How an Ex-Cop Rigged McDonald’s Monopoly Game and Stole Millions

Re:How an Ex-Cop Rigged McDonald’s Monopoly Game and Stole M... by herodotus on Sunday July 29, 2018 @02:56PM (#17639679)

> When Jacobson revealed his scam, Hart, an honest businessman, found it too good to be true. But he agreed to try it, to “see if it worked,” recalled Jacobson.

I think I might have to revise my understanding of what it means to be an honest businessman.

It is depressing to me that greed so easily trumps morality.

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Re:How an Ex-Cop Rigged McDonald’s Monopoly Game and Stole M... by duxup on Sunday July 29, 2018 @03:32PM (#17639837)

Morality is easy to talk about. Being tested is hard.

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Re:How an Ex-Cop Rigged McDonald’s Monopoly Game and Stole M... by agumonkey on Sunday July 29, 2018 @03:54PM (#17639954)

It sleeps a bit like a shoe horn. Bit by bit shifting your perspective.

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Re:How an Ex-Cop Rigged McDonald’s Monopoly Game and Stole M... by nameiscubanpete on Sunday July 29, 2018 @10:18PM (#17641596)

It's harder to be moral when you know you can do the wrong thing and get away with it.

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