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The 10 Biggest Game Show Scandals Ever

U.S. Federal law prohibits rigging quizzes to deceive audiences, as added to the Communications Act in 1960 after scandals.
Charles Van Doren admitted to Congress in 1959 that he was fed answers on the quiz show Twenty-One, resulting in his guilty plea to perjury and a suspended sentence.
Michael Larson won $110,237 on Press Your Luck by memorizing patterns, but CBS suspected cheating and hesitated to pay his winnings.
In 2001, Charles Ingram and others were found guilty of cheating on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, causing them to lose their £1 million prize.

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The upcoming film ‘The Luckiest Man in America’ depicts how one ‘Press Your Luck’ contestant beat the game show at its own game.

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