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Charles Ingram and the Who Wants To Be A Millionaire scandal - Game Shows Part III

World's Greatest Con

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The Ultimate Opportunity to Hit It Big

20 million people watched every broadcast of this show, watching every contestant make life-changing decisions in the matter of one hour. In three years on the air, the show had only produced two millionaire winners out of its thousands of applicants. Charles Ingram hadn't even heard of who wants to be a millionaire until his family became obsessed with it. He decided to try his best to walk out of it richer than ever before that he'd really paid any attention at all.

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