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A 20 year old bank teller stole $215,000 in cash and vanished without a trace. Five decades later on his deathbed, he told his daughter and made her promise never to look up his real name. Two years after he died, she launched a podcast that told his entire secret to the world. – Theodore "Ted" Conrad worked as a vault teller at Society National Bank in Cleveland, Ohio, starting in 1969. – On July 11, 1969, he finished his shift, stuffed $215,000 in cash into a paper bag, and walked out. He was never seen as Ted Conrad again. – The sum would be worth roughly $1.8 MILLION today. Investigators chased leads across the country for decades; his case was featured on "America's Most Wanted" and "Unsolved Mysteries." – Conrad resurfaced under a new identity, Thomas Randele, in Lynnfield, Massachusetts, sold luxury cars, married, and raised a daughter, Ashley, who knew nothing of his past. – In March 2021, dying of lung cancer, he told Ashley he'd had to change his name decades earlier, and that authorities were "probably still looking" for him. – He agreed to give her his real name on one condition: she had to promise never to look into it. – She agreed. She broke that promise within hours, searching his name that same night and finding hundreds of articles about a bank teller wanted since 1969. – Conrad died two months later, at 71, having evaded capture for 52 years. He was never arrested. – In late 2023, Ashley released everything she'd found in a podcast called "Smoke Screen: My Fugitive Dad," turning her father's private confession into a full public investigation. He asked her to keep his secret buried forever. Two years later, she turned it into a podcast instead.
Aisar7,716,709 views • 20 days ago
A 24 year old from Chicago who still lives with his parents spent months studying sports betting books and found a legal edge in football parlays. He won $800,000 across two Caesars casinos. Caesars voided every ticket and sent his $50,000 stake back instead. Two state gaming commissions sided with Caesars. He is now suing them in federal court. – Thomas McPeek is a 24 year old from suburban Chicago who lives with his parents. – He spent months reading sports betting publications and studying parlay structures, bets where multiple events all have to happen to produce a win. – He identified what he believed was a consistent edge in certain football wagers where Caesars was pricing odds in ways that gave a sharp bettor an advantage. – In August 2024 he walked into the Horseshoe Casino in Hammond Indiana with roughly $30,000 and placed hundreds of small bets at self-service kiosks over the course of a week. – He won $350,000. – In September he moved to the Isle Casino in Bettendorf Iowa also owned by Caesars and won another $450,000. – He placed his bets in small amounts at kiosks specifically to avoid drawing attention. – Total winnings across both casinos: $800,000. – When McPeek returned to collect at Horseshoe in October 2024 his winning tickets were voided. – Caesars said he had violated their house rules by coordinating bets across state lines and by structuring his wagers in small amounts. – Caesars refunded his original $50,000 stake. They kept the rest. – One casino had already paid him before catching on. Blue Chip Casino in Michigan City Indiana paid him $127,000 in winnings then asked him never to return. – McPeek filed complaints with gaming regulators in both Indiana and Iowa. Both sided with Caesars. – In 2025 he filed a civil lawsuit against Caesars in US District Court in Nevada. – Caesars filed a motion to dismiss in July 2025 arguing the lawsuit was filed in the wrong jurisdiction and that McPeek had agreed to their terms when placing his bets. – "It's not like I can snap my fingers and make the bets win," McPeek told CBS News. "They still have to win." – The case is still ongoing. A 24 year old who lives with his parents studied betting books, found a legal edge, won $800,000 across two casinos, and watched every winning ticket get voided.
