The Pepsi Contest That Killed 5 People

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  • Опубликовано: 30 авг 2022
  • DISCLAIMER: Some of the footage of the riots is dramatized and/or NOT from the actual events talked about in this video.
    ******
    In 1992 Pepsi ran a contest in the Philippines that ended up killing 5 people.
    The contest was called Number Fever, and the idea was simple:
    Every evening the news would reveal a winning number, and if you had a Pepsi bottle cap with that number, you won a million pesos.
    Pepsi had a system in place to ensure that there were only TWO winners each evening. But May 25th 1992, something went wrong...
    Hundreds of thousands of Filipinos "won" that evening.
    Pepsi was now expected to pay ten of BILLIONS of dollars in prize money - a debt they claim was impossible to pay.
    ******
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Комментарии • 9 тыс.

  • @48mastadon
    @48mastadon Год назад +7153

    Now that's how you do a video. No robot voice. No annoying extraneous crap. Just right to the meat of the story. Thank you.

    • @ItzMelody_123
      @ItzMelody_123 Год назад +91

      Fr! That’s some true facts.

    • @ItzMelody_123
      @ItzMelody_123 Год назад +35

      @@afafila wdym? We talking abt robotic voices and stuff-

    • @ItzMelody_123
      @ItzMelody_123 Год назад +44

      @@afafila but if ur saying my vids are dumb stupid and cringe then ur the one to speak for u have no subs and no vids posted

    • @afafila
      @afafila Год назад +17

      @@ItzMelody_123 very low comeback, and yes when I say they're shit I mean it

    • @ItzMelody_123
      @ItzMelody_123 Год назад +47

      All I said was “fr that’s some true facts” but u over here wanna start some drama and a fight for no dam reason

  • @Nightenstaff
    @Nightenstaff Год назад +4968

    You know the part of this that probably isn't considered much? Two people who did have the rare "winning" caps never got their money since the 349 was drawn instead of the indented winning number. What an odd twist of fate.

    • @davidshatusky8755
      @davidshatusky8755 Год назад +59

      Is that true?; Did anyone get money from this, starting from the beginning?

    • @damegataco
      @damegataco Год назад +195

      @@davidshatusky8755 I think what he meant was that on the night 349 was drawn the two caps that were produced for that night weren't called, but I'm not sure there was even 2 caps produced for that night from the sound of it as the system said ot was 349 so it probably just produced two 349 for that day rather than a new number that hadn't been produced yet.

    • @thomasfisher763
      @thomasfisher763 Год назад +74

      Omg I didn't even think of that. They probably never even knew they actually won lol just threw it away afterwards shaking their head lol

    • @dna3930
      @dna3930 Год назад +8

      thought the same thing!

    • @KLondike5
      @KLondike5 Год назад +13

      When you have specific low volume winners like this or like the Monopoly pieces on drink cups, I've wondered how you make sure the winners actually pay attention & don't toss their Boardwalk piece. One theory I have is they send out the winning pieces to the people that send in for the free play option. Then they know that player is paying attention & knows which pieces to watch for. I remember when I was a kid picking up and looking inside every discarded mountain dew can that I found when they had the game where you added up the numbers and I believe you had it to hit 21. The numbers were printed inside on the bottom of the can. All the numbers were even so the only way to win was to find an odd number like three.

  • @mistiinseattle
    @mistiinseattle 2 месяца назад +223

    Great storytelling... real voice and telling it concisely without a bunch of rambling.

  • @FoucaultEffect
    @FoucaultEffect 26 дней назад +76

    I have friends from there. Hundreds committed suicide over it. They were at the end with nothing left, then this amazing event only for it to be taken away & they just.... ended everything for themselves. Very sad

    • @I_Am_Not_Emo
      @I_Am_Not_Emo 8 дней назад +2

      That’s terrible. I’m so sorry.

    • @WORLD8NSH5KNIGHT1
      @WORLD8NSH5KNIGHT1 6 дней назад +1

      @FoucaultEffect - it is also sad that 5 people were murdered!

    • @memelaugh27
      @memelaugh27 4 дня назад

      ​@@WORLD8NSH5KNIGHT1 What a reason why 5 people got killed because of contest? Lmk

    • @sensenzel
      @sensenzel 4 дня назад +2

      @@memelaugh27probably in the riots; the video did state that they threw molotov cocktails and bombed pepsi vehicles

    • @Charlie-hw3wu
      @Charlie-hw3wu 3 дня назад +1

      ​@@Joe_blow121 I don't mean to be rude by saying this, but there is no reason to say that. All it does is make people upset, especially ones who have lost someone. In any scenario, please don't say that when regarding people. It doesn't add anything helpful.

  • @bradly_b0i536
    @bradly_b0i536 Год назад +2265

    Im a filipino and my dad was around during that time, one time during dinner i asked him why isnt pepsi isnt as popular as coke so he explained to me that pepsi used to be very popular in the 90s and something happened, but never told me about the deaths and injury.

    • @pvzfryhard4399
      @pvzfryhard4399 Год назад +44

      Damn dude. That has to hit different finally knowing that

    • @Nischal_Kandel
      @Nischal_Kandel Год назад +31

      @@pvzfryhard4399 Yeah, little Bradly's life was never the same after that.

    • @KyleGD
      @KyleGD Год назад +6

      @@Nischal_Kandel ok 😑😑

    • @OurCumrade
      @OurCumrade Год назад +3

      @@pvzfryhard4399 ikr

    • @kellygammonkel8815
      @kellygammonkel8815 Год назад +4

      I liked your comment to change the number to 667.....

  • @thenobody3218
    @thenobody3218 Год назад +7343

    I was still 7 when this happened. Me and my friends would scavenge the trash pile just to look for pepsi caps even after the raffle ended. And I also wondered why in my childhood Pepsi was more popular than coke before. Now I know.

