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Harvey Guillén

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2139 total appearances

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Killer Stories with Harvey Guillén
Million-Dollar Jackpots: How Uncle Jerry Rigged McDonald’s Monopoly Game

Because nothing says I'm an adult making sound financial decisions like eating four orders of deep fried potatoes for the one in a million chance to win a jet ski.

Killer Stories with Harvey Guillén
Million-Dollar Jackpots: How Uncle Jerry Rigged McDonald’s Monopoly Game

It increases McDonald's sales by 40%.

Killer Stories with Harvey Guillén
Million-Dollar Jackpots: How Uncle Jerry Rigged McDonald’s Monopoly Game

It's a license to print money.

Killer Stories with Harvey Guillén
Million-Dollar Jackpots: How Uncle Jerry Rigged McDonald’s Monopoly Game

But printing money requires security.

Killer Stories with Harvey Guillén
Million-Dollar Jackpots: How Uncle Jerry Rigged McDonald’s Monopoly Game

After all, a single slip of paper could be worth $1 million.

Killer Stories with Harvey Guillén
Million-Dollar Jackpots: How Uncle Jerry Rigged McDonald’s Monopoly Game

So McDonald's and Simon Marketing don't take any chances.

Killer Stories with Harvey Guillén
Million-Dollar Jackpots: How Uncle Jerry Rigged McDonald’s Monopoly Game

They treat these stickers like nuclear launch codes.

Killer Stories with Harvey Guillén
Million-Dollar Jackpots: How Uncle Jerry Rigged McDonald’s Monopoly Game

They hire Dittler Brothers,

Killer Stories with Harvey Guillén
Million-Dollar Jackpots: How Uncle Jerry Rigged McDonald’s Monopoly Game

a legendary printing firm in Oakwood, Georgia.

Killer Stories with Harvey Guillén
Million-Dollar Jackpots: How Uncle Jerry Rigged McDonald’s Monopoly Game

These guys don't just print coupons.

Killer Stories with Harvey Guillén
Million-Dollar Jackpots: How Uncle Jerry Rigged McDonald’s Monopoly Game

They print postage stamps and lottery tickets, meaning they knew something about producing valuable commodities at volume.

Killer Stories with Harvey Guillén
Million-Dollar Jackpots: How Uncle Jerry Rigged McDonald’s Monopoly Game

At Dibbler Brothers, the floor hums with the sound of Heidelberg web presses running 50,000 sheets per hour.

Killer Stories with Harvey Guillén
Million-Dollar Jackpots: How Uncle Jerry Rigged McDonald’s Monopoly Game

And the pieces themselves, they're coated in a special scratch-off latex that is chemically designed to disintegrate if you try to lift it with a solvent.

Killer Stories with Harvey Guillén
Million-Dollar Jackpots: How Uncle Jerry Rigged McDonald’s Monopoly Game

The factory is practically a fortress.

Killer Stories with Harvey Guillén
Million-Dollar Jackpots: How Uncle Jerry Rigged McDonald’s Monopoly Game

To get to the printing floor, you have to pass through a metal detector.

Killer Stories with Harvey Guillén
Million-Dollar Jackpots: How Uncle Jerry Rigged McDonald’s Monopoly Game

You also need a key card and a clearance code.

Killer Stories with Harvey Guillén
Million-Dollar Jackpots: How Uncle Jerry Rigged McDonald’s Monopoly Game

The employees who run the presses are searched.

Killer Stories with Harvey Guillén
Million-Dollar Jackpots: How Uncle Jerry Rigged McDonald’s Monopoly Game

The trash is searched.

Killer Stories with Harvey Guillén
Million-Dollar Jackpots: How Uncle Jerry Rigged McDonald’s Monopoly Game

And for the high-value pieces, the million-dollar winners,

Killer Stories with Harvey Guillén
Million-Dollar Jackpots: How Uncle Jerry Rigged McDonald’s Monopoly Game

The security is even tighter.