18 People Who Spectacularly Gamed The System
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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 are not cool and should pay for their behavior.
People who find loopholes, on the other hand are 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:
![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.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/1/8/691118.jpg?v=2)
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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 Bi](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/1/3/691113.jpg?v=2)
![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](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/1/2/691112.jpg?v=2)
![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 no](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/1/1/691111.jpg?v=2)
![Companies sold DIY wine during Prohibition. Back in the '20s, wine was banned, but grape juice was allowed. Also allowed: Telling people what they sho](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/1/0/691110.jpg?v=2)
![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](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/0/9/691109.jpg?v=2)
![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 dri](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/0/8/691108.jpg?v=2)
![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 h](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/0/7/691107.jpg?v=2)
![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-class](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/0/6/691106.jpg?v=2)
![A guy claims smoking pot is his religious freedom. Indiana's religious freedom law has allowed businesses to discriminate against same-sex couples,](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/8/7/2/691872.jpg?v=2)
![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 fou](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/1/5/691115.jpg?v=2)
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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 art](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/0/3/691103.jpg?v=2)