McDonald's had a relationship with Simon Worldwide Inc., which was responsible for the distribution of the contest pieces and the awarding of major prizes. Laws generally forbid a company from administering its own contests, in order to prevent fraud and to ensure that all prizes are given away. Jude’s Children’s Hospital.Ī group of Burger King franchisees sued McDonald’s in regards to the scandal, but that lawsuit was thrown out. McDonald’s ended up paying Simons Worldwide $16.6 million because the world is strange.Like many merchants, McDonald's offered sweepstakes to draw customers into its restaurants. “Uncle Jerry” as Jacobson was known to those recruited into the scheme, even mailed pieces worth $1 million to St. Many of those indicted “won” automobiles in the scheme, like a 1989 Mercedes Roadster and a 1998 Chevrolet Corvette. 21 people were eventually indicted for their part in the scheme. Share prices of Simons Worldwide, parent company of Simons Marketing, fell 78 percent when the scandal came to light, McDonald’s and Philip Morris were among the companies that pulled their business from the firm. He was sentenced to 37 months in prison in 2003. Jacobson was arrested after the FBI received an anonymous tip in 2001. He elected to continue the scheme to the point where he personally made $1 million and the overall scheme was calculated at a value of $12.5 million. In 1989, just two years into the promotion, he stole a $25,000 winning game piece and gave it to his stepbrother to redeem. Jerome Jacobson was the Head of Security at Simons Marketing, the firm that handled the promotion for McDonald’s. Oddly enough, the Monopoly promotion fell victim to a huge scandal between 19. From my experience working in a McDonald’s, employees typically aren’t allowed to use drink cups with game pieces on them during the promotion. McDonald’s employees can’t remove all of the game pieces for themselves and redeem them. It should be fairly obvious to everyone that cheating is not allowed. You can read all about the prizes available here. Approximate retail values are all around $3,500. Each prize would include a 3-day, 2-night trip for two to see that athlete in action and then meet them. Athletes participating are Alex Morgan, Patrick Kane, Jamie McMurray and LeBron James.
New this year are Athlete Experience prizes.
The individual food prize odds range from 1 in 9 for Medium Fries to 1 in 45 for prizes like a regular McFlurry or a Fruit N’ Yogurt Parfait.
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Instant Win prizes include a Redbox rental, a free month of Hulu Plus, $5, $10 and $20 Gift Cards and more. Lucky folks will win approximately 128.7 million food prizes and 25.8 million Instant Win prizes. Overall, it estimates your chance of winning any prize is 1 in 4.
McDonald’s estimates there will be 651,841,628 games pieces distributed in the in the U.S. You can also get some free game pieces by following these rules.
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