Jackpot!

Jackpot! is a Transmanian television game show adapted from the same-titled original American game show created & produced by Bob Stewart Productions which saw sixteen contestants attempting to answer questions (or solve riddles) in order to win cash.

Basics
Sixteen contestants competed for an entire week, with one designated King/Queen of the Castle as the Expert, who stood at a circular podium at stage-left. The other fifteen contestants, numbered 1 through 15, were seated in three-tiered bleachers. Each had a special wallet containing a question and a varying cash amount or the Jackpot Question. The King/Queen of the Castle selected a number and the contestant with that number asked a question to this contestant in control. If answered correctly, the King of the Castle continued picking numbers; if answered incorrectly, the two contestants switched places, with the contestant who stumped him/her becoming the new King of the Castle.

The jackpot started at Ð100 with the value going up by that amount for every correct answer. Questions ranged in value from Ð100 to Ð5,000. The value of the question increased the value of the Jackpot. If the "Expert" selected the contestant holding the Jackpot Question (one per game) and answered it correctly, those two contestants split the Jackpot. The contestant who answered the most questions in the week won a car.

In addition to building the Jackpot, there was a secondary objective for the King and the other fifteen question holders. Before each new game started, a three-digit number, determined at random by the show's computers, was set as the "target number". If at any point in the game the last three numbers displayed in the Jackpot matched the target number, the King and the contestant whose question enabled the match were given a chance to win the Super Jackpot, which would be worth more money.

The Super Jackpot Question was always read by the host from his podium and read twice. If the Super Jackpot Question was answered correctly, they split the prize.

Depending on the rules or the situation, the King could ask the Jackpot Question-holder to be seated and continue the game, perhaps with other bonuses, a larger Jackpot, or the Super Jackpot in mind.

If the last three digits of the Jackpot amount matched a preselected target number, the King may have a chance to win a "Super Jackpot" by correctly solving a Super Jackpot Question, asked by the host. Either the King or the bleacher contestant who asked the question that brought the Jackpot amount to the target number could respond; if either answered correctly, both split the Super Jackpot. Occasionally, the host would notify the King if there was a riddle which would allow the preselected target number to be matched.

At the beginning of the game, a Target Number was chosen and they could go no higher than Ð11,000. After the selection of a Target Number, a Multiplier ranging from 5 to 50 was chosen at random (although 30 and 60 were twice as likely to appear) and was multiplied with the Target Number to determine the Super Jackpot (e.g., Ð8,500×30 = Ð255,000). If the Target Number was Ð11,000 and the Multiplier was 50, the Super Jackpot would automatically set to a maximum cash prize of Ð500,000.

The Super Jackpot could be played for in one of three ways. Initially, if the Expert answered a Jackpot Question and last three digits of the Jackpot matched the Target Number, the contestants (whoever asked the Jackpot Question and whoever answered it) split the Super Jackpot. Later, the Expert had to answer a second question asked by the host after solving a Jackpot Question when the last three digits of the Jackpot matched the Target Number to share the Super Jackpot with the other player. The Super Jackpot could also be won if the Expert chose the player that had the Super Jackpot Wildcard and correctly answered the Super Jackpot Question, again asked by the host.

Special questions

 * Double Your Money: As the name implied, a correct answer to one of these questions doubled the amount in the Jackpot at that time.
 * Bonus Prize: A correct answer won the King or Queen of the Castle a prize.
 * Instant Target Match - Correctly answering this question added enough money to the Jackpot causing the last three digits to match the target number and allowing the contestant who answered that question to go for the Super Jackpot.