He was involved in more than 20 game shows, most memorably as the host of “Gambit” and “Tic-Tac-Dough” in the 1970s and ’80s.

My most loyal readers in the Western Treasure Valley likely know me as your neighborhood game show enthusiast. So naturally, hearing about the feature film “The Luckiest Man in America,” ...

Review: Paul Walter Hauser steals the show in 'The Luckiest Man in America', an indie about the most infamous episode of TV in the 1980s.

Black Bird's Paul Walter Hauser stars in the based-on-truth story of Michael Larson, who won thousands on a 1980s episode of ...

Loosely inspired by actual events, here’s a story about the insincerity of American media and how someone found a way to game ...

There aren’t many movies about game-show scandals, with Robert Redford’s Quiz Show (1994) inevitably the one people know best ...

The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of ‘The Luckiest Man in America’ ...

Michael Larson was definitely “The Luckiest Man In America” in May 1984 when he won over $110,000 on the game show “Press Your Luck.” ...

After starring in films like I, Tonya, Cruella, and Richard Jewell, Paul Walter Hauser is bringing his talents to his latest film, The Luckiest Man In America: an absorbing true-story thriller about a ...

Michael Larson became the then-largest one-day winner in game show history by earning more than $110,000 in cash and prizes.

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

The Luckiest Man in America,” now in theaters, resurrects a TV quiz show scandal that gifts character actor Paul Walter ...