Aisar12,758,600 views • 1 month ago
A single mother put 40 cents into a slot machine at a New York casino and won $43 MILLION. The casino offered her a steak dinner and $2.25 instead. A judge sided with the casino. She walked away with nothing. – Katrina Bookman grew up in foster care. – She was homeless as a teenager. Raised four kids on her own as a single mother in New York. – On August 5 2016 she walked into Resorts World Casino in Queens and put 40 cents into a slot machine called Sphinx Wild. – Bells went off. Lights flashed. The screen displayed her winnings in full. $42,949,672.76. The biggest slot machine jackpot in American history. – She took a selfie with the screen. She was already planning what to do with the money. – A MILLION dollars for her son who wanted to open a barbershop. – A casino employee told her to come back the next day to collect her winnings after an official review. – The next day the casino told her the machine had malfunctioned. She had won nothing. – They offered her $2.25, the amount showing on her printed ticket and a complimentary steak dinner as a gesture of goodwill. – She said "Really? Are you serious? I felt insulted." – She refused both and hired a lawyer. – She filed a 17 page lawsuit against the casino, its parent company, and the slot machine manufacturer. – Her lawyer argued that even if the $43 MILLION was a malfunction the machine's maximum legitimate jackpot was $6,500. The casino should pay at least that. The casino refused even that. – The New York State Gaming Commission confirmed the malfunction. – Every machine in the casino had a small disclaimer printed on it: "Malfunctions void all pays and plays." – After years of delays including COVID the case finally went to court. – A judge at Queens County Supreme Court ruled in favor of the casino. – Katrina Bookman walked away with nothing. – Not the $43 MILLION, not the $6,500. Not even the steak dinner. A single mother who grew up in foster care put 40 cents into a machine, watched it display $43 MILLION, took a selfie, came back the next day and was handed $2.25 and a dinner reservation.
Aisar16,992,609 views • 2 months ago
Tupac Shakur died with $105,000 to his name in 1996. He's sold over 75 MILLION records since, most of them after he was already dead. > Tupac was murdered September 13, 1996, in Las Vegas. He was 25 years old. > A forensic accountant went through his estate weeks later. > He owned no real estate, no stocks, not even a retirement accounts. > He didn't even own the house he was living in. > His entire net worth: two cars, a small life insurance policy, and $105,000 in a checking account. > He died with no will, nothing planned, nothing protected. > Everything went to his mother, Afeni Shakur, a former Black Panther who did prison time before he was even born. > Death Row Records still controlled his masters. Suge Knight wasn't handing anything back. > Afeni spent years in court just to win back her own son's music. > "All Eyez On Me" became the best-selling double album in hip-hop history. > Afeni didn't stop at one album. She released seven full posthumous albums from his vault. > In 2012 a hologram of Tupac performed live at Coachella next to Snoop Dogg. Sixteen years after he died. > His estate has earned tens of millions since 1996, built entirely on music he never got to see paid for. > He made Death Row Records rich while he was alive. He made his mother rich by dying and leaving her a fight worth winning. He had $105,000 when he died. His name alone has made more than that every single week since.
Aisar461,446 views • 5 days ago
A woman won $127,000 at a casino she'd gambled at every week for eight years. As she celebrated with the dealer and the whole table, a pit boss pulled her aside and said she couldn't have the money. She'd technically been trespassing the entire time, and hadn't known it. – Denise Ezell, 65, had been a regular at MGM Grand Detroit for about eight years, gambling there weekly without a single issue. – On October 30, 2023, on what she described as her last bet of the night, she played a side bet at the progressive blackjack table and was dealt a four-card straight flush. – The dealer, the table, and everyone around her erupted, congratulating her on what turned out to be a $127,000 jackpot. – This won't happen with prediction markets – A pit boss then approached and asked for her ID, which she assumed was routine. – Minutes later, casino staff told her she couldn't be paid. She was, according to them, trespassing. – A prediction market doesn't work that way. There's no house, you're matched peer-to-peer, and your payout comes from the person who took the other side, not a company deciding whether to honor the number on your screen – The reasoning traced back to a single incident from 2015, when Ezell got into an argument with her cousin over shared betting money, and a security guard told her to leave for "panhandling." – She says she was never formally notified of any ban after that night, and continued gambling regularly at the same casino for the next eight years without incident. – "Do you think I would have gone down there and spent my money for eight years, knowing I was trespassing?" she asked reporters. – After months of trying to resolve it directly with MGM and the Michigan Gaming Control Board, she filed a federal lawsuit in June 2024, seeking the $127,000 jackpot plus an additional $75,000 in damages. She spent eight years and thousands of dollars as a welcomed regular. The one night she actually won big, the casino remembered a decade-old excuse it had never bothered to tell her about.
