GAMBIT [CBS] - Episode 8 [GUEST HOST]

[palmer7]

Chipping it! (audience cheers)



   [AC]                              [2D][??]

    [** ][11]                           [ 2]
     [SAM RYAN]                      [DEALER]



(Sam hands Jennifer a chip, and she discards that card) All right. Still looking for a 10 or face card. You've a possible two more chances to get it. Jennifer....?



(she reveals....)

9 of Hearts

Jennifer: A nine!
(audience reacts)

Greg: Well well, that would give you a 10 or a 20, we'll just assume 20 for now. You want to chip that one or keep it? You have two left. (audience shouts suggestions)

[Deleted]

Let's keep the 9.

[palmer7]

Well, great day in the morning! He's going to keep it!



    [AC][9H]                          [2D][??]

    [** ][20]                           [ 2]
     [SAM RYAN]                      [DEALER]



Now, Sam, there are a few ways you can play this. You can either treat that Ace-9 combo as a 20 and freeze now, or you can treat it as a 10 and go fishing for another Ace and that other half-check. How do you want to play it? (audience shouts suggestions)

[Deleted]

Well... It's a hard decision, last time I was on the Gambit Board, I won with 20, so...

I'm going to treat as 10 and play on!

[palmer7]

He's going to treat it as a 10 and play on, folks! (audience cheers)



    [AC][9H]                          [2D][??]

    [** ][10]                           [ 2]
     [SAM RYAN]                      [DEALER]



OK. The Blackjack Bonus is officially out of play, it will rise to $200,000 tomorrow. Sam, now you're playing for whatever you can get off the Gambit Board plus $25,000. Just to remind you, the Gambit Galaxy is up there, and we also have a car. So good luck, pick another number.

[Deleted]

11 please.

[palmer7]

#11 has.....








           [$  2500]
   [01][02][03][04][05][06][07]
   [08][09][10][GAMBIT GALAXY][$2,500 DIAMONDS][<$5,>][14]
   [15][16][17][18][19][20][21]




[DING, APPLAUSE]


And that's the Gambit Galaxy! Win this round, Sam, and you'll be playing the Big Numbers for $50,000. In the meantime, we're still looking for an Ace. Jennifer, deal the next card!


(she reveals....)

8 of Diamonds

Jennifer: An eight!


Greg: And that gives you an 18.... unless you'd like to chip it. (audience shouts suggestions)

[Deleted]

Hmmm... Let's get rid of it.

Chip it!

[palmer7]

Hand over that chip. (he hands the chip over to Jennifer, who promptly discards that card)



    [AC][9H]                          [2D][??]

    [*  ][10]                           [ 2]
     [SAM RYAN]                      [DEALER]




All right, trading in the eight for....


(Jennifer reveals....)

5 of Spades

Jennifer: A five!


(audience groans)


Greg: That brings you from an 18 to a 15. You have one chip left. Do you want to keep the 5 or chip it? (audience shouts suggestions)

[Deleted]

Goodbye Mr. Chip, chipping it.

Argh, come on, 10, please show up!

[palmer7]

(Sam hands over the last Power Chip)




    [AC][9H]                          [2D][??]

    [   ][10]                           [ 2]
     [SAM RYAN]                      [DEALER]



OK, this is it. Jennifer, what's the next card?


(she reveals...)

3 of Spades

Jennifer: It's a 3!


(audience groans louder)


Greg: 13.




    [AC][9H][3S]                     [2D][??]

    [   ][13]                           [ 2]
     [SAM RYAN]                      [DEALER]




You had a 20 at one point, but now, you've got a 13. Sam, do you want to play on and hope for an 8 or less, or do you want to freeze and hope the dealer busts? (audience shouts suggestions)

[Deleted]

Play on...

[palmer7]

He's going to play on! In that case, pick another number.

[Deleted]

10.

[palmer7]

And behind #10, we have....





