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'McMillions': Is the McDonald’s Monopoly Fraud Doc Getting the Movie Treatment?

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From 1989 to 2001, one man managed to defraud McDonald’s out of $24 million in prize money by rigging the fast-food chain’s popular Monopoly promotional game.

By stealing game pieces before they ever went out to the public, Uncle Jerry handpicked winners among family and friends to receive various prizes, including the coveted $1 million prize.

But what started out as an opportunity to make a quick buck spiraled out of control as the crime ring expanded to include ex-cons, ties to the Mafia and unsuspecting co-conspirators before it was shut down by the FBI.

Nearly two decades later, the story is the subject of a six-part HBO documentary from directors James Lee Hernandez and Brian Lazarte.

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