Aisar3,539,781 views • 1 month ago
A Detroit woman deposited $50 into BetMGM and turned it into $3.3 MILLION over six days. The casino paid her $100,000, congratulated her, then suspended her account and kept the rest. She spent four years fighting through every court in Michigan just to get her day in court. She still does not have the money. – Jacqueline Davis deposited $50 into her BetMGM account on March 18 2021 and started playing a game called Luck O' the Roulette. – Her first bet was $4.50. She lost it. – She kept playing and over the next six days the Michigan Supreme Court later described what happened as "a heater of epic magnitude." – As her winnings grew she pressed her bets higher. – By March 23 she was wagering $5,000 per spin. – Her account balance reached $3,289,500.75. – She requested a $100,000 withdrawal. – BetMGM approved it by email. A VIP host called to discuss transferring such a large amount off the platform. They congratulated her on her winnings. – The next day her account was suspended for unusual activity. – BetMGM's investigation found a software malfunction had started on her 28th play. – Win amounts were being multiplied when transferred from the game screen to her wallet. – They said her account should have read zero by play 368. They removed the game from Michigan entirely. – Davis sued for fraud and breach of contract. – The Wayne Circuit Court dismissed her case. – The Court of Appeals upheld the dismissal. Both courts said Michigan gaming law gave the regulator exclusive jurisdiction over such disputes. – The Michigan Gaming Control Board investigated. – They found BetMGM had violated rules by failing to report the malfunction promptly and not cooperating fully with the investigation. Took no disciplinary action anyway. – Davis appealed all the way to the Michigan Supreme Court. – On July 22 2025 all seven justices ruled unanimously she has the right to take BetMGM to trial. The case was sent back to Wayne Circuit Court. – That trial has not happened yet. It is now 2026 and she is still waiting. – BetMGM has not commented. A woman turned $50 into $3.3 MILLION, was congratulated by the casino's VIP team, had her account frozen the next day, lost in two courts, won at the Supreme Court, and is still waiting for a trial five years later.
Aisar5,564,761 views • 1 month ago
An Iowa man bet just over $300 on a loophole he found in a sportsbook's own rules. His bet should have paid out $14 MILLION. The company canceled it and sent his money back instead. – Nicholas Bavas, a bettor from Iowa, found what he believed was a near-guaranteed exploit in how DraftKings priced certain wagers. – He placed roughly $300 across bets structured to profit no matter the outcome, if DraftKings' own odds and rules were taken at face value. – Had DraftKings paid out as the bets were technically written, Bavas stood to collect more than $14 MILLION. – Instead, DraftKings unilaterally voided the bets and simply refunded his original stake, citing its house rules about pricing errors. – Bavas sued in a 39-page breach of contract complaint, arguing a bet is a contract, and if DraftKings accepts it, it owes what it promised. – His attorney said DraftKings gave no real explanation beyond telling him the bet wouldn't be honored. – The case was moved from Iowa state court into federal court in Des Moines. – As of the most recent public reporting, the case remains in litigation, with no public ruling yet on whether Bavas is entitled to any of the $14 MILLION. A $300 bet built entirely around the sportsbook's own rules should have paid him more than most people make in a decade. The company just canceled it and mailed his money back.
Aisar4,436,306 views • 1 month ago
A man won £1.7 MILLION playing blackjack online at 1am. The casino called the next morning to congratulate him. Then called back two days later to say there was a software glitch and they were keeping the money. They offered him £60,000 to stay quiet and sign a document promising never to talk about it. He said no. – Andrew Green was a 54 year old from a small village in Lincolnshire England. – Just after midnight on January 26 2018 he opened the Betfred app and started playing a blackjack game called Frankie Dettori's Magic Seven. – He played for five and a half hours straight. – When he finally stopped the screen showed £1,722,500.24 in winnings. – He called Betfred. They congratulated him. Told him to call back after 9:30am to arrange collection. – He went out that night and celebrated with his family. Spent £2,500 on dinner. He was already a millionaire in his head. – Monday morning he called back. They said the win was so large it needed to be sent to the game provider Playtech for verification. Standard procedure they said. – Wednesday Betfred called again. Playtech had found a software glitch. The win was void and he would not be paid. – Their offer was £60,000 but on one condition. He had to sign a non-disclosure agreement promising never to discuss what had happened. – He said no. – He sued and the case went to the High Court in London. – The judge ruled Betfred's terms and conditions were not transparent and not fair. They could not rely on them to withhold payment. – Three years after he won the money the court ordered Betfred to pay the full £1.7 MILLION plus interest. – Standing outside the High Court he said "The last three years have felt like hell on earth. I think Betfred have treated me abysmally." – Betfred apologised for the delay. – They never explained how many other players hit the same glitch and quietly accepted the £60,000. A man won £1.7 MILLION at 1am, spent £2,500 celebrating before the money arrived, then spent three years in court to collect what was already his.
