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Title: Interesting info about "Jackpot!"
Post by: Bob Zager on March 20, 2018, 12:31:49 PM

While browsing at some game show related stuff on eBay, I found this press release from NBC about "Jackpot!" before the series went into production:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/GEOFF-EDWARDS-JACKPOT-GAME-SHOW-RARE-ORIGINAL-1973-NBC-TV-PRESS-MATERIAL/352166522131?hash=item51fec2ad13:g:-F4AAOSw4-hZtgOv

I then remembered something in regards to the "Bank-O" reference--The home game version gave a copyright notation as being a "Banko," production!  Usually Bob Stewart creations were noted as being a "Basada," production.

Title: Re: Interesting info about "Jackpot!"
Post by: Adam Nedeff on March 20, 2018, 01:32:18 PM

There was at least one pilot shot under the "Bank-O" title. Fred Wostbrock showed me photos years back. Same set, and from what I could tell in just a set of photos, same gameplay. The Target Number was called the Exacto.