LUCKY NUMBERS (Unsold pilot)
Alex Trebek Debbie Sue Maffett
Tape date: May 18, 1985
Host: Alex Trebek
Announcer: John Harlan
Assistant: Debbie Sue Maffett

GAME PLAY
The table's red! Danger zone!This roll's good... Two players compete. The numbers 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, and 10 are displayed, and one is designated as a �win� number for that game. Numbers 2, 3, 11 and 12 are �wild numbers.� Alex poses a question and the first player to buzz-in answers. If they are right, they get to roll. If they are wrong, their opponent has a shot. If the player with control rolls the �win� number, they get one game of the match. If they roll one of the six displayed numbers, they are credited with the prize attached to it. If they roll a �wild number� they get $100 to keep and another roll. If a seven is rolled, the game goes into the danger zone. Whoever rolls the next seven loses the game. In the danger zone, the player with control can pass the dice to their opponent. Whoever wins the game keeps all prizes credited to them. The first to win two games of the match goes to the bonus.

The 9 lights up$10,000! In the bonus round, the winner tries to light 4, 5, 6, 8, 9 and 10. Every time they roll one of those numbers, they win $500. If they roll 2, 3, 11 or 12 they can use it to light a number. They can only use each �wild number� once, and they can not use a wild to light the last number. Every time a number that has already been lit or used is rolled the player gets $100. If they light all of the numbers, they win $10,000. If they roll a seven, the bonus goes into the danger zone as before. They can stop with their winnings up to that point at any time in the danger zone, because rolling a seven again ends the bonus game.

NOTES
The theme music was used on �High Rollers� two years later.

MY THOUGHTS
At first, the idea of having only some numbers involved as opposed to all of them like �High Rollers� seemed odd. But the game is fun, the prizes changing hand is exciting and Alex does a great job. Debbie Maffett is awful. It seems like her entire involvement on the show was added in post-production. She brings nothing to the game, and could easily be replaced with someone else without anybody noticing.

JAY SAYS...
Cast � 1.0
Game � 2.0
Bells and Whistles � 2.0
Prize � 2.0
Tilt � 2.0

[ 09.0 ]

It�s surprising that it didn�t sell.

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