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Sat Oct-14-06 02:41 PM
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| Coolest Game Show TV moment ever |
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This guy memorized the light pattern on the Press Your Luck and won over $100,000 in 1984. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtNy-nuae10 |
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Sat Oct-14-06 02:44 PM
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| 1. big money no whammies STOP! |
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Sat Oct-14-06 02:45 PM
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| 2. It's always nice when someone beats the system |
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Sat Oct-14-06 02:55 PM
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| 3. here's more about the story |
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It's very sad. He lost all his money in bad investment deals and died on the run from the law and penniless. http://www.rotten.com/library/conspiracy/press-your-luck/ |
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Sat Oct-14-06 03:01 PM
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Sat Oct-14-06 03:09 PM
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| 5. it's actually extremely common |
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when a person of average means gets a lot of money as a windfall.
Countless lottery winners have had their lives utterly destroyed because they couldn't handle the responsibility of so much money at one time.
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Sat Oct-14-06 03:29 PM
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| 6. That's friggin awesome |
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I used to watch that show and wonder if someone might be able to time the pattern.
The host was just freaking out. Can you imagine the show producers backstage? Oh SHIT!
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