Banko

Banko was a game show pilot based on Bingo. It was prompted for a birth in the 1986 fall season, but it didn't happen. It also had a home viewer contest where the home players got a chance the share in a $250,000 jackpot.

Broadcast
Unsold Pilot: 1986

Packagers
Barry & Enright Productions/20th Century Fox Television

Host
Wink Martindale

Announcer
Charlie O'Donnell

Gameplay
Two contestant faced a 25 monitor Banko board. Behind the screens are prizes, booby traps and bonuses. To start, four random screens uncover four prizes and the center free space with the star contained was also given. When going the the Banko board, the lights around the screens flash and stopped when the player in control pressed down on a TNT-typed plunger and yelling out, "BANKO!" When a square was landed on, a prize or a surprise was revealed. The object of the game is to get five in a row (either across, up & down or diagonally). When a "Banko" line was formed, the player the stopped on the game winning square wins the game and all the prizes in that line.

YouTube Link
Clips of the Pilot