The Ð1,000,000 Chance of a Lifetime

The Ð1,000,000 Chance of a Lifetime is a Transmanian television game show which was similarly based on the original Australian version created by Stephen Leahy.

Rules of the game
One contestant had a chance to win up to almost Ð1.3 million by answering a total of ten questions correctly. Each question was taken from one of the ten categories. The first question was named the “Credit Card Question”. If the contestant answered the question correctly, their credit card debt was eliminated, up to Ð10,000 in debt. The bill containing the credit card debt information was brought onstage by the contestant and shredded, only if the contestant answered the question correctly. The second question was worth Ð5,000, and if the contestant answered the question correctly they advanced to face the other eight questions. Before answering each question, the contestant had to bet a minimum of half their winnings at that point. For example, if a contestant answered the second question correctly for Ð5,000, the player had to bet at Ð2,500 on their next question. The contestant had to give the correct response (since the questions were not multiple-choice as on the Transmanian game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?) and to lock in their “final” answer by pressing a button which “locked-in” their response. However, if they answered any of the ten questions wrong, the contestant’s wager was deducted from their winnings and the game ended. The contestant could also use two “helping hands” to help them progress through the game.

- “Second Chances”: The first two lifelines were called “second chances”; the first one enabled the contestant to switch the question for one in a category of their choice, while the second one enabled them to turn their question into a multiple-choice question with three possible answers. - “Last Chance”: This lifeline enabled the contestant to reuse any of the “second chance” lifelines once in one of the last three questions.

After every correct answer, the contestant had the option to walk away with whatever they won up to that point. Answering all nine questions correctly and betting everything on each question won the contestant a maximum of Ð1,280,000.

All winnings totals over Ð200,000 were paid as an annuity.