[edshuck]

A couple of weeks ago I mentioned a guy who had won a bunch of cash on Jeopardy? Well, he is still there and now has 1,004960.

Don't know about you guys but it is beginning to look like real money.

[Penny]

Wow I wouldn't mind that sort of money!

Will he definitley keep all that money? or does he put it all on the line each time he plays?

[edshuck]

The prize works thus.

The feds take a tax
He is mormon and they give 10% for tithe.

But what he has won so far is his. Well maybe he will get 500,000.

But each day he starts at zero and wins and wagers from that until the final jeopardy question.

Only the winner keeps the cash.

The other two get neat prizes. Number 2 may get a trip. Number 3 something else of less value.

[Sparklechick]

I'd like the cash please

*sits and waits*

[edshuck]

Just as soon as the check clears.

Wait, Sparklechick made me do it. No, no not the handcuffs. Wait .....

[edshuck]

And he has now won again. That is 31 times.

[Penny]

Do they just let him continue and continue until he doesn't want to play any more?

Are they sure he is not cheating somehow?

[edshuck]

There was a rule change that allows him to remain. Just a few months ago in fact. The previous rule was 5 games and out with a car plus winnings. The cars were always in the luxury class.

They flash the answer on the screen as the moderator reads it. I think he reads it immediately (faster than the others). Is quick on the button and has enough information to pull it off.

[Penny]

they might go back to the 5 show, car + winnings rule after this one has finished!

[Sparklechick]

I'm still waiting for the cash Ed

[edshuck]

Got to get out of these cuffs. Can't reach the peg they hung the keys on.

Mufph. Scurf. No. not yet

Now for the games length. I think that might be the thing to do. Five, a kiss on the cheek and goodbye. See you at the tournament of champs. (Once a year they would bring back 9 (3 games worth) They would play and that would give them 3 for a 2 game final. 100,000 first prize.

Good stuff.

Hey, I am running high enough on this to qualify. 70% to 80%

[edshuck]

They had a guy on the telly this AM that had won the 1,000,000 jeopardy title. So he is a tad ahead of the current winner.

Sorry about the wrong info.

[Penny]

So Ed the guy on at the moment doesn't have 1 million and something dollars?

[edshuck]

His, ken, winnings are about 1,140,000 I am not really sure about the exact amount. Didn't store it away.

The guy who is anead in the dollar count (and the one I failed to consider, because i had forgotten or just did not know). Is another player who had won a bunch of cash and then came back for a million dollar tourney. When he won, his total was a mil plus his previous cash winnings.

But yes, Ken has over a mil. But the other guy is a tad ahead.

(I have a hard time thinking of that kind of money as a "tad")

[Sparklechick]

*sits and waits*

*looks at watch*

Ohhhh Edddddddddddddd .... where the hell is my money?

*puts hands on hips*