McMillions - First Season English Subtitles
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Overview:
A detailed account of the McDonald's Monopoly game scam during the 1990s as told by the participants in the case, including the prizewinners and the FBI agents involved.
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McMillions S01 AMZN web-dl
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Ripped wed-dl subs and removed HI
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1 00:00:20,714 --> 00:00:22,214 - I want some! 2 00:00:22,297 --> 00:00:24,381 - It's the Monopoly game, only at McDonald's! 3 00:00:24,464 --> 00:00:27,964 With over 50 million prizes, it's supersized excitement... 4 00:00:28,047 --> 00:00:29,839 - Monopoly. Do not pass "Go." 5 00:00:29,923 --> 00:00:31,547 Go directly to McDonald's. 6 00:00:31,631 --> 00:00:34,214 - If you were around back in the '90s... 7 00:00:34,297 --> 00:00:36,923 - Now at McDonald's, Monopoly is more than a game! 8 00:00:37,005 --> 00:00:38,172 You can play it... 9 00:00:38,255 --> 00:00:39,839 - You heard it everywhere.
1 00:00:05,756 --> 00:00:07,422 MAN: From 1989 to 2001, 2 00:00:07,506 --> 00:00:09,422 there were almost no legitimate winners 3 00:00:09,506 --> 00:00:11,297 in the McDonald's Monopoly game. 4 00:00:11,547 --> 00:00:16,089 I mean, how crazy bullshit is that? 5 00:00:17,673 --> 00:00:20,255 McDonald's makes french fries and apple pies. 6 00:00:20,339 --> 00:00:21,923 They don't make marketing. 7 00:00:22,005 --> 00:00:24,381 MAN 2: Simon Marketing actually produced and came up with 8 00:00:24,464 --> 00:00:25,673 the Monopoly game. 9 00:00:26,381 --> 00:00:29,756 The FBI told us the game pieces are being stolen.
1 00:00:05,964 --> 00:00:06,881 DOUG MATTHEWS: We didn't know how 2 00:00:06,964 --> 00:00:08,923 the McDonald's Monopoly game was fixed. 3 00:00:09,130 --> 00:00:10,673 So, inside the wire room, 4 00:00:10,756 --> 00:00:12,589 people'd sit in there, getting ready to listen. 5 00:00:13,005 --> 00:00:14,255 And nothing happens. 6 00:00:15,756 --> 00:00:19,089 The FBI, we start coming up with how do we get past winners 7 00:00:19,172 --> 00:00:22,130 to recount how they allegedly won these pieces. 8 00:00:22,756 --> 00:00:25,381 Locking them into a story on camera, 9 00:00:25,464 --> 00:00:29,005
1 00:00:06,017 --> 00:00:07,017 CHRIS GRAHAM: Things were moving fast. 2 00:00:07,100 --> 00:00:09,267 How is Jerry Jacobson doing this? 3 00:00:09,351 --> 00:00:11,893 That was this nagging question mark. 4 00:00:13,434 --> 00:00:15,893 What we had to vet out is: Who was helping Jerry? 5 00:00:16,184 --> 00:00:18,017 FRANK COLOMBO: Uncle Jerry was getting the tickets 6 00:00:18,100 --> 00:00:20,184 and selling them to my brother, 7 00:00:20,267 --> 00:00:22,893 and then my brother would sell them to other people. 8 00:00:22,975 --> 00:00:25,184 He took this little, small operation, 9
1 00:00:06,255 --> 00:00:07,631 AJ GLOMB: Somebody offers you a million dollars, 2 00:00:07,714 --> 00:00:08,381 you're gonna take it. 3 00:00:08,964 --> 00:00:11,214 Unless you gotta kill somebody then you might not... 4 00:00:11,881 --> 00:00:13,673 You know, you might not be interested, but... 5 00:00:14,923 --> 00:00:17,255 One of the early middle men was Jerry Colombo. 6 00:00:17,547 --> 00:00:18,589 In order to do this scam, 7 00:00:18,756 --> 00:00:21,589 Jerry Jacobson started finding other middlemen. 8 00:00:21,839 --> 00:00:23,756 AJ Glomb, then Dwight Baker. 9 00:00:24,464 --> 00:00:26,214 DOUG MATHEWS:
1 00:00:06,214 --> 00:00:07,923 This morning, the Federal Bureau of Investigation 2 00:00:08,005 --> 00:00:10,673 arrested eight individuals for their involvement 3 00:00:10,756 --> 00:00:13,631 in a nationwide scheme to defraud McDonald's 4 00:00:13,714 --> 00:00:15,005 and its customers. 5 00:00:16,255 --> 00:00:18,506 The question was still ongoing. 6 00:00:18,589 --> 00:00:21,589 How did he get the game pieces? 7 00:00:21,798 --> 00:00:23,381 WOMAN: He did not cooperate for the fact 8 00:00:23,464 --> 00:00:25,381 that his lawyers would not allow him to. 9 00:00:25,464 --> 00:00:27,089 We were preparing for a war.
