"Uncle Jerry's" Monopoly
Mid-nineties, an airport transit hub somewhere in America. A heavy, aging man steps into a stall in the men’s room, slides the bolt shut, and drops his travel bag straight onto the tile floor. His name is Jerome Jacobson. At Simon Marketing, this respectable citizen held nothing less than the title of Director of Corporate Security. And right at this very moment, our man was on duty: safeguarding the nationwide McDonald’s Monopoly sweepstakes from the clutches of organized crime.
Though in practice, that protection looked… well, a little unconventional, to put it mildly. Jerome unzipped the bag, pulled out a heavy tamper-evident pouch, carefully sliced off the serialized plastic seal, and fished out the ultimate Holy Grail—a rare, coveted one-million-dollar game piece. In its place went a blank. Next, he pulled a brand-new factory duplicate seal from his pocket, bearing the exact same serial number. "Click"—and the envelope looked completely...
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