McMillions: When Uncle Jerry Rigged the McDonald's Monopoly Game

Ridiculous Crime

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Comedy, History, True Crime

4.5 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 21 October 2025

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Imagine you have the power to mint millionaires. But to do it you have to engage in crime. Specifically, you have to rig the McDonald's Monopoly game. Now, would you pick as your partners in this crime a made man from the Colombo Crime family and a former cocaine smuggler? If you said yes, you are Uncle Jerry, who did just that!

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