There was a rectangular game board that was filled with squares that indicated different cash amounts. The premise of the Press Your Luck game show was simple. He would “press his luck” to earn his fortune. After searching for countless hours, he finally found his angle. He would watch for hours on end, trying to find ways to get rich, spending most of his time focusing on infomercial schemes and game shows. He had filled his home with televisions that he never turned off. Larson had went well beyond what a normal contestant would though. Most people who get to be contestants on game shows spend a fair amount of time preparing for them.

He was a man who had spent quite a lot of time studying the show and was more than prepared when he got his break to appear on the show. Michael was no ordinary contestant though. Back in May of 1984, a 35-year-old former ice-cream truck driver from Lebanon Ohio named Michael Larson flew to California to audition for the CBS game show, Press Your Luck.