Lucky Numbers (ABC; Episode 38)

[asja2002]

I’ll stop here and play the cookie jar, my hand seems to be stuck in one right now as it is…

[dougmorrisontheair]

You may do that.

(audience cheers)

Now -- I'm sure a lot of you want to know what would've happened if Steve kept playing. However, out of respect to the dice ahead of Cookie Jar, S&P won't let us do that.

(scattered groans)

They will let us inform Steve is $116,914 to the good...

(audience cheers)

...with Cookie Jar pending. Steve, we need a moment to set up the game. We'll set it up -- during this break.

(commercial cue plays; audience applauds)

[dougmorrisontheair]

(ASB cue plays; audience applauds)

Welcome back to Lucky Numbers. Steve Anderson so far has...

...$116,914 in cash and merchandise -- with a chance to add $100,000 cash to that total.

Now, in the Cookie Jar game, it *used* to be that we stuffed $1000 in the first jar, $2000 in the second jar and so on to $5000 in the fifth jar.

 A roll of 4 would award $4000 from the fourth cookie jar and that would be the end of it.  But a roll of 6 would award everything for $15,000 total.

But the stakes are much higher.

We'll get to that in a moment. But first, which of the dice would you like, Steve -- first or second?

[asja2002]

Stick at the top, dice number one, Doug

[dougmorrisontheair]

Okay, you take that cube. I'll take the unwanted cube.

Now, inside one of those jars, we stuffed exactly $50,000 in cash. Inside another jar, we stuffed a surprise that will *lead* to a $100,000 payoff. You'll know it when you see it.

The other four jars -- who knows.

Now, if you roll a 6, that's a wild number -- and gives you the power to manually choose any of the numbered jars up there. Otherwise, you're stuck with the numbered jar corresponding to the number you roll.

Go ahead and give that cube a roll.

(audience cheers as Steve rolls)

You have a 1.

Now -- before we reveal what's in jar number 1, here's what we can do.

We can play this "the old way" and pay you $1000 cash for the roll of 1 -- or you may reject that $1000 offer for the contents of jar number 1.

What will it be -- the grand or the jar?

(audience shouts suggestions)

[asja2002]

Nothing ventured, nothing gained, I'll trade back the $1,000 for the jar, please

[dougmorrisontheair]

Back comes the $1000. You get what's inside jar number 1. Let's see what's inside.
















































(chime sfx)

(audience groans)

$100. Ya traded down. Sorry about that. Let's see where the $100,000 was.

"Double this amount" pointing to jar number 2.

Ah -- see what happened. Had you rolled a 3 and you went for it, that's how you'd win $100,000. Rolling a 2 would've been up to $50,000 if you went for it. And in 4 and 5?

$1000 and $10,000 respectively.

Well -- sorry Cookie Jar turned into a drop in the bucket for you, Steve -- but this does bring your total winnings to...

...$117,014.

(audience cheers)

[asja2002]

Hey pretty good for two days work

[dougmorrisontheair]

Indeed. And if you keep winning, that total will increase.

And if you can hit that jackpot, that total's *really* going to jump.

'Til next time, when Steve and an opponent test their luck with the numbers, this is Doug Morris saying -- make it a great day, keep the faith, and treasure your loved ones.

(closing theme plays; audience applause)

Bill: Due to a production error, a puzzle was replaced and the program edited.  This has been a Merrill Heatter Production -- in association with Century Towers.

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