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For decades, McDonald's Monopoly enticed customers with the promise of winning prizes that ranged from free meals, extravagant vacations or even $1 million dollars. But from 1989 to 2001, there were almost NO legitimate winners of the high-value game pieces! Little did we know, the game was tainted by a web of deceit and organized crime.
https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/monopoly/feature/mcdonalds-monopoly-scam-mafia-scandal#
https://www.biometrica.com/how-one-man-with-mafia-ties-swindled-24m-from-mcdonalds-monopoly-game/
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/07/how-mcmillions-scam-rigged-the-mcdonalds-monopoly-game.html
https://www.resetera.com/threads/did-you-know-the-italian-mafia-rigged-the-mcdonalds-monopoly-game-from-1989-untill-2001.508239/
https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-an-ex-cop-rigged-mcdonalds-monopoly-game-and-stole-millions
https://www.vulture.com/2020/02/mcdonalds-monopoly-game-fraud-true-story.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/03/arts/television/mcmillions-hbo-explained.html
https://www.oxygen.com/true-crime-buzz/what-happened-to-gennaro-colombo-in-hbos-mcmillions
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