In a bid to undo the damage of its latest scratch card competition, which was recently exposed as a scam, burger behemoth McDonald's has turned a former homeless American man into a millionaire. McDonald's says it selected 35-year-old drifter Patrick Collier at random as one of five US consumers to receive a US$1m cheque. Another 50 customers were handed US$100,000.
USA: Homeless McDonald's customer becomes McMillionaire in PR stunt
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