[quote name=\'Jay Temple\' date=\'May 25 2004, 10:28 PM\'][quote name=\'ChuckNet\' date=\'May 25 2004, 10:49 AM\']
If I'm not mistaken, once you won $20,000 on the Pyramid, that's the total you got. If you won any bonus money along the way, that was wiped out and the grand total was $20K.
That was apparently only the case during the ABC run, due to their winnings limit...back in the CBS $10K era, said amount was actually added to your previous total.
Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious "Chuckie Baby") [/quote]
Two versions of the show have been confused here, the 10 and the 20. On the 10, winning $10K did not wipe out your other winnings. I never had a problem with the prize structure there.
On the 20, Ian is correct that a 20K win wiped out any other winnings. However, a 10K or 15K win did not. My problem with the prize structure was that if you won the 10 or 15K, you said goodbye and never had a chance at the 20K.[/quote]
Actually, I think there's still a little confusion here. On both ABC's and CBS' 10K, the contestant's $10K was added to their prior winnings, but on the 20K, my understanding is that whenever you won the "big money," your new grand total was whatever the "big money" was -- $10K, $15K, or $20K. The previous dough from the Big 7s, 21-point bonuses, and prior trips to the winner's circle was wiped out. Is this everyone else's understanding of the '70s rules?
Brendan