Aisar4,382,053 views • 1 month ago
A care assistant in Wakefield won £47,182 on a William Hill jackpot game and was "crying with happiness." She already pulled £33,000 into her bank account to pay off her mortgage. The next day, William Hill called and told her to send it all back. – Gemma Bradley 47, from Wakefield, was playing William Hill's "Jackpot Drop" game on March 16 when the win hit. – She immediately withdrew the maximum her debit card allowed, £33,000, planning to move the rest out the following day. – She and her 69-year-old mother, who she lives with, celebrated together, believing their mortgage stress was finally over. – The next day, she found she could no longer access her William Hill account at all. – That evening, a William Hill representative called to tell her it had been a mistake on the company's end, and she'd need to pay the £33,000 back. – William Hill's own incident report showed 35,072 jackpot "hits" occurred during the roughly 40-minute glitch window, compared to just 518 during the same period a week earlier. – Other affected customers reported losing winnings they believed were as high as £200,000. – One 76 year old man had a heart attack after his own payout was reversed. – Gemma said she'd repay the money if required, adding: "It's a good job I didn't book a holiday. What if it's happened to someone who's gone out and bought a car?" She had the money in her actual bank account, already spent in her head on paying off her mortgage. A phone call from the company that put it there was all it took to ask for every pound back.
Aisar2,546,406 views • 1 month ago
A New Jersey construction worker secretly claimed a $24 MILLION lottery jackpot without telling his coworkers. He had been buying tickets together with them for years as a group. He told them he was taking time off work for foot surgery. He had actually quit to collect his winnings. A year later they found out. – Americo Lopes was a Portuguese immigrant living in Elizabeth New Jersey. – He worked as a construction worker and had been buying Mega Millions lottery tickets every week as part of a five-man work syndicate with his colleagues for years. – In November 2009 he claimed a $38.5 MILLION Mega Millions jackpot and chose the lump sum payout of $24 MILLION after taxes. – He told his coworkers he needed foot surgery and would be taking time off work. He never went back. – For nearly a year none of his coworkers knew what had happened to him. – Then one of them discovered the truth – Lopes had claimed the jackpot that their group had won together and kept every dollar. – Five coworkers sued him in 2010. They provided evidence in court of their longstanding arrangement to pool money and split any winnings equally. The group had been playing together for years. – Lopes argued the winning ticket was purchased with his own personal money and had nothing to do with the syndicate. He said the group arrangement had ended before the winning draw. – The jury did not believe him. They ruled in favour of his five coworkers and ordered Lopes to hand over $20 MILLION, leaving him with just $4 MILLION of his original $24 MILLION payout. – He had also already spent a significant portion. – He had bought a million-dollar home and moved out of his working class Elizabeth neighbourhood within weeks of the win. – His coworkers each received approximately $4 MILLION after the court order. A construction worker secretly claimed a $24 MILLION jackpot his work group had won together, told his colleagues he needed foot surgery, and quietly moved into a million dollar house. A jury gave $20 MILLION of it back to the people he stole it from.
Aisar2,539,442 views • 1 month ago
Two strangers just won a slot machine jackpot in Las Vegas. Before they could even collect it, a man in a suit walked up, introduced himself as the casino's general manager, and offered them free gifts for their big win. Ninety seconds later, their winning ticket and the man were both gone. – Two players were mid-celebration at a slot machine after hitting a real jackpot, the machine still flashing, coins still shown on screen. – A man calling himself Alex approached them dressed and speaking exactly like a casino executive would, congratulating them warmly and shaking hands. – He told them the casino likes to reward big winners with complimentary perks, room upgrades, free meals, the kind of thing that sounds routine and believable in a real casino. – To arrange it, he said, he'd just need them to fill out some quick player card paperwork on the spot. – He handed them forms and kept both of them talking and writing, asking follow-up questions to hold their attention. – There's no federal rulebook that says who's actually allowed to call themselves a casino's "general manager" on the floor – While they were focused on the forms, a woman named Jess quietly slid the actual winning ticket off the machine tray. – She walked it straight to the casino's cash desk and redeemed it for cash before either player noticed it was gone. – Neither player checked an ID or asked for a badge. The suit and the title did all the work. – Casinos have spent decades lobbying against federal oversight, keeping verification, security, and payout standards a patchwork that differs by state and even by property – So the only thing actually stopping someone from walking a stolen ticket to the cash desk is whatever that individual casino happens to enforce that day – The moment the money was in hand, both Alex and Jess left the floor entirely. – The two winners were left holding paperwork for gifts that were never coming, for a jackpot that had already been paid out to someone else. – The whole scheme depended on one narrow window: the seconds right after a big win, when people are at their most excited and their least suspicious. – No alarms went off. No security intervened. From the casino's perspective, a ticket was simply cashed like any other. They won the jackpot fair and square. They just never got the chance to actually hold it.
