A Tale of Two Millionaires

Well, folks, these two events had to happen sooner or later. If you have been watching the hit NBC game show, which of course is "Deal or No Deal", then you know that they have been on a "Million Dollar Mission". They are increasing the probability of a contestant winning $1 million by adding some "$1,000,000" cases into the mix. According to my observations, apparently this is working. Two "DOND" players have become millionaires. First came Jessica Robinson, a 27-year-old stay-at-home mom from Sandy, Utah. Back on 9/1/08, she became DOND's first $1 million winner. She got down to two cases, her #4 and case #26. Jessica's case, #4, had the $1M. Then, last night (10/29/08), Tomorrow Rodriguez from Maple Shade, New Jersey stepped up to the plate. She gets down to 4 cases, her #7, #8, #15, and #20. One case has $300, the other three have $1 million. Tomorrow calls #15, and it's $300, which means...TOMORROW'S A MILLIONAIRE TONIGHT! And if there is one thing these two events have in common, it's that both events provided us with lots...and I mean LOTS...of colorful confetti falling down all over the place. I have provided you with YouTube clips of the first millionaire and the second millionaire right here for you to view as needed, and I will have comments on these clips on there ASAP. This only goes to show you that if you play it right, you could walk off the "DOND" set a millionaire.

I Feel Like A Million Bucks

Well, folks, it had to happen sooner or later. If you have seen the promos, then you know that "Wheel Of Fortune" is giving players a chance to win $1 MILLION in the bonus round. The trick, however, is getting there. Let me explain it to you. First, you must land on a special space on the wheel that says "ONE MILLION", then guess a letter in the puzzle to pick up the space. My illustration of both sides of the $1 million space is right here:

Once you have the space, the idea is to hold on to it the entire game without running into a BANKRUPT space on the wheel, then to get to the bonus round. If you do, then the $100K card is replaced with a "ONE MILLION DOLLARS" card like this:

Sure, the task looks tough...or so we thought until this past Tuesday evening (October 14,2008). Michelle Loewenstein, who is a newlywed and floral designer who lives in Santa Monica, California, did all the above, got to the bonus round, and solved the Bonus Round puzzle "LEAKY FAUCET". We open up the card and...ONE MILLION DOLLARS!!! WHEEE! IT'S CONFETTI TIME!! If you want to view this, I have this YouTube clip of it right here for you.

Who will be next to take "Wheel" for a cool million?