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18 People Who Spectacularly Gamed The System

Cheaters never prosper, or so they say. While some people can get away with it and accomplish some things like becoming President of the United States of America, most of us will eventually get caught and punished if we cheat in anything. And they'd be right to do it. Cheaters suck and should pay for their jerkhole behavior.

People who find loopholes, on the other hand are freakin' heroes. They not only played by the rules, but outsmarted the rules. There some sort of roguish hero quality to those who studied the game of their industry or life in general and found ways to get ahead by bending the rules or working around the margins. It sounds more romantic than it is, but it's great so see someone get some additional free miles from the price gouging airline industry.

Read on about these smarter-than-the-average-consumer heroes who gamed the system and won big:

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A civil engineer got free air travel by stockpiling pudding. CAMA Healthy Choice had a promotion in 1999: 1,000 frequent flyer miles for 10 barcodes. More: The 6 Most Creative Abuses of Loopholes

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A promotion gave gamblers an easy way to beat the house. A When the online casino PlayNow.com offered a $100 bonus to whoever bet another $100, savvy More: 5 Brilliant Loopholes People Used To Cheat The System

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Pachinko parlors make gambling in Japan sort of legal. un ino You can't gamble in Japan. The law says SO. But you can play pachinko, a kind of a crossMore: The 4 Most Creative Ways People Used Loopholes to Get Rich

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A man turned small print against a credit card company. When Dmitry Agarkov got an unsolicited credit card application in the mail, he scanned it, chaMore: 5 Brilliant Loopholes People Used To Cheat The System

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Travelers got infinite airline miles from coins. BATIES OIO W NITLSD UNLLE SESSYLS OF ANERIC N SEVES UNITELD BTATES ST IEtch OF UNITE Is YAS After minMore: 5 Insane Ways People Trolled the System (And Won)

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A British dude drives around town in a tank. Nick Mead owns a large collection of military vehicles - which he uses to drive around his hometown of BiMore: 9 Insane Loopholes You Won't Believe Are Legal

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A gay couple found a way to get married in Oklahoma. Back in 2013, Oklahoma had a ban on gay marriage. So Jason Pickel and Darren Black Bear tied the More: 5 Brilliant Loopholes People Used To Cheat The System

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People wear their baggage to avoid extra weight fees. ATS Most airline profits come from charges for extra baggage (probably). But then again, it's noMore: 5 Insane Ways People Trolled the System (And Won)

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Companies sold DIY wine during Prohibition. Back in the '20s, wine was banned, but grape juice was allowed. Also allowed: Telling people what they shoMore: 5 Insane Ways People Trolled the System (And Won)

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Belgian Norbert Verswijver is the Robin Hood of couponing. B TAO 561 2 Verswijver pored over the coupons' small print and found nothing that stopped More: 5 Insane Ways People Trolled the System (And Won)

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Londoners register their personal cars as taxis. TAX London roads are seriously congested, SO you have to pay a daily fee of f11.50 (about $15) to driMore: The 4 Most Creative Ways People Used Loopholes to Get Rich

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Walking around naked used to be legal in Kansas. As long as there was nothing sexual about it, the police couldn't stop you if you happened to leave hMore: 9 Insane Loopholes You Won't Believe Are Legal

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A man got a year's worth of free meals with a plane ticket. Officials at China's Xi'an Xianyang International Airport noticed a particular first-classMore: 5 Brilliant Loopholes People Used To Cheat The System

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A guy claims smoking pot is his religious freedom. Indiana's religious freedom law has allowed businesses to discriminate against same-sex couples,

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Minnesota bars said all their patrons were actors. Bar owners in Minnesota weren't happy about a public smoking ban. So they scoured the books and fouMore: The 6 Most Creative Abuses of Loopholes

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A strip club was rebranded as an art show to bypass the LAW. In 2001, the city of Boise, Idaho banned public full nudity - -unless it had serious artMore: The 4 Most Creative Ways People Used Loopholes to Get Rich

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