    • @thatgirlthatlikesninjago9063
      @thatgirlthatlikesninjago9063 Год назад +86

      How old are you now

    • @xty124
      @xty124 Год назад +231

      @@thatgirlthatlikesninjago9063 they are 37

    • @liaxox_
      @liaxox_ Год назад +18

      @@xty124 ewwwww

    • @xty124
      @xty124 Год назад +231

      @@liaxox_ they are not that old

    • @Fyysha
      @Fyysha Год назад +401

      @@liaxox_ why eww?
      Are people above 30 not allowed to use youtube?

  • @jricknin8673
    @jricknin8673 2 месяца назад +40

    Nice mini documentary mr. Zack..please create another 5-minutes mini documentary next time. Thanks

  • @EricWilliams-bn8wn
    @EricWilliams-bn8wn 19 дней назад +21

    Beautifully done. Thank you.

  • @AdrielDoesGaming
    @AdrielDoesGaming Год назад +5217

    That's completely insane, one little mistake caused so much chaos

  • @-Kuru-Reichtangle-Historian-
    @-Kuru-Reichtangle-Historian- 7 месяцев назад +631

    This is probably one of the most darkest videos I've watched from your channel. Rest in peace to anyone out there in the Philippines that had to suffer with this.

    • @dafan-uv8vf
      @dafan-uv8vf 3 месяца назад +7

      If you think this video is bad you should see the one where he talks about how the accelerators in tesla cars were getting stuck down 💀💀

    • @Little_.Raizenmyenpawzy
      @Little_.Raizenmyenpawzy 3 месяца назад +4

      I'm a filipino😭

    • @rubberducky7211
      @rubberducky7211 3 месяца назад +2

      ​@@Little_.Raizenmyenpawzyhave you heard of this event before this video?

    • @Little_.Raizenmyenpawzy
      @Little_.Raizenmyenpawzy 3 месяца назад

      @@rubberducky7211 bruh I was born on 2014

    • @rubberducky7211
      @rubberducky7211 3 месяца назад +3

      @@Little_.Raizenmyenpawzy i mean, did you know this event existed?

  • @jamesm28
    @jamesm28 15 дней назад +1

    I had no idea this happened, great video about it, informative and to the point. Thanks.

  • @m1stak3imade17
    @m1stak3imade17 Месяц назад +10

    First time watching this RUclipsr content
    Surprisingly good and interesting

  • @poopetcrab3099
    @poopetcrab3099 Год назад +932

    Imagine being in the bathroom as a pepsi employee and a molotov cocktail just bursted outside your stall.

    • @Ya_boi_khoi
      @Ya_boi_khoi Год назад +75

      Well… at least you won’t be constipated anymore 🤷‍♂️

    • @kepan2009
      @kepan2009 Год назад +13

      aw yeah the flamin' fard is real.

    • @OwlyEagles
      @OwlyEagles Год назад +26

      Imagine trying to make a molotov with Pepsi bottles.

    • @danielpickrel1803
      @danielpickrel1803 Год назад

      Fucking bust the toilet and let water spray

    • @PostTraumaticSwagDisorder
      @PostTraumaticSwagDisorder Год назад

      @@dickJohnsonpeter ???.???????????

  • @naptuness
    @naptuness Год назад +486

    My grandfather worked for Pepsi around this time. Apparently my mother’s family was receiving death threats because of what had happened. Luckily, my grandfather quit his job so the situation wouldn’t escalate. I just wanted to put that out.

    • @slam_it
      @slam_it Год назад +17

      hope y’all okay!

    • @gypsymendoza8352
      @gypsymendoza8352 9 месяцев назад +4

      Yes, you’re okay!

    • @lupsorovidiu5995
      @lupsorovidiu5995 9 месяцев назад +2

      ​@@gypsymendoza8352yeah everybody is okay

    • @nept2ned
      @nept2ned 8 месяцев назад +3

      @@lupsorovidiu5995universe is okay!

    • @b.nngames4468
      @b.nngames4468 8 месяцев назад +2

      ​@@nept2nedthe aliens are ok

  • @saltymiso
    @saltymiso 4 месяца назад +5

    Wow I love learning new stuff thanks for making such interesting content for us :3

  • @LifeHecker
    @LifeHecker Месяц назад +5

    Computer error really said
    Ima end this man's whole career!

  • @Gocksthrall
    @Gocksthrall 6 месяцев назад +350

    The worst thing about this event is that "sure, there will be winners, in fact 2". But who says it was sold or even left their own warehouse?
    How many times you heard of a contest but see no winners even today?

    • @desertweasel6965
      @desertweasel6965 2 месяца назад +63

      Like the million dollar Monopoly crap at McDonald's?

    • @johnmccatherin5892
      @johnmccatherin5892 29 дней назад +37

      @@desertweasel6965 Saw an interesting video saying that was all insider winners with family of McDonald people

    • @nunyanunya4147
      @nunyanunya4147 21 день назад +1

      shhhh noone wants to understand how evil capitalism is

    • @latinourbano
      @latinourbano 21 день назад

      ​@@johnmccatherin5892yup and it didnt happened just once but several times.
      Thats I dont even bother with that game anymore I just throw away the tickets.

    • @akimboist
      @akimboist 21 день назад

      Welcome to reality. Where literally everything is controlled and monopolized. Including the government and media.

  • @kennykaneko65
    @kennykaneko65 Год назад +4088

    My mom was around that event during that time,
    And she told me back in the day she didn't buy it, and expected the event to be a scam and false hope, when I asked her about this event, she just laughed it off saying "I knew it was a scam the whole time, that's why I didn't participate in it that time"
    Edit: Ok now there's"Who asked?" comments

  • @Kiponglangsakalam173616731
    @Kiponglangsakalam173616731 4 месяца назад +20

    Bro! So many Filipinos are shocked after this!
    Thank you po para sa infomation..

  • @jlmapa
    @jlmapa 22 дня назад +5

    Never heard issue before… maybe I was too young that time, good video!

