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Game show is lottery, Monopoly combo; Billy Gardell hosts

LOS ANGELES (AP) — It sounds like a Swiss Army knife version of a TV game show: a combination of a venerable board game, state lotteries, Las Vegas and seasoned comedian Billy Gardell as host. The result is "Monopoly Millionaires' Club," a syndicated series that its creators say draws on the board game's "iconography" — Get Out of Jail and Pass Go cards and such — while morphing it into something new and telegenic. "Watching people play Monopoly for an hour probably wouldn't be that exciting," said executive producer Kevin Belinkoff. Instead, he said, the prime-time show that debuts this weekend (check local listings for day and station) looks for adrenaline in its structure, including giving players in participating state lotteries a shot at getting into the game and every studio audience member a stake in the outcome. There's serious cash to be won.Read more on NewsOK.com

 

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