Aisar404,831 views • 13 days ago
A Florida couple taped two losing lottery tickets together, drove to the lottery office to claim $1 MILLION and told investigators they were "honest people who aren't into fraud." The lottery agent spotted the fake in seconds. They had signed their real names on the claim form. – Kira Enders and her boyfriend Dakota Jones lived in DeFuniak Springs in northern Florida. – In March 2024 Enders took a $50 scratch card called 500X The Cash to the Florida Lottery office in Pensacola and submitted a claim for $1 MILLION. – The ticket was two separate losing scratch cards ripped horizontally and taped together. – Then laminated to hide the joins. The words on the back of the two halves did not match. – Lottery officials identified it as fake within seconds of seeing it. – Before she submitted the claim Enders had already taken the ticket to three different stores to scan it. – All three machines said it was not a winner. She went to the lottery office anyway. – She had written her full name and home address on the official claim form. – She had signed an acknowledgment of the penalties for submitting a fraudulent ticket. – A lottery special agent called her six days later and asked her to come in to sign paperwork for her large prize claim. She drove straight back with Jones. – They were arrested the moment they walked through the door. – Both told investigators completely different stories about where the ticket came from. – Jones told investigators Enders knew the numbers did not match. Enders told investigators Jones had nothing to do with it. – Jones told the arresting officer "we are honest people and we are not into fraud." – The sheriff said publicly "if you are going to try to claim a million dollars you have got to do a lot better than this." – Both face charges including forgery and grand theft over $100,000 which carries a maximum of 40 years in prison. They taped two losing tickets together, laminated them, drove to the lottery office, signed their real names on the fraud form, got caught in seconds, came back six days later when investigators called, and told police they were honest people.
Aisar1,802,048 views • 1 month ago
A man deposited a fake junk mail check for $95,000 as a joke. The bank cleared it. Six lawyers told him it was legally his money. He gave it all back anyway. – Patrick Combs was 29, living in San Francisco in 1995 with $200 in his bank account when a junk mail letter arrived offering him a get-rich-quick scheme. – Inside was a promotional fake check made out in his name for $95,093.35. Printed across the front in clear letters: NOT NEGOTIABLE. – In a moment of dark humor he signed the back with a smiley face and deposited it at an ATM. – He expected the bank to call him laughing. They never called. – Ten days later he checked his balance. $101,217.34. The check had cleared. – The promotional check was so close in design to a real check that it legally qualified as one under banking law. – By the time the bank realized what had happened it was legally too late to recall the funds. – Combs called his brother who told him to move the money immediately. – He tried to withdraw $95,000 in cash. He learned three things. All the large safe deposit boxes were taken, $500 bills no longer existed, and $95,000 in $100 bills did not fit in a small box. – He got a cashier's check instead and locked it in a safe-deposit box. – When the bank finally came for the money a month later they accused him of fraud and threatened police. – He refused to return anything until they admitted in writing that they had made the mistake, not him. – Six different lawyers reviewed his case and told him the money was legally his to keep. – The bank and Combs went to war for five months. He gave interviews on television and in newspapers. The public loved him. – He eventually gave every dollar back. All he wanted in return was a signed letter clearing him of any wrongdoing and lunch with the bank president. He got the letter but not the lunch. – He turned the entire story into a one-man show called Man 1 Bank 0 and performed it 2,000 times across the world. A man deposited a fake check as a joke with a smiley face signature. The tenth-largest bank in America cleared it.
