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Post by Mech on Aug 19, 2010 18:27:00 GMT -5
Also, that was a good joke, I would love to see them have one "special" week where they do that! Well, it worked for Pepsi's "Play for a Billion" sweepstakes!  (They really did have a monkey pick the winning billion dollar number) |
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Post by FrankT on Aug 20, 2010 4:44:27 GMT -5
What! A BILLION dollars?!?!??! Seriously?!
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Post by Sonicfan49 on Aug 21, 2010 0:35:17 GMT -5
Guy Fieri made that marriage proposal on last Wednesday's show look kind of tacky. Especially when he just looks at the camera and says "Are... You... Seeing THIS?!"
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Post by Mech on Aug 21, 2010 21:37:55 GMT -5
What! A BILLION dollars?!?!??! Seriously?! Yeah, they had this big promotion where you entered a code found inside the top of Pepsi bottle caps to enter the sweepstakes. They picked a few people who went on a live (I think?) game show hosted by Drew Carey. I didn't actually watch it so I wasn't familiar with the rules, but I know they somehow eliminated contestants with some form of a game of chicken. The last remaining player was guaranteed $1,000,000 and had a chance to win $1,000,000,000. To win the jackpot, they had to correctly guess a 6 digit number that was picked by a monkey (aptly named "Mr. Moneybags"). This is a video of the last round where they reveal whether or not he won. It's low quality, but it's the only video I've found: EDIT: I'd also just like to point out that it's pretty funny how the only entity in the United States that was even capable of underwriting such a risk was Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway - who just happens to be the largest shareholder of Coca-Cola - Pepsi's largest competitor. |
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Post by FrankT on Aug 22, 2010 3:15:37 GMT -5
I'd like to play that!
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Post by FrankT on Sept 22, 2010 14:13:03 GMT -5
I wish we had Minute To Win It over here in England! For now, we have to make do with The Cube. although I never actually watched that..
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Post by Reidb1700 on Sept 22, 2010 19:21:23 GMT -5
I could see it coming to you guys over there if it continues to air here in the US.
Also, I just reread the post where Mech put in the YouTube video, and I figured up the odds. Your odds of winning were very, very, very small. I'm not 100% sure if my math is right (somebody tell me if I am wrong).
Probability of Winning: 1 in 720,000,000 (one in 720 million)
I figured this up by this algorithm: (6*10)*(5*10)*(4*10)*(3*10)*(2*10)*(1*10)
You would complete every operation within the parenthesis (the 6,5,4,3,2, and 1 are the numbers you have left to pick, and the 10 is how many numbers you have to choose from), then multiply them all together.
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Post by RyanZ on Sept 23, 2010 15:23:06 GMT -5
I wish we had Minute To Win It over here in England! For now, we have to make do with The Cube. although I never actually watched that.. Heh, it's the exact opposite for me. I love The Cube; it's much better than Minute to Win It. |
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Post by FrankT on Sept 23, 2010 15:29:37 GMT -5
Well now you mention it, I'm becoming more attached to The Cube - but Minute's good as well. Sounds like a million dollars..!
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Post by Reidb1700 on Sept 26, 2010 1:56:12 GMT -5
I love Minute to Win It, although I do wish they kept their old cues, in my opinion, they were much better.
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Post by FrankT on Sept 26, 2010 3:22:12 GMT -5
I can't believe it, they cancelled it in Australia!  |
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Post by bl5965 on Sept 26, 2010 4:39:11 GMT -5
Did they? I know Season 1 finished its 10 episodes as planned, and last time I checked, they were recruiting contestants for a new season..
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Post by FrankT on Sept 26, 2010 5:18:50 GMT -5
It's on Wikipedia! I can't believe it myself!
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Post by bl5965 on Sept 26, 2010 7:04:11 GMT -5
Personally, I don't believe that - they have the casting link on their website still, and the ratings weren't that bad - it was usually 5th - 7th of the night, with Grant's episode reaching 3rd place (behind Ch 7 and Ch 9 News, which is usually unbeaten at 1st/2nd).
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Post by FrankT on Sept 26, 2010 7:13:50 GMT -5
Hm.. we'll have to wait and see what happens.
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) I guess the next on will be Poland then...
(They really did have a monkey pick the winning billion dollar number)
