Cars line up for blocks as Chicago businessman gives away $1 million in free gasoline:
Chicago area motorists have queued up in droves to claim a free fill-up care of a local quasi-celebrity businessman. In some cases lines have stretched for blocks, with drivers waiting over an hour for their turn at the pump.
In fact, this was Wilson's second act of generosity since the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24. That drove oil prices up to record numbers when countries around the world imposed sanction on Russia, a major supplier of oil, primarily to western Europe. Gas prices in greater Chicago are closing in on $5 per gallon.
This time around Wilson laid out some rules to avoid those issues. Volunteers handed out numbered stickers to waiting motorists, and police helped direct traffic to smooth out the flow of vehicles.
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