Aisar3,105,651 views • 2 months ago
An NBA player faked a foot injury on live television and quietly told a friend he was leaving the game early. His friend and others bet $200,000 against him. Every bet won. Two years later, the FBI arrested him alongside a Hall of Fame coach and four different mafia families. – Terry Rozier was a Charlotte Hornets guard on March 23, 2023, playing against the New Orleans Pelicans. – He played the first quarter, logged just 5 points, 4 rebounds, and 2 assists, all well below his season averages, then exited early citing "foot discomfort." – Prosecutors allege Rozier had told a friend beforehand he planned to leave the game early, letting that friend place roughly $200,000 in prop bets against Rozier's own performance before tip-off. – Every one of those bets won. – At the time, the NBA investigated the unusual betting activity and publicly said it found no rule violations. – The scheme resurfaced years later as part of a much larger FBI investigation made public on October 23, 2025, when agents arrested Rozier, Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups, and former NBA player Damon Jones in one coordinated morning raid. – More than 30 people were indicted across two separate schemes, one using insider NBA information – The other a rigged underground poker ring financed by the Bonanno, Gambino, Genovese, and Lucchese crime families. – Billups was allegedly used as a "Face Card," a recognizable name meant to lure wealthy victims into games he knew were rigged. – FBI Director Kash Patel personally led the press conference, calling the scale of it "mind-boggling." – The NBA placed both Rozier and Billups on immediate leave. Commissioner Adam Silver said he was "deeply disturbed." – Rozier pleaded not guilty in December 2025 to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering. – In April 2026, the Miami Heat released Rozier from the team while the case remained pending. He faked an injury in front of a national television audience. It took federal agents two years, a mafia-financed poker ring, and a Hall of Fame coach's arrest in the same case to finally catch it.
Aisar313,346 views • 12 days ago
A Nebraska businessman sold his company for $500 MILLION, got bored, and walked into a casino. In one year he lost $127 MILLION. The casino kept giving him vodka and painkillers in a candy box to keep him at the table. He sued them for it. They fined the casino $225,000. – Terrance Watanabe spent 25 years building Oriental Trading Company – His family's party-favor import business in Omaha, Nebraska, into one of the largest mail-order retailers in America. – In 2000 he sold it. His net worth was around $500 MILLION. – Then he had nothing to do. – He discovered a Harrah's casino across the river in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Started going to pass the time. – By 2005 he was flying to Las Vegas regularly. By 2006, he was living there full-time. – Steve Wynn noticed him at the Wynn casino and called him into a private meeting. – He could see that Watanabe was a compulsive gambler and an alcoholic. – He banned him from the property not wanting to violate Nevada law, which prohibits casinos from letting visibly intoxicated people gamble. – Harrah's called him the same week. They offered $12,500 a month in airfare, Rolling Stones tickets, $500,000 in gift store credit, and 15% cash back on any table losses over $500,000. – They gave him a free three-bedroom suite at Caesars Palace and he accepted. – 2007 Terrance Watanabe bet $825 MILLION across Caesars Palace and The Rio. – The largest amount ever wagered by a single individual in Las Vegas history. – He lost $127 MILLION of it. One man generated 5.6% of Harrah's entire Las Vegas gambling revenue that year. – Casino staff kept him supplied with his preferred vodka at all times. – When he became addicted to prescription painkillers, staff delivered Lortabs to him at the table hidden inside boxes of candy. – He sometimes played for 24 hours straight and once lost $5 MILLION in a single day. – At one point he played three blackjack hands simultaneously at $50,000 per hand. – His sister showed up at Thanksgiving 2007 and had no idea what had happened. She took him home to Nebraska. He went to rehab. – When the lawyers started tallying the losses, the real number wasn't $127 million. After Harrah's was forced to hand over their internal records, it came to $204 MILLION. – He sued Harrah's for $20 MILLION, claiming they had kept him intoxicated to keep him gambling. The Nevada Gaming Control Board opened its own investigation. – The casino was fined $225,000 for allowing him to gamble while visibly intoxicated. All criminal charges against Watanabe were dropped as part of a global settlement. The terms were confidential.
