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The Press Your Luck scandal was contestant Michael Larson's 1984 record-breaking win of $110,237 (equivalent to $333,642 in 2024) on the American game show Press Your Luck.
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... Read all.
Michael Larson engineered his way to a record-setting win on ‘Press Your Luck’ in 1984. The game show scandal inspired the movie ‘The Luckiest Man in America.’
In an episode of the CBS morning game show 'Press Your Luck' — which is relaunching in primetime on ABC with Elizabeth Banks as host — a 35-year-old Ohio man set a record for winnings after...
In 1984, down-on-his-luck ice cream truck driver Michael Larson slips into an audition for the game show Press Your Luck when another contestant is late for his appointment.
Back in May of 1984, a 35-year-old former ice-cream truck driver from Lebanon Ohio named Michael Larson flew to California to audition for the CBS game show, Press Your Luck. Michael was no ordinary contestant though.
“ Press Your Luck ” returns Tuesday night on ABC — 35 years after its infamous “scandal” when unemployed ice cream truck driver Michael Larson, wearing a thrift-store sports coat, won more than...
When Press Your Luck debuted, Ohio-native Michael Larson was an unemployed air conditioning repairman and an ice cream truck driver. Larson had a history of get-rich-quick schemes and minor legal problems.
TORONTO—On May 19, 1984, 35-year-old Michael Larson won $110,237 on CBS’s Press Your Luck, thus becoming the most successful single-day game show contestant in television history.
In 1984, Lebanon resident Michael Larson won more than $110,000 on "Press Your Luck" by memorizing the pattern of the board. Larson squandered his fortune on several "get rich quick" schemes....