Comments on: The 1984 "Press Your Luck" Scandal Revisited http://www.sciscoop.com/2003-3-19-82554-1210.html Scooping up science news and dropping it on your desk Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:03:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://www.sciscoop.com/2003-3-19-82554-1210.html/comment-page-1#comment-2421 Anonymous Sat, 18 Dec 2004 12:45:25 +0000 http://localhost/~arielschwartz/wordpress/sciscoop/?p=543#comment-2421 Is there anywhere I can get a video tape of old episodes of PYL??? Is there anywhere I can get a video tape of old episodes of PYL???

]]> By: chad http://www.sciscoop.com/2003-3-19-82554-1210.html/comment-page-1#comment-655 chad Wed, 19 Mar 2003 19:27:58 +0000 http://localhost/~arielschwartz/wordpress/sciscoop/?p=543#comment-655 <p>The part I like is that contestants appearing immediately after Larsen had also figured out the timing patterns, but couldn't use that knowledge because the network added an additional 16 patterns after Larsen's big win. <p>Then there's the fact that he managed to lose his winnings in a bad investment, even before the show was cancelled. It goes to show that you can be technically smart but financially stupid. The part I like is that contestants appearing immediately after Larsen had also figured out the timing patterns, but couldn’t use that knowledge because the network added an additional 16 patterns after Larsen’s big win.

Then there’s the fact that he managed to lose his winnings in a bad investment, even before the show was cancelled. It goes to show that you can be technically smart but financially stupid.

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