I've been recently watching a lot of the Super Password episodes on Amazon Prime, and one thing about this show intrigued me:
Super Password was one of the few, if only, games where pretty much everything offered (in this case, cash) was won sooner or later. Regardless of who won or who lost, it cost Mark Goodson a minimum of $6500 for each match played -- $5000 for the Super Password round, $1000 for the Ca$hword, and anywhere from $500-1200 in monies won in the match between the players.
Now the Ca$hword nor the Super Password Jackpots were not always won each time, but Goodson didn't save any money when it wasn't won. In fact, it actually cost him more money ifor each Super Password loss, since instead of only giving away the original $5,000 (x # of times not won) earmarked for the match, he had to throw in an extra $100-$900 for the words answered correctly.
What other game shows, more or less, gave away everything they offered on their program?