https://www.foxbusiness.com/retail/big-mac-turns-50-mcdonalds-marks-anniversary-with-maccoin

The super-sized conspiracy.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-a...s-monopoly-game-and-stole-millions?ref=scroll

Dent thought he had found his man. But after installing a wiretap on Jacobson’s phone, he realized that his tip had led to a super-sized conspiracy. Jacobson was the head of a sprawling network of mobsters, psychics, strip club owners, convicts, drug traffickers, and even a family of Mormons, who had falsely claimed more than $24 million in cash and prizes.
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In 1522, a Venetian man was condemned to death after tampering with the prize draw for 1,500 golden ducats, a parcel of silk and a live wild cat.

When Jacobson revealed that he worked in promotional gaming, Colombo was intrigued. He enjoyed finding new ways to cheat a system. When Charleston County, Georgia passed new laws restricting where strip clubs could be operated, Colombo opened a house of worship named The Church of Fuzzy Bunnies. “I want them to read the Bible for two hours every night, and then we’ll drink and let the girls dance,” said Colombo, who claimed that God came to him in a dream with the idea.

 

I am not a big fan, BUT, I freely admit that...oh maybe every 4-5 months, I will go there. I had heard that they were making custom burgers from fresh (not frozen) patties or something like that and I had it in mind to go try one (fully believing that it will flop because nobody will want to wait for fast food). When I heard about the coin, I figured it was time.

So, I am waiting for Costco to make some prints for me (takes about 20 min) and I head to the food court and I ask them if they have that coin. They tell me that they are out (I think this was a day after the big event). Disappointed I wander around the other places where I was given all kinds of free samples and ended up back at McDs and ordered two $1 cheeseburgers and a bladder-buster for all of $3. The clerk recognized me and hands me a coin - she apparently found one.



It is heavier and better struck than I thought it would be. Not sure what the other side looks like because I have to keep it "mint-in-package" - IOW throw it in a box somewhere and never see it again. Or maybe I will crack it open and use it in 4-5 months.

This is the first gimmick from McDs that I got since I went out of my way to get some little minion character that "talked" and was supposed to actually curse - according to "complaints". All I heard was some incoherent utterances - meant to take it apart and see what the circuit looked like, but I can't find where I put it.