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This Ex Cop Rigged McDonald’s Monopoly Game And WON for 12 Years !
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you'd never think to associate
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McDonald's long-running Monopoly game
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with conspiracy and fraud but on
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September 10 2001 a trial would begin
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that would see over 50 people convicted
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of mail fraud and conspiracy the scheme
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was orchestrated and carried out by
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ex-cop and The Mastermind Jerry Jacobson
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who would end up defrauding McDonald's
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out of over 24 million you won't believe
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this story of desperation betrayal and
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wild Antics before we start can we get
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although the McDonald's Monopoly game is
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a huge Nationwide event today it had a
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very small start back in 1987.
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the first year along the game generated
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over 40 million in prizes and since then
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the game has only grown thanks to a spot
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on advertising campaign
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with the hope of winning some of the
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amazing cash prizes millions of
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consumers flocked to the restaurant to
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fill up their board pieces however there
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was one big problem
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unfortunately no one was going to win
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even though supersizing their orders to
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maximize their pieces why well it seemed
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McDonald's system to keep things fair
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was actually rigged while the odds were
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always steep in reality they were much
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worse
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the true odds were 25 000 to zero and
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the winning pieces were in the control
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of one man who cooked up a system
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although a sloppy one to decide where
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the winning pieces were distributed
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all Jerry Jacobson ever wanted to be was
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a police officer and he eventually
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achieved that dream unfortunately due to
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a neurological disorder he had to leave
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the force and move from Florida to
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Georgia with his wife
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at first he floated from job to job in
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order to make it financially before he
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landed a position at the dittler
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brothers a printing company where his
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wife worked as a security auditor
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over the next year Jacobson would work
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his way up the security chain within the
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company until eventually he was promoted
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to head of production at Simon marketing
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who produced the McDonald's Monopoly
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pieces
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fellow employees remembered Jacobson as
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running the department with an iron fist
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he would even go as far as inspecting
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workers shoes to make sure they weren't
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stealing game pieces when it came to
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instant win pieces there was only one
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man who had access and that was Jacobson
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he oversaw the printing of the pieces
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and was one of the few people with
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access to the safe that kept the ones
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with the large prizes and even though he
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had an auditor at his side at all times
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somehow Jacobson devised a scheme to
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rest in peace McDonald's offer Millions
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at first Jacobson wanted to see if he
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could get away with stealing one of the
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winning pieces and cashing it in
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stole a piece worth twenty five thousand
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dollar and mailed it to his brother in
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Miami
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FL in the summer of
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1989. why did Jacobson turn to Crime
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well he revealed in court documents he
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felt like he needed to prove to his
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brother he could do actually pull it off
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of course once wasn't enough for
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Jacobson and he began to sell winning
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ten thousand dollar pieces to people as
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a side business
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unfortunately McDonald's began to have a
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string of inside thoughts which caused
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Jacobson to suspend his distribution of
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the pieces locally and overseas until
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1995.
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with Jacobson once again managing the
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promotional Monopoly pieces he soon
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became angered with Simon marketing when
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they declined to allow winning prizes to
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be printed in Canada
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the company claimed they wanted the
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business to stay in the United States
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but Jacobson felt this was wrong and new
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Canadians would soon begin to question
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why there were no winners in their
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country
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it didn't take long for Jacobson to
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believe that the game was stacked
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against the consumer
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this motivated him to go ahead with his
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next scheme even better he accidentally
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was shipped a set of anti-tamper seals
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for the winning pieces it looked like
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things were set to go during his time at
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Simon marketing Jacobson began to live a
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life of luxury he flew everywhere first
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class wore expensive name brand clothing
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and dined at places like Ruth Chris
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Steakhouse where he would charge all of
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his food to his expense account
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although he was making a comfortable
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seventy thousand dollar per year greed
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took hold and he wanted more as Jacobson
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expanded his schemes operations he would
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end up accumulating an oddest organ of
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friends to work with one was Genero
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Colombo a nightclub owner an operator of
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a gambling ring Jacobson would also
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develop connections within the mob and
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soon had a wide net of people from
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Mobsters to psychics to drug traffickers
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for the next one two years
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this strange group won almost every
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Monopoly prize through McDonald's that
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totaled to millions of dollars and even
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a Dodge Viper of course Jacobson did
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throw some family members a bone every
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so often and one distant relative
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received forty five thousand dollars
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however all of the winners found
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themselves indebted to Jacobson in order
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to score a winning piece those who took
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part in Jacobson's scheme had to pay a
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percentage of their winnings up front
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therefore if you wanted to win one
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million dollars you had to make a fifty
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thousand dollar cash installment to
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Jacobson some people went as far as to
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mortgage their homes to make these
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payments Jacobson's web of winners
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extended throughout Florida and other
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areas in the south
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those who pay for a winning piece had to
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draw to another state to cash it in
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usually pretending to have just found
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the peace on their fries or drink cup
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however McDonald's soon began to realize
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there were an unusually high amount of
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winners in the state of Florida
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while Jacobson was able to carry out his
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scam with no issues from
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1995 to 2000 someone chose to tip off
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the FBI that the recent one million
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dollars winners may have obtained their
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piece illegally this would soon be the
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beginning of the end for Jacobson and
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his extended network of winners the FBI
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immediately launched an investigation
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into the operation tapping Jacobson's
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phone and soon discovering his scam was
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more widespread than they could have
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ever imagined
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the McDonald's executive committee one
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of the investigation called off due to
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the bad PR it could spread but they
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chose to move forward quickly closing in
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on Jacobson and his network of Oddball
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workers the FBI decided to pose as a new
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crew and interview one of the most
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recent million dollar winners during the
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interview they noticed how nervous he
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was and believed him to be alive after
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months of surveillance and monitoring
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Jacobson and his extensive network
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the FBI finally had enough evidence to
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move forward with charges through a
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series of raids they were able to arrest
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everyone involved Jacobson chose not to
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fight his charges in court and pleaded
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guilty he was sentenced to 15 years in
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prison while his other conspirators had
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to pay huge fines and spend a year in
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jail each
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Jacobson ended up paying one 2.5 million
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in fines and legal fees after Jacobson's
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trial McDonald's knew they had to make
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things right with their customers they
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spent Millions on retribution to people
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who had hoped to win the ever elusive
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Monopoly prize money and offered over 10
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million dollars to 55 random customers
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they also paid out 15 million dollars on
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a class action settlement in the end
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Jacobson still believes he was giving
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back to those who were trying to win a
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raid game but the moral of the story is
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McDonald's Monopoly game is a Gamble and
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you should really one expect to win a
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free small fries
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foreign
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