When you break out of prison and find out about mcdonald’s monopoly for free#
He often demanded a share of the winnings in return, but sometimes gave them away for free to people he thought needed the money. Instead of going to customers at the Golden Arches, the winning tickets were spread among a loose network of this one man’s friends and family. That’s because for over ten years, one man scammed McDonald’s out of almost all the winning Monopoly game tickets. Millions of us-and yes, I include myself in that-peeled the game tickets from our French fries, burgers, and hash browns, hoping to collect a combination of Monopoly game tickets that would win us a huge cash prize-or at least a free milkshake.Ī lot of people did not play this Monopoly game-but they won hundreds of thousands, or even a million dollars, anyway. Have you ever played the McDonald’s Monopoly game? For years, it was the iconic company’s most successful promotion. Let’s get started on today’s main topic, shall we? We have a lot of new listeners, so I want to just remind you that all transcripts have interactive translations of the hardest words and phrases from English to Portuguese, Spanish, French, Chinese, and Japanese. This is episode 75, so you can find the transcripts online at /75.
Today’s phrase is “at random,” so listen for that phrase and I’ll explain it a bit more later on in the episode. You’re going to like this episode, I think. I couldn’t believe it when one of my coworkers told me about this story-it seemed too crazy to be true, but believe me it is true. Hi everyone, this is Jeff and you are listening to Plain English for Thursday, August 9, 2018.
Did you ever play the McDonald’s Monopoly game? If so, you will not want to miss this episode.Īn online article this week revealed the details behind a massive scam: one man stole almost all the winning McDonald’s monopoly game pieces-worth a total of $24 million-and spread them around through his network of friends and associates, receiving a kickback for each stolen game piece.
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