Talk:American game show winnings records

message: Ken was a guest on the Howard Stern Show this year. A long running segment on the show is "Win Fred's Money" in which guest compete against Fred Norris. Ken won $5000 on that show which is televised on Howard Stern On Demand. Should we add $5000 to his winnings total?--96.49.243.17 (talk) 11:40, 25 February 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: If the show is televised nationally, I see no reason why the $5,000 he won wouldn't count, as long as a reliable source is provided. --Bentvfan54321 (talk) 00:13, 27 February 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: So it's a radio show, but I've got a YouTube link. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3qcVIRdtYI BoiledYam241 (talk) 03:58, 17 April 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Ken Jennings on The Howard Stern Show

message: Should Andrew Kravis, who won $2.6 million U.S. on the Million Second Quiz be included in the list of all-time American game show winners? WadeSimMiser (talk) 23:58, 21 September 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Andrew Kravis on "The Million Second Quiz" 

message: Erin Brodie won $1 million at her first time in the competition and again another $1 million.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.50.184.98 (talk) 17:53, 3 March 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: This is something that has been pointed out before. There is a difference between typical game shows like Jeopardy! and Millionaire, and reality competitions like Survivor. I think that creating an article for winnings records on these shows would settle this dispute, so I'm open to suggestions and thoughts from others. --Bentvfan54321 (talk) 18:40, 3 March 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: As it has been two months since this discussion began and nobody has replied, I'll go ahead and remove them from the list in a week, unless someone raises a concern before then. I will also note that there were no Survivor contestants on the list until Diaz-Twine's second $1,000,000 win, meaning the article did not include these contestants originally (many would have appeared on the list before it was shortened to the top ten). --Bentvfan54321 (talk) 01:54, 5 May 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: As it has been eleven months since I first mentioned this and I have not gotten a single reply, I will remove Diaz-Twine and Mariano from the list, and add back Carpenter and Rose (with citations) back into the list. Again, if anyone disagrees, please do not hesitate to let me know. --Bentvfan54321 (talk) 19:18, 10 May 2014 (UTC)

text: You are right. I am the one who created this page and did not do so for reality shows to be included. These are GAME SHOWS. --ChrisP2K5 (talk) 17:15, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Erin Brodie on "For Love or For Money" 

message: So ironically, this came to my mind watching the NBA Christmas Day game between the Cavs and Warriors, but LeBron's new game show The Wall just gave away $1.3 million…to a couple. I wanted to bring this up because the series becomes a regular thing soon and may well hand out more big money prizes (apparently up to $12 million is up for grabs?). I personally would be in favor of adding any couples who win enough to earn a spot in the top ten to the list but wanted to bring it up at the talk page first. $1.3 million is not an amount seen everyday so I think it deserves mentioning here in some capacity. Another possibility could be adding a second chart just for teams/couples. Thoughts? --Bcschneider53 (talk) 20:17, 25 December 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[The Wall (U.S. game show)]] 

message: Just noticed in the prose section, $1,000,000 in 2004 being "$130,000" today? Nomader (talk) 15:37, 26 March 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you for noticing this; someone forgot a 0 in the template, so it was converting $100,000 into today's money. It's been corrected. --Bcschneider53 (talk) 15:56, 26 March 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Inflation number seems wrong 

message: Ed Toutant, who won a total of $1,871,401, has passed away from brain cancer. He will no longer be able to add money to his record. J4lambert (talk) 03:14, 7 November 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Do you have a source? I just did a quick Google search and couldn't find anything... --Bcschneider53 (talk) 03:45, 7 November 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: It's according to one of the tweets I found on BuzzerBlog's Twitter handle.  J4lambert (talk) 13:16, 7 November 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Obituary for Ed Toutant is now posted: . J4lambert (talk) 14:25, 9 November 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Ed Toutant death (11/6/18)

message: is there a worldwide  list Fanoflionking 17:23, 7 January 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: I would suggest moving the title to "Worldwide game show winnings records" for consistency's sake. --Bcschneider53 (talk) 13:36, 28 July 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Worldwide  