    • @davidmarchant9386
      @davidmarchant9386 День назад

      Thing is how many news reports do you remember as a child ? Fall of Berlin Wall? Unification of Germany ? The mass starvation of North Koreans I can remember all these but this I don't and it seems something like I'd remember as I can recall other events from younger age

  • @NY_7
    @NY_7 6 месяцев назад +652

    I guess they all switched to Coca Cola after that.

    • @mintallyn7291
      @mintallyn7291 Месяц назад +13

      Haha 😂

    • @TheVengefulEmpress
      @TheVengefulEmpress Месяц назад +6

      😅

    • @deedunk8383
      @deedunk8383 Месяц назад

      😂​@@mintallyn7291

    • @iancruz6617
      @iancruz6617 Месяц назад +8

      Consider coca cola right now has a winning bucket hat by collecting 24 caps for 3 bucket hate depends what you cap was my dad buys the plastic then the one with the glass one. Got one aka the sprite bucket hat. Each week for getting one till may 11. I expect to get all 3 I never like bucket hate but the design was cool as hell

    • @ChrisRainey-ss3nd
      @ChrisRainey-ss3nd Месяц назад +14

      Pepsi sucks anyway!

  • @stellarnyxxi
    @stellarnyxxi 7 месяцев назад +601

    As a Filipino myself, this was something I never expected to learn about my country.

    • @hyundaisonata8128
      @hyundaisonata8128 3 месяца назад +14

      my grandfather is malaysian-filipino and im indian and i was shocked about this incident after my grandfather told me about this story

    • @Simplykylie10
      @Simplykylie10 3 месяца назад

      same

    • @Zerviscos
      @Zerviscos 3 месяца назад +3

      Wasn't born during this time, but my dad worked in Pepsi and told me this story in around the mid-2000s when he was already working for Coke.

    • @Vincent_de_Paul
      @Vincent_de_Paul 2 месяца назад +4

      I'm Korean and my country has always been equally f*cked up😢

    • @genrerationx
      @genrerationx 2 месяца назад +1

      I don't know how old are you but this rocked the country when I was 1st year high school.

  • @aldodelfino9616
    @aldodelfino9616 Месяц назад +7

    Hey Zack! I really love your youtube shorts, Ive become x10 more knowledageble in radon facts, BUT i feel like we all neeed more of these videos. Findind cases/ history and making it into a story is far more (chilling) and fun! Either way keep it up!

  • @jeromeryan4419
    @jeromeryan4419 8 дней назад +1

    This is how to make short documentaries! Very clear and precise

  • @pneumonianakey
    @pneumonianakey Год назад +1376

    Damn five people died, doesn't sound like alot comparing it to other events but dang. That's still a lot of emotional baggage for their families. Over an error.

    • @a.evelyn5498
      @a.evelyn5498 Год назад +73

      Five people is a lot, especially at the hands of a capitalist company.

    • @luigi.carbone
      @luigi.carbone Год назад +7

      Holy crap a Weezer fan, what's good brother

    • @Mat69420k
      @Mat69420k Год назад +41

      But he didn't said what caused their death, it was their own fault for creating such chaos I believe

    • @pneumonianakey
      @pneumonianakey Год назад

      @@luigi.carbone the same stuff getting no bitches the usual

    • @frq3155
      @frq3155 Год назад

      You know how they say, one death is a tragedy, a hundred deaths are a statistic

  • @Downedaccount
    @Downedaccount Год назад +569

    My mom was born in 1979,every time she hears the number 349 she is always reminded of the chaos. Rest in peace to the ppl who died just to get some money

    • @CatKittyL0V3r
      @CatKittyL0V3r 10 месяцев назад +3

      Fr and my family Work extremely hard on their work and tried to get money and I love them so much. And they get new job 2 3 and they have to work hard again.

    • @CatKittyL0V3r
      @CatKittyL0V3r 10 месяцев назад +2

      3* and also I born in Manila Filipino March 12 2016
      Mk I started war 😃-

    • @kaimasterproyt
      @kaimasterproyt 10 месяцев назад +2

      @@CatKittyL0V3r your 7 lol

    • @slauocrosmro_
      @slauocrosmro_ 10 месяцев назад +2

      ​@@CatKittyL0V3roh no god, nowadays 7 yos comments?

    • @EdditorJake
      @EdditorJake 10 месяцев назад +1

      @@slauocrosmro_Oh God something years olds can’t spell better then 7 year olds

  • @AmandaNOTMandy
    @AmandaNOTMandy 27 дней назад +2

    Thanks for covering! Never heard of this story until now. Granted I was about 3 years old when the actual incident happened... But given the fact that I'm about to be 35 on Friday... You would think somewhere through those years I would have heard whispers. Everyone seems to only ever focus on the Pepsi jet situation. Netflix even jumped on the bandwagon and that is when the documentary titled Pepsi. Where's my jet?. Was born.

    • @markylon
      @markylon 10 дней назад

      Well I'm 55 and I've never heard this story

  • @davemustaki134
    @davemustaki134 2 месяца назад +3

    Never heard about this until now sickening how corporations rip people off and get away with it nice video though worthy of a Netflix documentary im surprised anyone would buy a pepsi in Philippines

  • @natee9472
    @natee9472 Год назад +1222

    I’m a Filipino and I showed this to my grandma and she got the chills of this event..

  • @shaisarmiento8638
    @shaisarmiento8638 Год назад +466

    i was in grade four when this happened and im proud to say i was one of those who managed to find the "winning cap". My aunt used to own a convenience store and i remember i got the "winning cap" through flashing lights on the bottle's neck in order to have a glimpse of those numbers... eventually my mom didn't think it was reasonable enough to fight for it so she decided to exchanged it for 500... and if i remember correctly, those who fought for it got 10k each...

