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$100,000 Fortune Hunt (1989)

$100,000 Fortune Hunt poster
Genre
game show
Country
United States
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Contestants try to match lottery numbers for cash prizes on a television game show. A host and hostess guide the game on a Chicago-based broadcast.

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What happens

100,000 Fortune Hunt is an American lottery-based game show originating in the state of Illinois. It debuted on September 16, 1989, and aired on Saturday evenings from 1989 to 1994 on WGN-TV in Chicago (except for 1 year in 1993 when it aired on WBBM-TV); it was also broadcast on WGN's national satellite feed. Jeff Coopwood hosted the first season, with the rest of the run being hosted by Mike Jackson. Linda Kollmeyer served as the hostess during the entire run with Bill Barber as the announcer. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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