Wingo

The six week old game show where contestants compete for $250,000.

Broadcast
CBS - April 1, 1958-May 6, 1958

Packager
Janitone Productions

Host
Bob Kennedy

Hostess
Lois O'Brien

Announcer
Ken Roberts

Music
Elliott Lawrence

Gameplay
Two contestants competed in this short-lived quizzer. At the start of each game, each contestant chose five letters from the Wingo board. The Wingo board had six of every letter used to spell the show's title. After that the quiz game began, and the winner of the game won $1,000 and the right to play the $250,000 Wingo bonus round in which the winning contestant tried to match as many of the letters as he/she can and win some money.

Here are the payoffs for each match:

In the first two weeks, the prize for the first match was $1,000, and the second match was worth $5,000.

Prior to the round, the winning contestant was asked to not play the bonus round and instead receive a cash buyout.