craps table. Larson had made 45 spins without crapping out once. He beat odds of roughly 3 out of 10,000. It was the most that anybody had ever won on a single episode of any game show in the history of game shows. This is the moment that CBS was taught a lesson by Professor Michael Larson.

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