24Oct2008
John Hanlin’s $100,000 “Bingo America” Win Video
After fighting with my computer to get it working, I finally have it ready to go! For all those who missed it, here’s the big win of the week. It’s John Hanlin winning the $100,000 grand prize from Bingo America. Congratulations to John; played great and gutsy all game long.
[stream flv=x:/www.flashgameshows.com/wordpress/videos/bingo100Kwinner.flv width=630 height=343 bandwidth=med /]
Aren’t these big wins a lot better on gsn than on network television?
(with the exception of Wheel and TPiR)
Quality not quantity(hype)!
I have to believe the whole final ball for $100,000 is rigged. If you look at the ball “hopper” sphere, the tube the ball comes down goes completely through. No ball can get into that tube. They pick the balls they use in the front game because the at-home cards are a “seeded instant win game” according to gsn.com. I saw visual proof of this in one episode of season 1, where B4 came down the tube, and in the next shot with Patrick Duffy, B4 visibly floated by, still inside the hopper. So all GSN has to do, if they don’t want to award the $100,000 is to roll down any number that wasn’t chosen. GSN and the show have total control over who does or doesn’t win the $100,000. No randomness to it. Just the whim of the network and the show’s producers.
Rick, it is pretty much impossible to “rig” a game show today under federal laws.
Todd’s right, Rick, and we have Herb Stempel (the guy who blew the whistle on the 1950′s quiz show scandals) to thank for that.
No. It’s possible to rig a game show. It’s just very illegal.
After seeing video of this win on YouTube, I was very underwhelmed with how it was handled, with the lack of excitement, and just a bland flashing graphic on-screen.