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Michael Larson, from Southwest Ohio, made history in 1984 when he won over $110,000 on the daytime game show, Press Your Luck ...

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Paul Walter Hauser in The Luckiest Man in America. (IFC Films/Courtesy of Everett Collection) ...

“The Luckiest Man in America” is an ironic title for the story of Michael Larson, the Ohio man who managed to win more than $110,000 on a 1984 episode of the game show “Press Your Luck.