Aisar1,776,969 views • 2 months ago
A man from Winnipeg Canada bought his girlfriend a lottery ticket as a birthday gift. He forgot his wallet that week so she held it. It won $5 MILLION Canadian dollars. She stood next to him at the press conference holding the giant cheque. Said she would take care of the family. Then blocked him on every single platform and moved in with another man. – Lawrence Campbell of Winnipeg Canada had been with his girlfriend Krystal Ann McKay for over a year. They were living together. – She had been asking him for three weeks to buy her a lottery ticket for her birthday. He kept forgetting. – In January 2024 they were driving past a store and he finally bought one on the spot. – He handed it to her to hold because he had lost his wallet that week. – Days later he found the ticket at a friend's house and scanned it on his phone. – He had won the Lotto 6/49 jackpot. Five MILLION Canadian dollars. – They called friends and family. Went to a nearby store to verify the win. Someone recorded the moment on video. – At the lottery office Campbell could not claim the prize. – He had no government ID. His wallet was still missing. – A lottery representative suggested McKay claim it on his behalf. – On January 30 2024 both of them stood together at an official lottery press conference holding a giant ceremonial cheque made out entirely in McKay's name. – McKay said on camera she planned to use the money to take care of the family. – Days after the press conference she was gone. – She stopped returning his calls. Blocked him on every social media platform. Refused to answer his messages. Moved out and moved in with another man. – She took out a protection order against Campbell. – In May 2024 Campbell filed a lawsuit in Manitoba's Court of King's Bench against McKay and the Western Canada Lottery Corporation. – A court order has been placed preventing McKay from purchasing property, gifting money or making investments while the case proceeds. – McKay has denied all allegations through her lawyer. – The case is still ongoing. A man bought his girlfriend a birthday lottery ticket and lost his wallet the same week. The lottery told him she had to claim it for him. She stood next to him at the press conference with the giant cheque and said she would take care of the family. Then she blocked him on everything and moved in with someone else.
Aisar951,892 views • 1 month ago
A retired convenience store owner read a lottery brochure for 3 minutes and found a loophole the state missed. He and his wife made $26 MILLION and got a Hollywood film. – In 2003 Jerry Selbee walked into a corner store he used to own in Evart Michigan and picked up a brochure for a new lottery game called Winfall. – He read it standing up and in less than 3 minutes spotted something the state had missed entirely. – When nobody won the jackpot and it hit $5 MILLION the prize rolled down to lower tier winners dramatically boosting their payouts. – He did the math. If he spent $1,100 on tickets during a rolldown he would statistically guarantee an $800 profit every single time. – He bought $3,600 in tickets on his first try and made $2,700. – He bought $8,000 worth and nearly doubled it. – He still had not told his wife Marge – One night sitting by a campfire he finally told her. – She said nothing for a long moment. Then said she could see the numbers. – They formed a corporation called GS Investment Strategies and sold $500 shares to their six children friends and neighbours including three state troopers a factory plant manager and a bank vice president. – They drove 900 miles to Massachusetts every six weeks when a rolldown hit spending up to $720,000 on tickets in a single session. – They checked into a motel room and spent hours sorting through 360,000 tickets by hand. – In 2011 the Boston Globe investigated and found no wrongdoing. – The state made $120 million from the Selbees buying tickets. – An officer said "I was dumbfoundedly amazed that these math nerd geniuses had found a way legally to win a state lottery". – Their corporation grossed $26 million over 9 years with nearly $8 million in profit after taxes. – They kept 65 plastic tubs of losing tickets in their barn in case of a federal audit. – They never bought a hot tub a sports car or a timeshare. – Bryan Cranston played Jerry in the 2022 Hollywood film Jerry and Marge Go Large. – The original 60 Minutes interview is on YouTube right now. He found a loophole in a state lottery brochure in 3 minutes that the state missed for years. Made $26 MILLION legally and got a Hollywood film.
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A gas station owner in New Zealand applied for a $100,000 bank overdraft. The bank made a typo and gave him $7 MILLION by mistake. He spent it all in 28 days, fled to China, and triggered an international manhunt. – Hui Gao owned a small gas station in Rotorua, New Zealand with his mother. In April 2009 he applied to Westpac Bank for a $100,000 overdraft to help run the business. – The bank approved it. But when the employee typed in the figure they added two extra zeros by mistake. – Gao woke up the next morning and checked his account. $7 MILLION was sitting there. – He called his girlfriend and told her he was "f***ing rich" and had MILLIONS of dollars. – They did not call the bank. – In less than 28 days the couple withdrew $6.8 MILLION from the account. Transferred it to accounts in Hong Kong and China. – Then Gao fled to Hong Kong. His girlfriend followed days later. They left behind her six year old daughter. – New Zealand police launched an international manhunt. Interpol also got involved. – He was eventually caught. Sentenced to four years and seven months in prison. – His girlfriend got nine months of home detention. – The court ordered her to pay back the money at $60 a week. – At $60 a week it would take her approximately 2,192 years to pay it back. A man applied for a $100,000 bank overdraft. The bank employee added two extra zeros by mistake. He spent $6.8 million in 28 days, fled to China with his girlfriend, and left her six year old daughter behind.
