The McDonald's Monopoly game was an annual cultural moment, but the game was secretly rigged by the most unlikely person.

Kevin O'Leary, the entrepreneur and investor known as Mr. Wonderful from “Shark Tank,” recently shared his thoughts on loyalty programs, describing them as a losing game for consumers.

Jerome Jacobson and his network of mobsters, psychics, strip-club owners, and drug traffickers won almost every prize for 12 years, until the FBI launched Operation ‘Final Answer.’ ...

In their version of the popular game, anyone running for election, and trailing their opponent, can simply claim: “The election is absolutely rigged.” That’s their excuse for losing.

Rio de Janeiro police seize claw machines, which they say are games of chance and therefore illegal, and suspect links to organised crime. The machines are rigged to make users spend more.