A special milestone! Wheel of Fortune made history after two finalists in a row, Lisa Kramer and Mark Baer, each ended their episodes by taking home $100,000 — the highest bonus prize possible.“On yesterday’s show, we gave $100,000 in the Bonus Round.
I checked the rules. It can happen two days in a row. Nothing says you can’t do that,” host Pat Sajak said on Tuesday, February 8, about the accomplishment.The back-to-back wins are a first for the game show, which has been on the air since 1975.
Kramer was the first contestant to take home the major payday after participating in the bonus round during the Monday, February 7, episode, which brought her total earnings to $116,700.
The following day, Baer also scored the bonus prize and walked away with $126,550.Sajak, 75, who joined the ABC show in 1981, was shocked by the results.“It’s never happened,” he added on Tuesday. “And wouldn’t you know it, I just sold all my confetti stock … There’s always something new around here, isn’t there?”After the episode, the television personality spoke to daughter Maggie Sajak about the unexpected twist.“We are heading into our 40th season in the fall and yet we still see things we haven’t saw before on the show.
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