           [$  2500]
   [01][02][03][04][05][06][07]
   [08][09][STOP OR GO][GAMBIT GALAXY][$2,500 DIAMONDS][<$5,>][14]
   [15][16][17][18][19][20][21]





[DING, APPLAUSE]


Stop and Go! OK, I think we can make this work. I've never had experience with Stop or Go on this version, so I think I'll have to make an executive decision, or pull a Drew Carey, whichever is more accurate. (audience chuckles) This is how Barker's Markers got pulled, folks. I'm going to show you the next card. Jennifer?


(Jennifer reveals the next card)

K of Clubs

Jennifer: A king!


Greg: Ooooh, you don't want that one. Now, tell you what we're going to do. Right now, if you stop, we'll give you that card, put $2,500 in the pot, and you'd bust. However, you can throw that card aside, and if the next card is a Club, we'll double the value of Stop or Go to $5,000 and you'll get to keep that new card. Any other suit, and you keep the first card you'd have and in this case, lose. And since you don't have a Power Chip, I think the decision is pretty easy. Stop or go? (audience shouts obvious choice)

[Deleted]

Might as well, Go!

[palmer7]

All right, to add $5,000 to the pot and to stay alive...... what's the next card, Jen?


(she reveals...)

2 of Clubs

Jennifer: It's the two of clubs!


Greg: There it is! (audience cheers)



    [AC][9H][3S][2C]                [2D][??]

    [   ][15]                           [ 2]
     [SAM RYAN]                      [DEALER]




Oh my gosh, you're still alive! We add $5,000 to the pot....



           [$  7500]
   [01][02][03][04][05][06][07]
   [08][09][STOP OR GO][GAMBIT GALAXY][$2,500 DIAMONDS][<$5,>][14]
   [15][16][17][18][19][20][21]



$7,500 plus a chance at $50,000 is what you have so far. You have a 15. The dealer's showing a two. Would you like to play on or freeze? (audience shouts suggestions)

[Deleted]

Urgh... Argh.... I'm gonna twist (not literally)! Play on!

[palmer7]

OK then, pick another number. 

[Deleted]

5!

[palmer7]

And behind #5.....




           [$  7500]
   [01][02][03][04][CATALINA ISLAND CRUISE][06][07]
   [08][09][STOP OR GO][GAMBIT GALAXY][$2,500 DIAMONDS][<$5,>][14]
   [15][16][17][18][19][20][21]




[DING, APPLAUSE]


It's a cruise to Catalina Island. And here to tell you about it is John Cramer.


[CONTESTANTS' INTRO]




John: (VO) Sam, you and a guest will be taken via private limo to Long Beach where you'll board the Carnival Inspiration for a four-night cruise along the Pacific Coast in a Grand Suite! You'll spend an exciting day in Catalina Island, a fun day at sea, then to exotic Ensenada, and finally home to Long Beach.





Furnished by Carnival Cruise Lines.

[APPLAUSE]


Greg: Anything lower than a six keeps you alive, a six would give you the win and $25,000, but anything over that is bad. Jennifer, what's the next card?



(Jennifer reveals.....)

6 of Diamonds

TWENTY-ONE!


[BELL CLANGING, SIREN WAILS, 21 WIN CUE, CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]



    [AC][9H][3S][2C][6D]            [2D][??]

    [   ][21]                           [ 2]
     [SAM RYAN]                      [DEALER]






           [$ 36643]
   [01][02][03][04][CATALINA ISLAND CRUISE][06][07]
   [08][09][STOP OR GO][GAMBIT GALAXY][$2,500 DIAMONDS][<$5,>][14]
   [15][16][17][18][19][20][21]





Congratulations, Sam! You've just won $25,000 in cash, plus the cruise to Catalina, plus another $7,500 in cash. All in all, $36,643 in cash and prizes in this bonus game alone! Your thoughts, sir?

[Deleted]

This is brillant! What a gamble!

[palmer7]

I'll say it is. Let's show them the dealer's face-down card. (Jennifer flips it over...)



