Progressive Jackpot: Difference between revisions

* ''Break the Bank'': On the ABC (Tom Kennedy) version, the bank started at $5000 and went up $500 (later $250) each game until it was won.

* ''[[Caesars Challenge]]'': The "Lucky Slot", which came into play during the main game; solving the puzzle immediately upon hitting it added a jackpot to your score. This started at $500 each day, increasing by that amount for every word in which it wasn't won.

* ''[[The Challengers]]'': The "Ultimate Challenge" jackpot was initially $50,000 plus $5,000 for every timoe it went unclaimed, then got progressively cheapened throughout the series.

* ''[[Concentration|Classic Concentration]]'': Partway into the run, the second game of every show had a "Cashpot" on the rebus board, worth $500 + $100 each day it wasn't won. To claim it, a contestant had to solve the rebus with the Cashpot credited to him or her.

* ''[[Family Feud]]'': Established during Tournaments of Champions, any money won during successful Fast Money attempts is added to the pot.

* ''[[Gambit]]'': If either couple got 21, they won a jackpot that started at $500 and went up $500 per day ($500 per match on the NBC Las Vegas version).

* ''[[Hollywood Squares]]'': The Secret Square on the NBC daytime/1998 syndicated version. On the NBC daytime show, the jackpot (of merchandise prizes) started at $1,000 -- later, $2,000 -- and rose by somewhere between $1,000 and $2,000 for each day that it wasn't won. The Bergeron syndicated version started an accruing "Secret Square" during the second season, usually with a trip or gift card, and added a prize each day until claimed.

** 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.

* ''[[Now You See It]]'': During the Narz run, a Solo Round win was worth $5,000 plus $1,000 for every game it was not hit; the Henry version offered $5,000 plus another $5,000 for every day it wasn't won.

* ''[[Password]]'': From 1981-89, the [[Bonus Round]] was worth $5,000 plus that amount for every game it was not won.

* ''[[Pyramid]]'': ''$20,000'' had a weird setup — your first trip to the Winner's Circle was worth $10,000, your second $15,000, and every attempt thereafter $20,000. Since you were retired if you lost in the maingame or won in the Winner's Circle, the only way to win the top prize was to lose the bonus round twice, whether accidentally or on purpose, before eventually winning it.

* ''[[Sale of the Century]]'': The cash bonus available in the "shopping" endgame, and later the "Instant Cash" segment. Both increased by $1,000 per day. On the Australian version, the Cash Jackpot increased by $2,000 per day.

* ''[[Talkabout]]'': Winning five games in a row also won a team the "Grand Game" jackpot.

* ''[[Treasure Hunt US|Treasure Hunt]]'': Instead of a flat $25,000, finding the check in the 1980s revival was worth a growing jackpot that started at $20,000 and increased by $1,000 for every day it was not won until it hit $50,000, at which point it "froze" until someone claimed it. For a short time, the jackpot stayed at $20,000 after a contestant found the check on the fourth episode.

* ''[[Wheel of Fortune]]'': The Jackpot wedge in Round 1, which starts at $5,000 and has the value of each spin added to it. To claim it, the contestant must hit the Jackpot wedge, call a correct letter and then solve the puzzle. Before that, the daytime version had a more conventional Jackpot from 1986 to 1988, which started at $1,000 and increased by $1,000 each day until won; this one just had to be hit.

* ''Wordplay'': Winning the Double Definition [[Bonus Round]] was worth $5,000 plus $2,500 for every day it wasn't won.

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* ''[[Caesars Challenge]]'': With the first format, every day you had been on the show earned you a free placed letter in the word.

* '''[[Concentration|Classic Concentration]]'': The base bonus round time was 35 seconds; every time the car was not won, five seconds were added to this until the car was won (the highest bonus round time was 75 seconds).

* ''[[The Hollywood Squares]]'': On the Davidson version, a returning champion's odds of winning the car increased by one, since the car(s) picked on previous shows were eliminated.

* ''[[The Magnificent Marble Machine]]'': The target score started at 15,000 points, and was reduced by 1,000 points for every day it wasn't reached.

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