"Big Bucks, No Whammies!": The Man Who Cracked the Code of Press Your Luck and Won $110,000
Jun 23, 2025
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On this episode of Our American Stories, Matt Parker, a comedian and mathematician from Australia, tells the story of Michael Larson—a humble ice cream man who surprisingly beat the game show Press Your Luck—and explains why computers can’t truly be random.
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