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Title: Hey $otC fans, did you know...?
Post by: ChuckNet on May 31, 2005, 10:27:29 PM

Looks like Nine has a page of some interesting stats from $otC's original run, in addition to the basics:

Temptation Trivia (http://\"http://tvshows.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=51208\")

Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious "Chuckie Baby")

Title: Hey $otC fans, did you know...?
Post by: DJDustman on June 01, 2005, 12:28:48 AM

[quote name=\'ChuckNet\' date=\'May 31 2005, 09:27 PM\']Looks like Nine has a page of some interesting stats from $otC's original run, in addition to the basics:

Temptation Trivia (http://\"http://tvshows.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=51208\")

Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious "Chuckie Baby")

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I read about Robert Kusmierski's run.  According to Wikipedia, and now this, the man won a $508,000 cash jackpot. Isn't that like 3 or 4 years of no lot wins?

Here is the stuff from Wikipedia:
"The largest jackpot ever won on the Australian version of the show was 508,000 AUD, by contestant Robert Kusmierski, whose total winnings were 676,919 AUD."

Incredible!

Title: Hey $otC fans, did you know...?
Post by: TLEberle on June 01, 2005, 12:34:20 AM

Depends on what it starts with, and how much it goes up.  $50k with $2,000 a day, and yeah, that's roughly a year worth of no big winners.  And the US version had one about every six weeks or so, except for a few times when the jackpot got really big.

Title: Hey $otC fans, did you know...?
Post by: zachhoran on June 01, 2005, 08:22:19 AM

[quote name=\'TLEberle\' date=\'May 31 2005, 11:34 PM\']Depends on what it starts with, and how much it goes up.  $50k with $2,000 a day, and yeah, that's roughly a year worth of no big winners.  And the US version had one about every six weeks or so, except for a few times when the jackpot got really big.

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The record in the US version was what? $109,000?

Title: Hey $otC fans, did you know...?
Post by: TheInquisitiveOne on June 01, 2005, 09:25:29 PM

That is correct.

The largest cash jackpot in our version of $otC was $109,000, won by David Rogers in 1984.

The second highest was Tim Holleran in the syndicated version, with $90,000.

The Inquisitive One

(The only reason that I mentioned the second highest jackpot is so that if anyone can show me something else to refute, they are more than welcome) :)