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EP. 20 — The Mickey D Monopolizer with Paul Scheer
What’s poppin’ Con-gregation! We threw a couple extra fries in the bag with this one with our supersized guest Paul Scheer (The League, How Did This Get Made, Human Giant, You know who he is!) as we revisit the man who scammed the McDonald’s Monopoly game for over a decade!
Research by Sharilyn Vera
SOURCES:
https://nypost.com/2020/02/01/mcmillions-how-ex-cop-orchestrated-24-million-mcdonalds-monopoly-scam/
https://www.politico.com/news/2019/12/23/trump-campaign-compete-against-groups-money-089454
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