    • @Red-jl1qr
      @Red-jl1qr Год назад +19

      @@raymond19001 damn this man just capped so hard I guess

    • @shaisarmiento8638
      @shaisarmiento8638 Год назад +6

      @@Red-jl1qr i was about to reply to the guy but i guess he realized he was wrong because it really is possible... i did it with coca cola as well... exchanging the bottle caps for POGS and those miniature Coke Bottles...

    • @Blue_skiesGacha
      @Blue_skiesGacha Год назад +1

      Damn

    • @jacoob9810
      @jacoob9810 Год назад +8

      Damn your mother really snatched your “fortune”

    • @TerminatorZXY
      @TerminatorZXY Год назад +15

      I researched a bit, and only a handful got over 10k, because they went through lawsuits or something.

  • @xonx209
    @xonx209 29 дней назад +1

    If they were smarter, they would have covered their behind with small print like "total payout is $X and will be equally divided between all winners."

  • @WallNutBreaker524
    @WallNutBreaker524 2 дня назад

    Ey! Zack gave the Philippines a shout-out. 😊 Though, the topic is a bit sad and tragic. 😢

  • @milhouse14
    @milhouse14 Год назад +466

    I was only in fifth grade when this happened. However, I was already smart enough to know that Pepsi merely made an error in announcing the winning number. Sadly, a lot of Filipinos mistakenly thought that it was a lottery and numbers are drawn.

    • @okjeffy6581
      @okjeffy6581 Год назад +12

      I wasn’t even born. My heart goes out to those people I guess.

    • @gamblerfls
      @gamblerfls Год назад +20

      @Takeshi Matimoto didn't you watch the video? It said the prize was life changing for the average filipino back then. It caused a violent riot that unfortunatelly led to deaths. Watch the whole thing lol.

    • @Somecomfycraphead
      @Somecomfycraphead Год назад +2

      @@gamblerfls they probably watched the video, but can’t exactly understand why they resorted to violence

    • @gypsymendoza8352
      @gypsymendoza8352 9 месяцев назад +1

      Uhhhh…

    • @andromedamessier3176
      @andromedamessier3176 3 месяца назад +4

      Money made people crazy. I understand poverty but this is greed now.

  • @pony7284
    @pony7284 Год назад +673

    Though I'm not a Filipino I've heard this story from my uncle and its one the tragic competing that has ever happened.

    • @maryjaneflores637
      @maryjaneflores637 Год назад +4

      Iam a Filipino

    • @Avinomus
      @Avinomus Год назад +2

      @@maryjaneflores637 same

    • @vitaminsy8644
      @vitaminsy8644 Год назад

      @@maryjaneflores637 me too

    • @pony7284
      @pony7284 Год назад +4

      Sadly I'm not. I'm a korean chinese.

    • @yany4n
      @yany4n Год назад +3

      @@pony7284 nahh be happy im a filipino and i dont really like it lol. ( citizens to be exact )

  • @averabe9726
    @averabe9726 3 месяца назад +6

    As a filipino thank you for showing us this❤

  • @TheOmniscientGuest
    @TheOmniscientGuest Месяц назад +1

    Bro when i saw the thumbnail and the second you said Philippines (cuz im a Filipino) i was shook to the coreeeeeee

  • @WhoIs_GRIMZY
    @WhoIs_GRIMZY Год назад +1221

    I’m a Filipino I did not know this happened. I feel very bad for anyone who went through that trama. 🇵🇭

  • @WhoLeaf
    @WhoLeaf Год назад +179

    Crazy how one mistake can even lead into a massive chaos

    • @marcelvincent4215
      @marcelvincent4215 Год назад +2

      U literally copied and pasted some ones comment 💀

    • @fnafloverfrfr
      @fnafloverfrfr Год назад

      @@marcelvincent4215 ?

    • @sle3povers
      @sle3povers Год назад +2

      @@marcelvincent4215 and? are you gonna tell someone who said "1 + 1 is 2" that they copied someone else?

    • @marcelvincent4215
      @marcelvincent4215 Год назад +2

      @@sle3povers math is different then a comment

    • @diobrendo4745
      @diobrendo4745 Год назад

      @@marcelvincent4215 sheeeeeeeeeeesh

  • @camdenritter7652
    @camdenritter7652 4 месяца назад +9

    "Who else came from shorts" yeah who else went from youtube to youtube?? 💀

  • @redenmarcastaneda3998
    @redenmarcastaneda3998 3 месяца назад +7

    0:26 correct. Now, 1 pesos could barely buy you a few candies

  • @pressurizer1
    @pressurizer1 Год назад +80

    Two of my neighbours then, got those 349 bottle caps as well. They informed us that was a mistake after they saw the news about other thousands of people owning that 349 number. "No company would ever allow thousands of people win PHP1,000,000 in a single draw", they asserted.They were small business owners by the way.

  • @earth6578
    @earth6578 Год назад +379

    My dad confirmed this, he said it was true, he was there around at his young age, he even said he had one, and didn't even bother claiming it.

    • @romi_wri
      @romi_wri Год назад +7

      Same here my dude, good thing he didn't participate.

    • @tabssy
      @tabssy Год назад +31

      Man just wanted to drink Pepsi

    • @nickquiachon1738
      @nickquiachon1738 Год назад +5

      @@tabssy definetly said:
      Nah, just liked the drink

    • @unknown-ft9ik
      @unknown-ft9ik Год назад +4

      Why bother if ur not gonna win anyway

    • @DukeRaiden1
      @DukeRaiden1 Год назад +2

      @@unknown-ft9ik you're

  • @bipolarwanderer
    @bipolarwanderer Месяц назад +4

    I'm from the philippines and i have no idea this happened! Crazy that this happened!! 😮

  • @drivingaround9147
    @drivingaround9147 3 месяца назад +2

    Well, I anticipated from the title that the contest involved drinking as many Pepsi bottles as possible, which ended up killing 5 people because of sugar poisoning or so.

