Big Bucks: The Press Your Luck Scandal

Big Bucks: The Press Your Luck Scandal (2003)

March 16th, 20031h 23min

Documentary
64%

Overview

On May 19, 1984, an out of work ice cream truck driver from Southwestern Ohio broke the bank on CBS' hit game show of the mid-1980's "Press Your Luck" and made TV history by setting a record for the most money won by a contestant in one appearance on a daytime game show; A record which may have been long been surpassed with the Big-Jackpot game shows of today, but still stands strong as the biggest win in "Press Your Luck's" history. Was it brilliance? Was it cheating? And how did he do it? "Press Your Luck's" host and crew, the family of Michael Larson - the man who walked away with $110,237 in cash and prizes - and Michael's opponents from that fateful day gathered in Hollywood 19 years later to relive the events of that remarkable event in TV history.


Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!

Trailer

Similar Movies

Money on the Street: The Making of Uncut Gems

Money on the Street: The Making of Uncut Gems


Released on: 2020-03-10
Documentary

A behind the scenes look at Uncut Gems (2019) by the Safdie Brothers with interviews from the cast a...

Commodity Traders

Commodity Traders


Released on: 2014-01-14
Documentary

For the first time, a documentary dismantles the mechanisms of this great world trade to economic is...

Money for Nothing: Inside the Federal Reserve

Money for Nothing: Inside the Federal Reserve


Released on: 2013-09-06
Documentary

Nearly 100 years after its creation, the power of the U.S. Federal Reserve has never been greater. M...

Major Fraud

Major Fraud


Released on: 2003-05-08
Documentary, TV Movie

Footage from the game show "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" is examined to reveal how a contestant al...

America: Freedom to Fascism

America: Freedom to Fascism


Released on: 2006-01-01
Documentary

This is a documentary about an honest search for the truth about the Federal Reserve Bank and the le...

Sicko

Sicko


Released on: 2007-05-18
Documentary, Comedy, Drama

A documentary about the corrupt health care system in The United States who's main goal is to make p...

The Altruism Revolution

The Altruism Revolution


Released on: 2015-06-13
Documentary

For generations, we have believed that man is driven by ruthless self-interest. But over the past de...

The Secret of Oz

The Secret of Oz


Released on: 2009-10-01
Documentary

It is well known in economics academia that The Wonderful Wizard of Oz written by L. Frank Baum in 1...

It Felt Like a Kiss

It Felt Like a Kiss


Released on: 2009-07-02
History, Music, Documentary

The story of America's rise to power starting with 1959, using archival footage and US pop music to ...

The Price Is Right: A Tribute to Bob Barker

The Price Is Right: A Tribute to Bob Barker


Released on: 2023-08-31
Documentary

A new one-hour special honoring the life and career of the beloved late television legend and animal...

Isle of Flowers

Isle of Flowers


Released on: 1989-09-06
Documentary

A tomato is planted, harvested and sold at a supermarket, but it rots and ends up in the trash. But ...

The One Percent

The One Percent


Released on: 2006-04-29
Documentary

Jamie Johnson takes the exploration of wealth that he began in Born Rich one step further. The One P...

Game Show Moments Gone Bananas

Game Show Moments Gone Bananas


Released on: 2008-01-01
Comedy, Documentary, TV Movie

Relive the most outrageous moments, outtakes and bloopers from popular game shows all around the wor...

Brains of Britain (or How Quizzing Became Cool)

Brains of Britain (or How Quizzing Became Cool)


Released on: 2016-11-30
Documentary

We all love a good quiz. So here's a question - when did ordinary contestants turn into the pro-quiz...

Triumph Presents: Let's Make a Poop Live

Triumph Presents: Let's Make a Poop Live


Released on: 2024-05-20
Comedy, Documentary

Triumph the Insult Comic Dog hosts his game show "Let's Make a Poop" live from the Castro Theatre at...

Trust Machine: The Story of Blockchain

Trust Machine: The Story of Blockchain


Released on: 2018-10-26
Documentary

Hacktivist and blockchain expert Lauri Love fights extradition in TRUST MACHINE—his computer skills ...

Laboratory Greece

Laboratory Greece


Released on: 2019-12-08
Documentary, History

A journey through Greece and Europe’s past and recent history: from the Second World War to the curr...

Banking on Bitcoin

Banking on Bitcoin


Released on: 2016-12-30
Documentary, History

Not since the invention of the Internet has there been such a disruptive technology as Bitcoin. Bitc...

Inside Job

Inside Job


Released on: 2010-10-08
Documentary, Crime

A film that exposes the shocking truth behind the economic crisis of 2008. The global financial melt...

Capitalism: A Love Story

Capitalism: A Love Story


Released on: 2009-09-06
Documentary, History

Michael Moore comes home to the issue he's been examining throughout his career: the disastrous impa...