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Florida Gaming Commission) and an agreement that the guest would be ineligible
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Hollywood Studios (Orlando, Florida) closed, most of the props from the studio were removed and given to a 3rd party company who sold them online. Such items include all of the audience member keypads, fastest-finger chairs, monitor covers and more. Jeff Gross (former $
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Millionaire", contestants would receive a trip for two to New York City to see a taping of the television game when correctly answering the Million point question, in lieu of a Disney Cruise vacation.
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Rodanese. The lifelines in the "Star Wars Weekends" version of the game worked exactly like the regular game but were named 50:50, Ask the Jedi Council, and Phone a Stormtrooper.
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726:El Salvador
607:"Hot seat?"
490:Millionaire
483:Millionaire
454:Sklar Twins
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