Sachi, how do you feel about contests?

Because I do feel like you have an opinion.

And also, have you ever won anything?

I don't feel particularly lucky.

And I don't think I've ever won a contest.

Yeah, I also feel the same way.

But I do look up to people who are like always entering

contest because I guess the thing is like you will win eventually. You should have to enter as

many as you can. I admire any commitment to almost any bit. That's really true.

Even if it's evil, I'm like, well, you tried. I'm like, you committed to something and I can't do that.

Yeah, I agree.

Well, today, I'm going to tell you the crazy story of why one huge fast food contest promised

customers winnings of fancy cars or millions of dollars, but no one ever won anything

but small fries and cheeseburgers, at least not legitimately.

The system was rigged as hell, and there was one guy deciding who won and who lost, and he

decided, we are losers.

It's August 2001, and Amy Murray is standing outside a brick townhouse in Rhode Island, holding a gigantic novelty check for a million dollars.

Amy is 30 years old, with shoulder-length blonde hair.

She looks like she could have been a cheerleader in high school.

Amy is here to present the check to a man named Michael Hoover, who's basically won the lottery.

Not the state lottery, though.

Michael found a million-dollar game piece from McDonald's Monopoly,

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