  • @yoursalmashowz
    @yoursalmashowz 7 месяцев назад +54

    we’ll know this is how you explain a story. Thank you man

  • @clasherknife14
    @clasherknife14 7 месяцев назад +42

    Imagine the 2 people who got the actual winning number💀💀💀

  • @KevinBlue18
    @KevinBlue18 26 дней назад

    This shocked me that it happened in the Philippines. I wonder how many people in my family participated or if my dad knew about it.

  • @bhrentartainment
    @bhrentartainment Месяц назад +2

    I watched the whole thing without clicking on the video

  • @186FreakinCool
    @186FreakinCool Год назад +251

    Zack! I think you need to make more longer form videos like these. The shorts are good too but more of these would be great

    • @fullthrottlereviews656
      @fullthrottlereviews656 Год назад +2

      Atleast 10mint video and above

    • @dhelix85
      @dhelix85 Год назад +1

      I agree.

    • @edward002gaming
      @edward002gaming Год назад

      @@fullthrottlereviews656 i dont agree it waste time and make everyone bored thats a company technic they make short cuts on everything even saying a speach

  • @pozeidon22
    @pozeidon22 Год назад +828

    He Deserves an award🏆 for his voice and his interesting storytelling!

    • @KhKh06
      @KhKh06 Год назад +2

      W

    • @Fasteagle_92
      @Fasteagle_92 Год назад +2

      Daddy

    • @0NLYM00NN
      @0NLYM00NN Год назад +14

      @@Fasteagle_92 Uhm? 💀

    • @bush6770
      @bush6770 Год назад

      @@0NLYM00NN 19 seconds ago, what.

    • @supahjan
      @supahjan Год назад

      @@Fasteagle_92 hes our daddy

  • @dontpanic15
    @dontpanic15 19 дней назад

    and from then on no company dare make it possible to win, not even once, they put a * next to the promise of prizesz then in fine print it says some complex rules about claiming the prize that makes it virtually impossible.

  • @Catfishguy
    @Catfishguy Месяц назад +1

    I’ve learned more history stuff from random videos I find like this rather than my history class.

    • @Alwvays
      @Alwvays Месяц назад

      Lol yea 😅

  • @bursegsardaukar
    @bursegsardaukar Год назад +111

    In America, there is also the Harrier jet that Pepsi promised for 7 million Pepsi points and when someone did manage to get that amount of points, they refused to keep their promise.

    • @viperdemonz-jenkins
      @viperdemonz-jenkins Год назад +10

      remember that one, they though for sure none would get tht many points.

    • @thegoldfly1
      @thegoldfly1 Год назад +4

      The problem was you were able to BUY points. Also Pepsi easily won that Court case, returning the check the person tried to send for the points.

    • @sandcastle1417
      @sandcastle1417 Год назад +6

      BUT you forgot to mention that they at least offered the guy 1 MILLION DOLLARS...NOT $18

    • @Money_Fox
      @Money_Fox Год назад +3

      but that was negligence this was a minor coding error

    • @Money_Fox
      @Money_Fox Год назад +1

      @@sandcastle1417 but he thig was like 30m so not as impressive

  • @morgandunn6384
    @morgandunn6384 Год назад +90

    Amazing story. You have the most interesting stuff. I’m amazed that this story isn’t more well remembered.

  • @reiectazy
    @reiectazy 2 месяца назад +1

    I wasn’t basically born yet when this happend but my mom was. My mother has a photo of her back from the 90s holding pepsi while her tv was on in the background seeing that she got 349.

  • @WarpRulez
    @WarpRulez 18 дней назад

    I wouldn't be surprised if any subsequent raffles by Pepsico and many other companies have a clause protecting them from such errors (and/or the raffle is worded so that even if such an error were to happen, they wouldn't need to pay more than they intended to. In other words, using a wording like "2 million bucks will be divided among the winners" or the like.)

  • @robertnmheanneobias6641
    @robertnmheanneobias6641 Год назад +220

    This happened during the early 90's with the cola wars between Pepsi Co. and Coca Cola Co. Prior to this, they were doing the taste test and Coca Cola would wind up to be the supreme brand. Pepsi came up with this ingenious idea and literally pushed them to the top. I was an avid Coke drinker and switched to Pepsi because of this promotion. I also had one of the winning 349 bottle caps.

    • @taz7914
      @taz7914 Год назад +5

      You won?

    • @monty6569
      @monty6569 Год назад +7

      @@taz7914 the 349 ones where the ones that glitched, so no wonder he won.

    • @thelarryman482
      @thelarryman482 Год назад

      Wow

    • @yojan9238
      @yojan9238 11 месяцев назад +2

      Amazing, you still kept the 'winning' bottle caps. It's a slice of history in that era and who knows, they have values in years to come. Historical value.

    • @gypsymendoza8352
      @gypsymendoza8352 9 месяцев назад

      349 is deadly.

  • @its_imactuallylayzefan
    @its_imactuallylayzefan Год назад +327

    As a Filipino this truly scared me and realized my parents could've died is horrifying, good thing my father brought my mother to America before the incident. God bless the injuries and deaths. (my father's american)

    • @benedictaandani
      @benedictaandani Год назад +6

      Say thanks god for make your parents save your parents :)

    • @benedictaandani
      @benedictaandani Год назад

      Oh o

    • @SamU-uz2sg
      @SamU-uz2sg Год назад

      That’s good for you parents 😮‍💨

    • @soxpeewee
      @soxpeewee Год назад +12

      Unlikely she could have died unless she worked for Pepsi or liked to riot.

    • @reducedfaticecreamisjustde1447
      @reducedfaticecreamisjustde1447 10 месяцев назад +2

      North Carolina company causes trouble in Philippines. Good thing I was born in Virginia

  • @SethsNewChannel
    @SethsNewChannel Месяц назад +30

    "So.. how did you die?"
    "..I don't wanna talk about it."

