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** [[ABC]] limited winnings to $30,000, although contestants were retired after winning $20,000. This cap was removed in 1984.
*** ''Family Feud'' retired families at $25,000.
* Considering that they were the ones who rigged game shows in the first place, [[Jack Barry]] and Dan Enright Productions didn't limit returning champions on their flagship shows ''[[Tic-Tac-Dough]]'' and ''[[The JokersJoker's Wild]]'' — you could literally stay on as long as you kept winning. However, there was a brief period where the shows imposed winnings caps (at the network owned-and-operated stations' insistence). There was no winnings limit at the time when Thom McKee (the most famous contestant on ''Tic Tac Dough'') appeared, and he went on to win $312,000 in cash and prizes.
** This refers to the syndicated versions. The versions that ran on CBS had the $25,000 limit (although nobody on the CBS version of ''TTD'' reached the limit).
* After contestant Michael Larson used his [[Loophole Abuse]] of the game to hit up ''[[Press Your Luck]]'' for $110,237, that show placed a $75,000 cap on winnings. In Fall 1984, contestants were retired after winning $50,000.