Progressive Jackpot: Difference between revisions

* ''[[Hot Potato (TV series)|Hot Potato]]'': The jackpot started at $5,000 and increased by that amount until it was won or new champions were crowned.

* ''[[Jackpot]]'': The '''[[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|entire point]]'''. Contestants built the Jackpot themselves based on the dollar amounts of the riddles selected; answering the Jackpot Riddle correctly won it.

** The original "Joker's Jackpot" was used during the first year of the 1972 CBS run. A cash bonus was awarded to a three-time champion, with the jackpot starting at $2,500 and increasing through having defeated champions forfeit their cash winnings to the Joker's Jackpot (usually this was $500-$1,000 per "deposit").

** Sometime during the latter years of the syndicated run, a "Natural Triple Jackpot" was instituted, starting with a prize of about $1,000 and increasing by anywhere from $300 to $1,000 until claimed.