  • @qseued
    @qseued Месяц назад

    Damn. I did not know about this. Nobody buys Pepsi anymore from where I live (at least in Manila and Batangas). I hope it stays that way.

  • @BirbBoiYT
    @BirbBoiYT 9 месяцев назад +15

    I'm surprised such an amazing video was able to fit in just 5 minutes, great work

  • @mcis4ever
    @mcis4ever Год назад +202

    I’m a FILIPINO and I’m shocked with this revelation.

    • @vashj212
      @vashj212 Год назад +1

      "The moment of Revelation is a Shock"
      Shadout Mapes, Dune

    • @romi_wri
      @romi_wri Год назад

      @@dLw920 HOW DARE YOU-

    • @asdndn
      @asdndn Год назад

      @@dLw920 Your lame

    • @loljk7223
      @loljk7223 Год назад

      @Light Wolf🎆 2v1 me and light wolf vs detter wallas

    • @achuuuooooosuu
      @achuuuooooosuu Год назад +2

      Naka-CAPS pa talaga ang Filipino amp. Walang espesyal kung Pilipino tayo. Like OK, gulat tayo. Hindi naman sila mapapa-“Wow, Pilipino ka.”

  • @mepsiemopar8991
    @mepsiemopar8991 22 дня назад

    What's with the muted parts? Copyright issues? Kinda ruins the whole video which sucks because I was really interested in this story.

  • @sunshadethedragon
    @sunshadethedragon 4 месяца назад +1

    Nice video! It's very entertaining!

  • @johncleratyservigon4987
    @johncleratyservigon4987 Год назад +501

    I asked my grandmother about this(since she was born in 1960), she remembered some of it, but she only said this as I explained it to her "it's a good thing I threw it away" or when I mention she was collecting some bottle caps "I was just collecting those for your father and uncle's school projects" and finally "It's a good thing me, my siblings or your grandfather and his siblings din't join".
    But for me it kinda disturbs me, I never heard this anything in my life, even though I was born in the year 2000's, and I think I should not know about this, especially since my family does not usually buy Pepsi, now I know why.
    Rest in peace for those 5 people

    • @redrrrrrrrrre
      @redrrrrrrrrre Год назад +3

      Prob the reason my parents only let me Buy Royal, Sprite and CocaCola

    • @johncleratyservigon4987
      @johncleratyservigon4987 Год назад +2

      @@redrrrrrrrrre My family just let me buy Mountain Dew and Royal only if im going out to drink, so I feel ya

    • @user-we2fn5zi7o
      @user-we2fn5zi7o Год назад

      that's my dad's age! he remembers in the newspapers

    • @hi_2815
      @hi_2815 Год назад

      @@redrrrrrrrrre ok

    • @Spheraz
      @Spheraz Год назад +2

      pepsi is better than coke though

  • @jonathanalonzo6753
    @jonathanalonzo6753 Год назад +167

    Up to this date I still have my 7 pieces Pepsi 349 caps. But I never participated in any rallies or whatsoever. Memoirs of the 90's.

    • @IDontLikeHandIes
      @IDontLikeHandIes Год назад +13

      you can sell it to collectors, I've heard people are buying those

    • @ItsJennyXo
      @ItsJennyXo Год назад +7

      @@IDontLikeHandIes nah just wait slight 20-30 years trust me how much value it'll be

    • @CopperHelm
      @CopperHelm Год назад +5

      ah yes the memoirs

  • @mistiinseattle
    @mistiinseattle 2 месяца назад

    Strange. I lived in Manila from 1991-1993 and dont recall this at all. Everyone i knew drank Coke. Wondering how i missed it???

  • @MultiRayman98
    @MultiRayman98 27 дней назад +2

    I don’t need a Pepsi contest to kill 5 people

  • @FlyingLime
    @FlyingLime Год назад +183

    Yo, could you please start making more full videos like these? I mean RUclips shorts/ reels are cool and all, but I will always appreciate full videos with more details like these.
    You're so cool for sharing stuff like this man, better than 90% of the cringe most people post.

    • @Spheraz
      @Spheraz Год назад +4

      RUclips reels wtf

    • @m4riams
      @m4riams Год назад

      @@Spheraz probably mixed up with insta ot something

    • @Spheraz
      @Spheraz Год назад

      @@m4riams but why

    • @HammMann
      @HammMann Год назад

      @@Spheraz mistakes don't have reason, there IS NO WHY.

    • @Spheraz
      @Spheraz Год назад

      @@HammMann bbut why??

  • @Shrekkkkkkkkkkkkkk
    @Shrekkkkkkkkkkkkkk Год назад +455

    Here is the explaining: ( if you don’t wanna read this whole thing then the reason behind the 5 deaths is because of riots.)so basically many people over the country were participating in this. So people all around the country were waiting for the winning number to be called. Since 349 is not a winning number the company we’re able to print that same number as many times as they want leading to many people having 1 or more of that number. Pepsi then had a meeting the same night to discuss how to solve this issue. They then decided to blame it on the technology and then just came to a conclusion that they would give everyone that won 500 pesos (18 American dollars) which was not even close to 1 million pesos. Many people were okay with this but many people were even more angry then before. After that riots broke loose which lead to 5 deaths. To sum it all up, the reason 5 people died is because of the riots.

    • @opalcat0308
      @opalcat0308 Год назад +12

      I understand the video better now thank you

    • @ehethan
      @ehethan Год назад

      so people are angry because they got 500 pesos for using forged numbers? man i’m a bit disappointed at my country

    • @justadumbkid3951
      @justadumbkid3951 Год назад +2

      thanks

    • @Shrekkkkkkkkkkkkkk
      @Shrekkkkkkkkkkkkkk Год назад +2

      @@NSUS1 yes I did lol

    • @kashvi.....2414
      @kashvi.....2414 Год назад +10

      Ya and u saw the whole short of the video created by this youtuber and copy pasted all the lines here

  • @akmaldino2816
    @akmaldino2816 Месяц назад +4

    New title : how Pepsi started a war

  • @bigbrisk8423
    @bigbrisk8423 Месяц назад

    If a company makes a contest and theres computer errors they should still be forced to honour the contest. Otherwise whats to stop them from saying oh its a computer error and screwing anyone over?

