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Title: Scrabble Questions
Post by: DJDustman on February 12, 2004, 08:05:27 PM

Hello everyone, I have a question on the original run of Scrabble.  

When did the Bonus Sprint premiere?  Also, what was the highest the Bonus Sprint has ever reached?

Thanks for your help!

Title: Scrabble Questions
Post by: zachhoran on February 12, 2004, 08:25:55 PM

[quote name=\'DJDustman\' date=\'Feb 12 2004, 08:05 PM\'] Hello everyone, I have a question on the original run of Scrabble.  

When did the Bonus Sprint premiere?  Also, what was the highest the Bonus Sprint has ever reached?

Thanks for your help! [/quote]
 The Bonus Sprint premiered on 12/29/86, and the highest I can recall it hitting was $18K(started at $5K and increased $1K a day until won).

I recall a $20,500 Bonus Sprint in the short lived 1993 revival. That version started the Bonus Sprint jackpot at $1000, and the jackpot increased by $500 if a player guessed a word in the maingame upon hitting a blue square, and by $1000 for landing on a pink square and then guessing the word.