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A professional poker player found a manufacturing flaw on the back of a deck of casino playing cards. He used it to win $19 MILLION at two casinos on two continents. Courts on both continents ruled it was cheating and made him give almost all of it back. – Phil Ivey is a ten-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner. – Widely considered one of the best professional gamblers alive. – In April 2012 he booked a private high-stakes baccarat session at the Borgata in Atlantic City. – He wired a $1 MILLION deposit up front. – He made specific requests. A private pit, a Mandarin-speaking dealer. – His guest Kelly Sun seated beside him. One single deck of purple Gemaco cards for the entire session. An automatic shuffler. – The Borgata agreed to all of it. – Sun had spotted something. Certain decks had a tiny factory defect. A slightly uneven diamond pattern on the card backs. – She asked the dealer to rotate specific high-value cards 180 degrees. – Told him it was superstition. For luck. – It wasn't luck. – Once enough key cards were flipped, she and Ivey could read the edge of the next card in the shoe before it was dealt. – Ivey bet accordingly. – Four visits to the Borgata in 2012 and he won $9.6 MILLION. – Same trick, different casino. – Crockfords in London. Just under £8 MILLION was won playing punto banco. – Crockfords caught the pattern and refused to pay. – Ivey sued them, he argued it wasn't cheating, just exploiting how the casino chose to deal. – The case reached the UK Supreme Court. All five judges ruled against him. – They said he took deliberate steps to fix the deck. – Meanwhile, the Borgata had already paid him his $9.6 MILLION back in 2012. – Once they found out how, they sued to get it back. – A US court ruled it wasn't technically fraud. But it broke New Jersey's Casino Control Act. – Ivey was ordered to repay $10,130,000. – He appealed. The Borgata spent years trying to actually collect, at one point seizing his winnings at the World Series of Poker. – In July 2020, eight years after the first hand was dealt. Ivey and the Borgata settled. Terms never made public. He never touched a card, never marked one. He just asked a dealer to turn a few of them around "for luck." Two countries' highest courts still called it a con.
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A broke gambler found a bug in a Las Vegas casino's video poker machine. He called his friend. Between them, they took $500,000 from casinos across America. The FBI charged them with hacking. A judge threw the case out because pressing buttons on a slot machine is not hacking. – John Kane had spent years losing money in Las Vegas casinos. – By 2009 he was a regular at the Fremont Casino, feeding money into the same IGT Game King video poker machines everyone else played. – Then one afternoon he pressed the buttons in an unusual sequence and something happened that wasn't supposed to happen. – The machine let him replay a previous winning hand at ten times the original bet. – He sat completely still. Then he did it again. – He called his friend Andre Nestor in Pennsylvania and told him to get on a plane. – Together they worked out the full sequence. You lost small at the lowest denomination. When you finally hit a big hand, you switched to the highest denomination and replayed it. – The machine paid out at the higher rate every time. – The four machines they normally played at the Fremont brought the casino $14,500 a month. – After Kane and Nestor discovered the bug those same four machines cost the casino $75,000 a month. – Kane took $100,000 from the Fremont alone. Then they spread out, the Hilton, the Stratosphere, the Hard Rock, the Tropicana, the Luxor, the Wynn. In Vegas, Kane accumulated over $500,000. – Nestor went back to Pennsylvania and hit The Meadows Casino for nearly $480,000 in two months. – Casino surveillance caught on. Kane was handcuffed to a chair in a back room at the Silverton Casino mid-session. – The FBI charged both men with hacking under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, the same law used to prosecute cybercriminals. – Their lawyers argued one thing: pressing the buttons on a machine exactly as designed is not hacking. – A video poker machine is not a protected computer under federal law. – The judge agreed. Hacking charges dismissed entirely. – The prosecution tried a deal, testify against your friend and walk free. Both refused. – The wire fraud charges were eventually dropped too. – Neither man went to prison. Kane went home and started teaching piano. Nestor went home broke, and the IRS came for $240,000 in back taxes on his winnings. – IGT quietly patched every Game King machine in America. Two men found a bug in a Las Vegas video poker machine and took $500,000 from casinos across America by pressing buttons in the right sequence. The FBI called it hacking. A federal judge called it playing the game.
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