  • @kennethwallace4338
    @kennethwallace4338 Год назад +22

    After seeing title I thought this was going to be a phosphorus incident like something from the earlier 1900's when people drank til their jaw rotted. This turned out to be far more insane. Excellent video.

  • @Boypogikami132
    @Boypogikami132 Год назад +148

    According to my parents, the “glitch” was actually caused by a rogue worker who got fired.
    Also. 349!!! (Pepsi paid 25 centavos to all the winners)

    • @acidbath3226
      @acidbath3226 Год назад +2

      thats actually how ed-209 glitched as well

    • @flannelpillowcase6475
      @flannelpillowcase6475 Год назад +3

      if that's true, what's the motive? why would someone do something like that? sabotage/revenge i guess makes sense, but ultimately he'd be screwing the people more than the company, which is exactly what happened.

    • @KaleidoSTARPH
      @KaleidoSTARPH Год назад

      we never protest to claim that "prize" 🤮 SERIOUSLY, Php.25?!? 🤮

    • @Whymyguywhy
      @Whymyguywhy Год назад

      @@KaleidoSTARPH ?

    • @ThomasChesterson
      @ThomasChesterson 8 месяцев назад +2

      @@flannelpillowcase6475 well maybe he thought the company would've actually paid the prize

  • @DaYugoslavian75
    @DaYugoslavian75 Месяц назад

    I remember seeing this on our Yugoslavian news station. I could never look at a Pepsi product again after I followed up on this. Bonga!

  • @latinourbano
    @latinourbano 21 день назад +1

    Why would winners think all of them would get 1 million? That 1 million would be divided in to all the thousands that one

    • @JacknVictor
      @JacknVictor 20 дней назад

      No, that isn't how the prize was advertised. It was advertised as one prize per winning cap. It's not like the lottery.if a prize of a certain amount is advertised as the prize you will win, then you are entitled to the full stated prize amount.

  • @bananakuapy5264
    @bananakuapy5264 6 месяцев назад +266

    Hey, im from the Philippines and i really feel bad for the people that had to go through this,i wasn’t born yet but i hope those people are doing alright now.

    • @mariacristinapadua414
      @mariacristinapadua414 5 месяцев назад +3

      Same😢

    • @DaniellaCawaling
      @DaniellaCawaling 4 месяца назад +2

      Same 😢😢...

    • @jebignacio7951
      @jebignacio7951 4 месяца назад +3

      Definitely, rhose people are desperate right now in a slum area with their families or they might long dead.

    • @JackRongcales-gx2jz
      @JackRongcales-gx2jz 4 месяца назад +1

      Same😢

    • @ItsJustMeBroo
      @ItsJustMeBroo Месяц назад +6

      Honestly bro Pepsi was helping out and when a simple mistake happened people decided to start a fight?? It's not like it was a competition now was it

  • @FearlessSKY
    @FearlessSKY 9 месяцев назад +18

    As a filipino i never get to heard of this story untill now thank you so much! For not ignoring the Philippines

  • @0rb
    @0rb Месяц назад

    a little unrelated but the thumbnail is really creative

  • @ShadowTraitYT
    @ShadowTraitYT 3 месяца назад +1

    Wow I didn't know that a number as simple as 349 would cause a huge riot.

  • @Zhan_HawaiianRookiePilot2024
    @Zhan_HawaiianRookiePilot2024 8 месяцев назад +27

    As a young half american and half filipino, I definitely feel very upset for number fever because this history of pepsi in the philippines is very sad 😢

  • @sociallyawkwardguy7106
    @sociallyawkwardguy7106 Год назад +85

    This story is so underrated almost every Filipino forgot about this, tho I knew about this from my grandma but she didn't give an f about the price even tho she won

    • @Spheraz
      @Spheraz Год назад

      i didn't give an fuck either

    • @Onionhatespowerleague1
      @Onionhatespowerleague1 Год назад

      I would trade my 500 bucks for ur Winning cap

    • @Thanatoos
      @Thanatoos Год назад +1

      @@Onionhatespowerleague1 well. It would be a rare collectable now since it was one of the biggest event but in the same time i doubt a cap still exist.

    • @Spheraz
      @Spheraz Год назад

      @@Onionhatespowerleague1 imagine

    • @Onionhatespowerleague1
      @Onionhatespowerleague1 Год назад

      @@Spheraz I need it it goes for 10K$

  • @deathlygloomy
    @deathlygloomy 2 месяца назад

    he needs to post more longer videos 💔💔

  • @darkeyez1630
    @darkeyez1630 22 дня назад

    Damn, and I was thinking people cut their fingers trying to pull the plastic liners out of bottle caps for various contests soda companies would run. And then infection sets in.

  • @trexfamily7264
    @trexfamily7264 7 месяцев назад +9

    My godmother is an eyewitness from the Philippines during this event and she is still traumatized to this day

  • @pansear513
    @pansear513 Год назад +16

    I was never born in this year nor heard of this story before, but I can imagine the desperation we would have over things like this.

  • @Tuzon15
    @Tuzon15 3 месяца назад

    the five casualties were three pepsi employees, and two others who had nothing to do with the riots, a school teacher and a child

  • @awesomeferret
    @awesomeferret Месяц назад

    I feel embarrassment by proxy for the extreme stupidity that those "winners" displayed. If I got winning number, I would have stopped celebrating once I saw more than 5 other winners (and you showed video of way more than 5) and assumed that I was NOT a winner. How can so many humans literally be physically surrounded by proof that they have not won something, and yet continue to celebrate as if they have? A street full of lottery winners is immediate visual proof that most of the people who think they are winners actually haven't won anything.

