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Back in 2011, i played to the mcdonald s monopoly game in my country and wasnt able to complete a single family despite having collected an impressive number of stickers. How an excop rigged mcdonalds monopoly game and stole millions. Aug 02, 2018 ben affleck is attached to direct and matt damon to star in a truecrime story written by jeff maysh and published in the daily beast several days ago about an excop who rigged the mcdonalds. Aug 21, 2001 the fbi on tuesday arrested eight people allegedly involved in a scheme to defraud the mcdonald s corp. Feb 03, 2020 the mcdonald s monopoly game was rigged for years. Mcdonalds gives millions to patrons, but very quietly. Mcdonalds monopoly competition is back this month offering a chance to win expensive prizes, all for the price of a big mac.
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