Louis ”The Coin” Colavecchio

Admit it, you'd love to win big at a slot machine. Even $100 would be exciting. This episode of Mugshot tells the story of a man who also held this dream, to the point of counterfeiting slot machine tokens so he could play until he won.

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Sources:

https://www.providencejournal.com/news/20190821/77-year-old-worlds-greatest-counterfeiter-is-heading-back-to-prison

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/13/us/louis-colavecchio-dead.html

https://www.gamblingsites.com/info/famous-gamblers/louis-colavecchio/

https://www.providencejournal.com/news/20200709/legendary-ri-counterfeiter-louis-coinrsquo-colavecchio-dies-at-78

"Quiet man at center of fake tokens case" - Jan 15, 1997 - The Philadelphia Inquirer

Cover photo from the New York Times