The Get the Million Game The Get the Million Game , known as Get a Million Yen in the Japanese version is a TV game show in the manga , with a prize of ¥1 , 000 , 000 . It is produced by ZTV . Format . Contestants are chosen from a selection of postcard applications sent in . The producers try to pick people they believe can help them boost ratings . The show consists of 3 games . A host is present to introduce the games and announce the player ' s results . A blonde and a black haired girl in bunny costumes assist in setting - up the games . The games are as follows : Darts of Fortune has a prize of ¥100 , 000 . Players must win it in order to proceed to the second stage . They are awarded a medal with a " 10 " ( 100 in the English version ) for winning it . The Electric Helmet has a prize of ¥500 , 000 . Players are awarded a medal with a " 50 " ( 500 in the English version ) for winning it . An intermission with words from the show ' s sponsors take place after the first two games . The final stage , The Wheel of Fate has a prize of ¥1 , 000 , 000 . This amount includes prize money already won . If players fail in this game , they lose all the money they ' re won so far . Normally this game is rigged so that the player will always lose . Events . Katsuya Jonouchi tried to take part in the show in order to pay off his father ' s gambling debts . Jonouchi sent in a postcard , which he decorated with rainbow colors to make it stand out . People running the show did a background check on him and found that he lived in poverty . They believed that his " sob story " should boost ratings and seeing him fail at the last minute would boost them even more . When Jonouchi was on the show , he cleared the first two stages . During the intermission , Yugi Muto u left to go to the toilet . However he overheard the producer and a technician talking about how the show was rigged and they were using Jonouchi to boost their ratings . In his anger , Yugi switched to Dark Yugi . Dark Yugi caught up with the producer and technician backstage where they were about to push a button that would ensure Jonouchi fails the final stage . The button was colored red on a switchboard . Dark Yugi challenged them to a game , where each player had a 50 - 50 chance of pulling a bucket of red paint on top of themselves , threatening to tell people how the game was rigged if they didn ' t take part . The technician took part in the game and ended - up pulling the paint can on top of his head . With him unable to press the button , the producer tried to do it , but found the red paint had splattered onto the switchboard , making all the buttons red . He didn ' t know which button to press and Jonouchi won the final stage . The host was surprised that someone actually won in the final stage , as he had never seen it happen before . The producer then went crazy in front of camera , revealing how greedy he was due to the " Mind on Air " Penalty Game , Dark Yugi had inflicted . Several days later , because of the producer ' s debacle , the company went bankrupt before Jonouchi cashed his check , making it worthless and preventing him from getting his prize money , much to his chagrin .