    [AC][9H][3S][2C][6D]            [2D][5C]

    [   ][21]                           [ 7]
     [SAM RYAN]                      [DEALER]



It was a 5 for a total of 7. It wouldn't have mattered. You have a 21. Now, let's take a look at the rest of the board.



           [$ 36643]
   [$$][02][03][04][CATALINA ISLAND CRUISE][CAR][07]
   [08][09][STOP OR GO][GAMBIT GALAXY][$2,500 DIAMONDS][<$5,>][SWAP]
   [15][16][TAKE 2][18][19][BUST][21]



The Instant Win was behind #1, the Car was behind #6, Swap behind #14, Take 2 behind #17, and Bust behind #20. Sam, you have half of a $5,000 check. Should you win the next game, you'll have a chance to go to the Gambit Board again and find the three zeroes that go with it. But that'll be tomorrow when Tony comes back. In the meantime, you've won the right, honor, and privilege to play the Gambit Galaxy for as much as $50,000 in cash! We'll do that when we come right back!

[CLOSING THEME]

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]


*fade to commercial*

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fade to promo*



[PRIZE CUE]

John Cramer: Hotel accommodations provided by the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino, the second largest hotel in the world and largest hotel resort complex in the United States. Enjoy fine dining, Cirque du Soleil's Kà, Studio 54 and more. It's Maximum Vegas from the MGM Grand.



If you live in the Los Angeles area and would like to become a contestant on Gambit, all you have to do is send in your postcard to--

Or log on to CBS.com/gambit for more details and information. We'll continue with more of Gambit after this message.


*fade back to commercial*

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*fade in*
(cheers and applause)


Greg: We're back with Sam Ryan, who has just won it big at the Gambit Board, and now he's going to play the Gambit Galaxy with the Mobile Operational Lovable Likable Interactive Entertainer, MOLLIE!


(audience cheers)


MOLLIE: Greetings, everyone.


Greg: Now, during the break, I heard that you and Wally from On a Roll were an item. Is this true?


MOLLIE: Er... er...... there is a fallacy of logic in that statement, citizen Gregory. (scattered laughter)


Greg: Your words say "no, no, no", but your circuit board says "yes, yes, yes". If anything comes of it, we're going to have a primetime wedding in Las Vegas! (audience cheers)


MOLLIE: Uh..... now initiating Gambit Galaxy protocol.





[BEEP-BEEP-BEEP]


Greg: I think we got her in trouble. (audience chuckles) Sam, here's how it works. You see the nine numbers on those hi-def monitors? I want you to take these dice and roll them. Each time you do, you're going to use the total to eliminate at least one of those numbers each time. Each number that you knock off is worth $500. If you knock off all nine, you'll win a total of $50,000 in cash!


[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]



Now, remember, Sam, if you roll a double, this Gambit Power Chip will get you out of trouble by giving you a free roll. If you roll a bad number, you use that chip and roll a better number. Do you understand the rules as I have explained them to you?

[Deleted]

I understand the rules.

[palmer7]

All right, Sam. Here are the dice. (I give him the dice) And you, are On a Roll.


(he rolls)





Couldn't resist! First roll is a five. How do you want to take that off?

[Deleted]

5 off, please.

[palmer7]

[DING, APPLAUSE]


All rolls are still good, go again. (the dice come back, and he rolls....)





The Reverse Lawrence Welk. A-two and a-one.

[Deleted]

1 and 2, please.

[palmer7]

(board to be fixed in post)



    [$  1500]
[G][A][M][B][I][T]
[ ][ ][3][*][*][*]
[4][ ][6][*][*][*]
[7][8][9][*][*][*]



[DING, APPLAUSE]


MOLLIE: Warning! The bad rolls are now: two, and, five. You have, zero, Power Chips.


Greg: And you have $1,500. (the dice come back) Roll on! (he does)






And up pops the devil!

[Deleted]

Take the 7 off then!