Wink TTD Question...

[Blanquepage]

Were there other shows that fell into this situation?

TJW had a similar situation about a year earlier. Guy named Joe Dunn won a bunch of money and Jack said anything over $50K was donated. I think Joker and Tic Tac aired on CBS O&O’s right after Thom’s run ended.

Joe Dunn had to quit the game when he went over the winning limit, right?  The excess he won was donated to charity but he didn't get to keep playing?  It sounds like on TTD, a person could just play and play and play until they were defeated and could potentially end up donating lots to charity.  I'm not sure how I feel about that if that's the case.

My self-interested side eager to get on with life would eventually prevail, and I'd throw a game to end the streak.
Not saying that's what our TTD champ Joan from that episode did, but I recall she did lose shortly thereafter

[Otm Shank]

Of course, the irony is that in that specific scenario, the winnings cap encourages the behavior that it was established to prevent.