That’s nothing, man, I was once rejected from a Pick Up Sticks National Tournament.
One Christmas, when my brothers and I were in high school, we were having a friendly game of Monopoly with our dad. I was the banker and after some nudging, winking and laughing, I started giving my brothers money under the table. We cheated the entire game but dad managed to buy Boardwalk and Park Place and the other properties on that side. He also purchased another entire side and had all the RRs and both utilities to boot. He had no idea we were cheating and we ‘fessed up at the end of the game after getting our butts beat in the game with all three of us being bankrupted. (Still not understanding how three people with unfettered access to an entire bank of money can lose everything. Brings to mind the nations’s current financial situation.)
It is the only time I have ever cheated. It was a friendly game with family - no real money involved- and I cannot even imagine trying to cheat in a tournament.
(Oh, and Dad was a good sport. It was a lesson for all of us.)