  • @therandomguy_2251
    @therandomguy_2251 Год назад +34

    3:49 "pepsi goons bombed own trucks" 💀

    • @thetriggeredone3461
      @thetriggeredone3461 Год назад

      Why would they bomb there own trucks that's stupid they would lose money if they did that

    • @therandomguy_2251
      @therandomguy_2251 Год назад +2

      @Mysterm lmao I changed it 🤣

    • @therandomguy_2251
      @therandomguy_2251 Год назад +2

      @Mysterm bro i don't have much time to be on yt I don't even use it

    • @Uchiharecords837
      @Uchiharecords837 9 месяцев назад

      @@mysterm_officialchirp💀

  • @circusitch
    @circusitch Год назад +12

    A similar, but far less violent, contest happened sometime in the mid 60's when I was little. It also was with a soda bottle cap. I was one of too many winners. Although I don't remember which company it was, or what finally happened. I was in the Pittsburgh Pa area at the time.

  • @Proverbs1813
    @Proverbs1813 2 месяца назад

    One small fine of 150,000 Pesos......I am sure some judges and politicians had their pockets stuffed with a little more than that.

  • @rudranshjhakhara7223
    @rudranshjhakhara7223 2 месяца назад

    They even had the commercial in which they stated that they are gonna give harrier jet to the winning contestant... A guy won it, but Pepsi backed off ...crazy what Pepsi did for advertising!!

  • @sanashi27
    @sanashi27 Год назад +52

    I live in the Philippines and this is the first I've heard of this. I think it's tragic that it all happened over an error although I feel bad for everyone (I know what a big deal that money is and while not as life changing as before, it's still a big amount today), I can't help but think it's dumb. It was an error and the company would still give them everyone some money even though it wasn't as big as before but people still had to start riots over it. It's sad people had to die for it.

  • @bufflerpawzzr236
    @bufflerpawzzr236 Год назад +6

    I love how this isn't a video. I love it how this sounds like a podcast. Really realaxing.

  • @G-ro4is
    @G-ro4is 11 дней назад

    Imagine the sheer desperation of pinning your hopes and dreams to a number printed in a bottle cap.

  • @SMILE-guy
    @SMILE-guy 4 дня назад

    Bro I remember I made an old analog horror video because I saw this video and was inspired by it and it’s still my most viewed video.

  • @reved2284
    @reved2284 7 месяцев назад +12

    I remember this as a young elementary school boy those days in Manila. In TV it was seen how Pepsi really propped up the 'Number Fever' campaign, advertising it. I remember collecting bottle caps with my friends and classmates and looking for the cap that has the winning number which played for a million pesos. Then I noticed that the TV and print ads suddenly disappeared. Since I was still naive and ignorant about national events back then, little did I know at that time that people went beast mode about it.
    Coca-Cola's still big here in the Philippines and I drink Coke and PepsiCo's Mountain Dew. The good majority of the people are still dirt poor, by the way.

    • @iancruz6617
      @iancruz6617 Месяц назад

      Now coca cola besides Christmas plates 6 caps you get a Christmas plates now 6 caps you get a cool bucket hat for each week like 3. I like Pepsi not sure if they done anything similar but coca cola doing it right.

  • @chimkinNuggz
    @chimkinNuggz Год назад +25

    "A million pesos in 1992 was life changing for filipinos" it would have been nice to have had a conversion amount with todays money/dollars ..

    • @teo-7242
      @teo-7242 Год назад +1

      Around 18

    • @ChocolateClocks
      @ChocolateClocks Год назад +3

      I looked for some exact figures on the 1992 PHP exchange rate but for some reason I could only find PHP/USD over the last 10 years.

    • @harryroberts2630
      @harryroberts2630 Год назад

      He says 500 pesos at the time was 18 dollars. $36 = 1000 pesos. 1000 thousands in a million. $36,000 back then. What would that be today? Can work it out with inflation. $150k maybe?

    • @sublimelime6354
      @sublimelime6354 Год назад

      It's approx 76 thousand current us dollars

    • @Rekkuza-eu6sp
      @Rekkuza-eu6sp Год назад

      This world is rapidly passing away and I hope that you repent and take time to change before all out disaster occurs! Belief in messiah alone is not enough to grant you salvation - Matthew 7:21-23, John 3:3, John 3:36 (ESV is the best translation for John 3:36) if you believed in Messiah you would be following His commands as best as you could. If you are not a follower of Messiah I would highly recommend becoming one. Call on the name of Jesus and pray for Him to intervene in your life - Revelation 3:20.
      Contemplate how the Roman Empire fulfilled the role of the beast from the sea in Revelation 13 over the course of 1260+ years. Revelation 17 confirms that the beast is in fact Rome. From this we can conclude that A) Jesus is the Son of God and can predict the future or make it happen, B) The world leaders/nations/governments etc have been conspiring together for the last 3000+ years going back to Babylon and before, C) History as we know it is fake. You don't really need to speculate once you start a relationship with God.
      Can't get a response from God? Fasting can help increase your perception and prayer can help initiate events. God will ignore you if your prayer does not align with His purpose (James 4:3) or if you are approaching Him when "unclean" (Isaiah 1:15, Isaiah 59:2, Micah 3:4). Stop eating food sacrificed to idols (McDonald's, Wendy's etc) stop glorifying yourself on social media or making other images of yourself (Second Commandment), stop gossiping about other people, stop watching obscene content etc. Have a blessed day!

  • @riversxp
    @riversxp 3 месяца назад

    Longest 5 minutes of my life. Best five minutes ever spent.

  • @gabrieldjatienza6971
    @gabrieldjatienza6971 Месяц назад +1

    It reminds me of Pepsi's Seven Dwarfs promo....only six dwarfs can be found...the most elusive crown was Sneezy!