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Game Shows based on playing cards
chris319:
--- Quote from: JasonA1 on December 14, 2024, 06:31:18 PM ---Very interesting indeed. I think that applies to many forms of gambling. Dice are ubiquitous in board games, but are similarly under-represented in game shows. There's High Rollers and Yahtzee, and dice that played a comparatively smaller role on Monopoly, Big Showdown and Dealer's Choice. Even if you count applications like Dice Game on TPIR, I'm in Matt's camp of "essentially..." there are few.
I doubt producers all stood around and said "we need to keep gambling to a minimum!" But I imagine there's an aversion to it because there's less control over the payouts and/or the house edge in the base games makes their use as TV games less compelling.
-Jason
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As an aside, at first Video Village used a chuck-a-luck to determine the number of steps to take. It was not integral to the game and was later replaced with an electronic device, with Kenny Williams continuing to bellow out the numbers.
Shenanigans also used an electronic device for the same purpose, with Kenny Williams calling the numbers.
alfonzos:
--- Quote ---Shenanigans also used an electronic device for the same purpose, with Kenny Williams calling the numbers.
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Which was operated by one kid (later a pair of kids) who had nothing to do but watch the board flash. Often the presser would notice the pattern to the lights and stop the number generator at will. Thus foreshadowing Michael Larson's PYL incident a generation later.
alfonzos:
--- Quote ---On a related note, given how red-hot Texas Hold 'em became back in the early-to-mid '00s, I'm surprised no one ever tried their hand at a legit poker-based game show around that time frame.
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When I moved to Los Angeles in 1984 poker was a fad thanks to The Travel Channel so I pitched a poker game that involved trivia questions. No one was interested enough to develop it.
WhammyPower:
--- Quote from: alfonzos on December 23, 2024, 11:21:08 AM ---When I moved to Los Angeles in 1984 poker was a fad thanks to The Travel Channel so I pitched a poker game that involved trivia questions.
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The World Queries of Poker? *ducks*
BrandonFG:
--- Quote from: WhammyPower on December 23, 2024, 11:26:57 AM ---
--- Quote from: alfonzos on December 23, 2024, 11:21:08 AM ---When I moved to Los Angeles in 1984 poker was a fad thanks to The Travel Channel so I pitched a poker game that involved trivia questions.
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The World Queries of Poker? *ducks*
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You kid but that’s actually pretty damn clever.
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