message: Rank	Name               	Total winnings  (in USD)	Show(s)                                      	Notes
1   	Ashlee Register    	$1,795,000              	Duel, $1,795,000                             	See above
2   	Autumn Erhard      	$1,030,340              	Wheel of Fortune, $1,030,340                 	Erhard was the second $1,000,000 winner in the show's history; highest amount won by a woman on a syndicated game show.
3   	Michelle Lowenstein	$1,026,080              	Wheel of Fortune, $1,026,280                 	Lowenstein was the first $1,000,000 winner in the show's history.
4   	Sarah Manchester   	$1,017,940              	Wheel of Fortune, $1,017,940                 	
5   	Nancy Christy      	$1,000,000              	Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, $1,000,000    	Christy was the second $1,000,000 winner on the syndicated version of Millionaire; she held the record for the highest amount of winnings by a woman until it was overtaken by Ashlee Register in December 2007.
5   	Jessica Robinson   	$1,000,000              	Deal or No Deal, $1,000,000                  	Robinson was the first $1,000,000 winner in Deal or No Deal's history; this occurred during the show's "Million Dollar Mission" specials.
5   	Tomorrow Rodriguez 	$1,000,000              	Deal or No Deal, $1,000,000                  	
5   	Kathy Cox          	$1,000,000              	Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader, $1,000,000	Cox was the first top prize winner in the history of the 5th Grader franchise; her winnings were later rescinded due to financial difficulties.
5   	Katie Ohh          	$1,000,000              	The Winner Is, $1,000,000                    	The show that Ohh competed in, The Winner Is, is a music-based reality show which heavily uses elements that are much more common in game shows.
10  	Lauren Griswold    	$800,000                	Greed, $800,000                              	Griswold was part of a team with fellow contestants David Juliano and Phyllis Harris; the team won a total of $2,000,000 on Super Greed, which offered a top prize of $4,000,000. She held the record for the highest amount of money won by a woman until it was overtaken by Nancy Christy in May 2003.
J4lambert (talk) 00:59, 15 May 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi, , could you explain the purpose of this list? Men and women (usually) aren't separated or segregated in game show competitions so I see no need to make a distinction here. I would be open to expanding this list to the Top 25 though now that there have been several other contestants to win more than a million dollars on a game show. I will also note that Katie Ohh won $1,000,000 on The Winner Is; I personally would consider that a game show (The Singing Bee is a music show but considered a game show) since, despite it being a season long tournament, prize money can be won on a single program (as is the case for The American Bible Challenge or Pyramid). --Bcschneider53 (talk) 01:35, 15 May 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: The purpose of this list is because there are just too few females who have won $1,000,000 or more on a game show. J4lambert (talk) 11:37, 15 May 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Ok, but is there a plan to incorporate that into the article somehow? I think the best way to include some of these women is to (within reason) expand the list a bit, not sure an entirely separate list is the best thing to do (especially if it's only here on the talk page). --Bcschneider53 (talk) 01:57, 17 May 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Table is now updated J4lambert (talk) 21:52, 11 November 2019 (UTC)
replies: text:  Again, I see no reason why we should segregate them. If they're not usually separated in game show competition itself, why should they be here? Like I said, I'd be open to expanding the list a bit (perhaps top-20 or 25?) but I don't see the purpose of separation by gender. I'll ping  for some thoughts too. --Bcschneider53 (talk) 18:39, 12 November 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: Female top ten winnings list

message: Matt Amodio should be in number 10. He exceeds Carpenter’s winnings with $1,267,801 2603:7080:7000:A13C:F961:198F:2C8:5633 (talk) 19:23, 1 October 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. RandomCanadian (talk / contribs)  02:22, 2 October 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 1 October 2021 

message: Matt Amodio now has $1,350,801 2603:7080:7000:A13C:5D14:D596:498B:F659 (talk) 22:12, 4 October 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. RandomCanadian (talk / contribs)  03:31, 5 October 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 4 October 2021 

message: Change "His total is the second-most all-time behind Jennings" to "His total number of wins is the second-most all-time behind Jennings". It's ambiguous whether "second-most" refers to games or money won. Dmasel (talk) 22:04, 15 October 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Done, thanks for the suggestion. --Bcschneider53 (talk) 00:07, 16 October 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 15 October 2021 

message: Does Melissa Joan Hart now go to 20? 2603:7080:7000:A13C:A5DD:6165:730D:ACE4 (talk) 08:36, 18 October 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't know. In your edit request, please make it clear what changes you want to be made and please give reliable sources to support those changes. --Ferien (talk) 18:52, 18 October 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 18 October 2021 

message: I do believe that Mai Nguyen from Squid Game: The Challenge should be on this list. She won 4.56 million dollars in the show. Lakadium837 (talk) 13:44, 7 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Squid Game: The Challenge