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While not the original trivia-based game show, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? is definitely one of the most memorable.
I know the answer to that question always included my name. Iwant to be a millionaire!
The show originally aired in 1998 with the unforgettable Regis Philbin as the host with the most.
Especially when he fist bumped or whatever it is he's doing here. Right?
But over the years there have been a number of hosts, from the first replacement Meredith Vieira to the terrific Terry Crews.
I would never have thought to make him a game show host, and yet here we are – and it is awesome.
But there is one thing that all of those hosts would readily agree on. And that is that no one should cheat on their game show.
Unlike this woman, who lost the old fashioned way: not knowing the answer.
Well, there was one man who accomplished just that...
See, the issue was that Ingram planted both his wife and a friend in the audience and told them to cough as he read out answers, telling him which one was correct.
This went about as well as you would expect once they were discovered. The group was brought to court and charged with "procuring the execution of a valuable security by deception," which is a fancy way of saying fraud.
But not all of the stories have that much doom and gloom. Some definitely have a very different ending.
There's also the story of Khaled El-Katateny, a contestant on the Australian version of the show, Millionaire Hotseat.
The 19-year-old law student admitted that he made guesses on his answers based on the reactions of the host, Eddie McGuire, as well as the audience he could see, claiming he played the man and not the game.
While El-Katateny referred to it as "cheating sort-of," he was allowed to keep his winnings, since what he did wasn't actually against any of the rules.
And then there are some cheating stories that are a mix of both of these tales. Although for this story, we have to switch game shows entirely.
The gentleman in yellow here is Terry Kniess. That number he guessed was the exact answer down to the dollar. Unsurprisingly, people were suspicious of this, but Kniess argued he was good at pattern recognition and had watched the show every day for a year.
The other running theory is that another super player, Ted Slauson, was in the audience and was communicating with Kniess via hand signals.
Kniess denies there was any foul play involved, and was never found guilty of anything. And even if Slauson was involved, it isn't cheating – audience participation is actually encouraged on The Price Is Right.
So for all you game show fans out there, remember there are always ways to improve your game and your chances without having to resort to cheating.
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