Press Your Luck Pattern Master
Michael Larson turned his VCR into a money-making tool in 1984 by recording episodes of “Press Your Luck” and studying them frame by frame. During countless hours of analysis, he identified six predictable sequences in the game show’s light board pattern. Armed with this knowledge, he appeared on the show and expertly hit the right squares repeatedly. The astonished producers could only watch as Larson accumulated $110,237 before choosing to walk away.
