Millionaire? Checks

[gameshowguy2000]

OK, I've been thinking about this for quite sometime:

I've said all along that the checks given away on Millionaire are real. My family thinks they're fake.

I still think they're real. What do you guys think?

[dzinkin]

[quote name=\'gameshowguy2000\' date=\'Feb 25 2004, 10:23 PM\'] OK, I've been thinking about this for quite sometime:

I've said all along that the checks given away on Millionaire are real. My family thinks they're fake.

I still think they're real. What do you guys think? [/quote]
 I think you have to ask yourself why you're outnumbered.  Again.

[bandit_bobby]

They're obviously fake. Ask anyone who's received cash/checks on the spot on any past game show.

[Timsterino]

[quote name=\'gameshowguy2000\' date=\'Feb 25 2004, 11:23 PM\'] OK, I've been thinking about this for quite sometime:

I've said all along that the checks given away on Millionaire are real. My family thinks they're fake.

I still think they're real. What do you guys think? [/quote]
 The real check arrives later. The check Regis gives is just a prop that the contestant gets to keep. I still have my fake (Million Dollar) check that everyone gets.

Tim :-)

[Steve McClellan]

[quote name=\'Timsterino\' date=\'Feb 25 2004, 08:36 PM\'] I still have my fake (Million Dollar) check that everyone gets.
 [/quote]
 Hey, how'd you get one for a million? I just got the one for the amount I won!

[Timsterino]

[quote name=\'gameshowsteve\' date=\'Feb 26 2004, 12:50 AM\'] [quote name=\'Timsterino\' date=\'Feb 25 2004, 08:36 PM\'] I still have my fake (Million Dollar) check that everyone gets.
 [/quote]
Hey, how'd you get one for a million? I just got the one for the amount I won! [/quote]
I won $16,000 on the ABC prime time version with Regis. They did not make checks for those of us to win under $32,000. So everyone received the million dollar check they made for us (just in case) at the end of the taping.

Tim :-)

[Peter Sarrett]

Winners on the syndicated version get the check equal to the amount they won.  Although I suspect that if you ask, they'll happily give you the million dollar check as well.

One of these days I'll get around to having my (fake) check, tickets to my taping, Meredith coins, contestant postcard, and thank-you note framed.  I need to find a friend who's into scrapbooking.

[Steve McClellan]

[quote name=\'Peter Sarrett\' date=\'Feb 25 2004, 09:31 PM\'] Winners on the syndicated version get the check equal to the amount they won.  Although I suspect that if you ask, they'll happily give you the million dollar check as well. [/quote]
 Curses! Wish I'd have thought to ask. I guess I had other things on my mind that day, or something.

[Dbacksfan12]

[quote name=\'gameshowguy2000\' date=\'Feb 25 2004, 10:23 PM\'] I still think they're real. What do you guys think? [/quote]
Did it ever occur to you what a security hazard this would be?
Wait--I answered my own question: Probably not.

[tomobrien]

[quote name=\'Timsterino\' date=\'Feb 25 2004, 11:10 PM\'][quote name=\'gameshowsteve\' date=\'Feb 26 2004, 12:50 AM\'] [quote name=\'Timsterino\' date=\'Feb 25 2004, 08:36 PM\'] I still have my fake (Million Dollar) check that everyone gets.
 [/quote]
Hey, how'd you get one for a million? I just got the one for the amount I won! [/quote]
I won $16,000 on the ABC prime time version with Regis. They did not make checks for those of us to win under $32,000. So everyone received the million dollar check they made for us (just in case) at the end of the taping.

Tim :-)[/quote]
In my case, they handed Regis three prop checks: a $1M, a $500K...and a $32K.  They were ready for any eventuality.

[gameshowguy2000]

[quote name=\'tomobrien\' date=\'Feb 26 2004, 12:04 PM\'] [quote name=\'Timsterino\' date=\'Feb 25 2004, 11:10 PM\'][quote name=\'gameshowsteve\' date=\'Feb 26 2004, 12:50 AM\'] [quote name=\'Timsterino\' date=\'Feb 25 2004, 08:36 PM\'] I still have my fake (Million Dollar) check that everyone gets.
 [/quote]
Hey, how'd you get one for a million? I just got the one for the amount I won! [/quote]
I won $16,000 on the ABC prime time version with Regis. They did not make checks for those of us to win under $32,000. So everyone received the million dollar check they made for us (just in case) at the end of the taping.

Tim :-)[/quote]
In my case, they handed Regis three prop checks: a $1M, a $500K...and a $32K.  They were ready for any eventuality. [/quote]
 And you got the usual $500K check, right, Tom?

[Kevin Prather]

[quote name=\'Peter Sarrett\' date=\'Feb 25 2004, 10:31 PM\'] Winners on the syndicated version get the check equal to the amount they won.  Although I suspect that if you ask, they'll happily give you the million dollar check as well. [/quote]
 But obviously not on camera, because they like to pretend the check is real.

[tomobrien]

[quote name=\'gameshowguy2000\' date=\'Feb 26 2004, 12:08 PM\'][And you got the usual $500K check, right, Tom?[/quote]
Yep.  They offered me the prop $1M check after the show, but I was happy with the one I had!

[tommycharles]

Would someone from across the pond care to weigh in on this one? I'm almost certain that at one time or another Tarrant's cheques were real.

[gameshowguy2000]

[quote name=\'tomobrien\' date=\'Feb 26 2004, 07:56 PM\'] [quote name=\'gameshowguy2000\' date=\'Feb 26 2004, 12:08 PM\'][And you got the usual $500K check, right, Tom?[/quote]
Yep.  They offered me the prop $1M check after the show, but I was happy with the one I had! [/quote]
 So did they go ahead and give you that $1M prop check anyway?