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Jimmy Owen:
[quote name=\'Dsmith\' date=\'Dec 5 2003, 02:28 PM\'] [quote name=\'Starkman\' date=\'Dec 5 2003, 01:58 PM\'] well even trebek's version had the 1000 cal lottery tix. [/quote]
Yes, but that is a minimum $1000 prize.  I can get 1000 hot dogs for...
1000 hot dogs/8/pk=125.
I can get a package of hot dogs for $1.00
$1X125=$125.

Big difference. [/quote]
 You must shop at Costco.

clemon79:
[quote name=\'Dsmith\' date=\'Dec 5 2003, 12:28 PM\'] [quote name=\'Starkman\' date=\'Dec 5 2003, 01:58 PM\'] well even trebek's version had the 1000 cal lottery tix. [/quote]
Yes, but that is a minimum $1000 prize.  I can get 1000 hot dogs for...
1000 hot dogs/8/pk=125.
I can get a package of hot dogs for $1.00
$1X125=$125.

Big difference. [/quote]
 It isn't, tho. a California Lottery scratchoff ticket is worth precisely $0 if it's not a winner. I don't remember what the payout scale for prizes on the scratchoff game was, but I think it was something like 30 cents on the dollar. So, if I'm right about that, you're looking at a prize worth roughly $300.

The question _I_ have is, is it taxable, and if so, for how much?

J.R.:
Though, most of the time it was just 200 California Lottery Tickets  !

Say, anyone know the format to the Classic Classic Classic Concentration (The 1958-1973 version)

-Joe R.

JohnTheGameMan:
I am glad to help you with the original format of "Concentration".  The game had two players play one game.  There were no head starts and the board had 30 squares.  The first person to solve the puzzle wins the game and goes on to meet a new challenger.  
Over the years, the show had regular items such as "Cash Wheel", where players spun for money; "The Envelope", a prize with mystery contents; "Theme days" where an exciting trip was involved in the game.  In addition, plenty of "Forfeit One Gift"'s, "Take One Gift"'s and two "Wild Card"'s, as well as gag prizes of which if the player won nothing else other than the gag prize, or if the player had nothing on the board when solving the puzzle, the contestant was awarded one hundred dollars, as well as the right to continue as champion until defeated.  
There had been a nighttime version of the show on NBC during the late 50s and early 60s, but it wasn't as successful as the daytime run, which lasted a good 14 and a half years hosted first by Hugh Downs, then Bob Clayton, whose run was interrupted for a while by Ed McMahon.  
Note:  Milton Bradley had the original home version and it sold tons and tons of copies.  It was so popular that they produced 25 editions of the game throughout the NBC run and even beyond.

That Don Guy:
[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Dec 5 2003, 03:10 PM\'] It isn't, tho. a California Lottery scratchoff ticket is worth precisely $0 if it's not a winner. I don't remember what the payout scale for prizes on the scratchoff game was, but I think it was something like 30 cents on the dollar. So, if I'm right about that, you're looking at a prize worth roughly $300.

The question _I_ have is, is it taxable, and if so, for how much? [/quote]
I'm pretty sure 50% of the money in the California Lottery "scratch-off" games goes back to the players (1/3 to the schools (to make up for the money the legislature moves from the education budget to the general fund under the impression that the lottery will make up the difference), and 1/6 for other costs), at least back then.
Besides, an unscratched California Lottery ticket had a retail value of $1, so I would guess that's what the IRS would use when determining your income.  (And yes, if you won anything, that was counted on top of the $1 per ticket, although California Lottery winnings are not taxable against California state income tax, only Federal.)

More differences between the Narz and the original: if you matched two Wild Cards, you won a car rather than $500 (and you kept the car whether or not you won the game; also, the car could not be lost in a Take or Forfeit), and the original had no end game.

-- Don

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