Legal eagles out there might know U.S. federal law prohibits the “prearranging or predetermining in whole or in part the outcome of a purportedly bona fide contest of intellectual knowledge, intellectual skill, or chance” with the intent of deceiving TV audiences. Congress added that amendment to the Communications Act in 1960 after a slew of rigged quiz shows in the prior decade. Of course, that wasn’t the end of game show scandals — or of rigging controversies. And the stranger-than-fiction Press Your Luck flap detailed below is the basis of the new film The Luckiest Man in America, which hits theaters on April 4. Below, in chronological order, are our picks for the biggest-ever scandals to hit the game show genre. 1959: Twenty-One’s rigging is exposed For 14 weeks of episodes between 1956 and 1957, Twenty-One contestant Charles Van Doren had viewers of the NBC quiz show enchanted as he racked up $129,000 in winnings.