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	Podcast:		Scamfluencers
	Episode:		Jerry Jacobson: The Real Hamburglar \| 201
	Category:		Society & Culture
	Duration:		00:53:46
	Publish Date:		2026-02-16 08:00:00
	Description:		Since its launch in 1987, McDonald’s Monopoly game has become a cultural obsession, with millions of people buying Big Macs and fries, convinced they might be one peel away from a million-dollar payday. But for nearly a decade, the jackpot was unwinnable. The man responsible for distributing the pieces, Jerry Jacobson, was quietly stealing them and selling them for profit. And like every Monopoly game, it eventually ended – only this time, when Jerry’s game was over, the house rules no longer protected him. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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