Original Rules
Six contestants each picked at least three numbers (this was known as rounds 1-3) from the game board, numbered 1–30. The dollar amounts ranged from $1,000 to $10,000 (with $1,000 and $2,000 being the most common). There were also two bonus prizes (typically 5,000 Hoosier Lottery Scratch-Off tickets and a trip sponsored by ATA) on the board that "did not count towards a contestant's cash prize total" (that is, the contestant got to pick again until uncovering a number with a dollar amount). Round 3 eliminates the four contestants with the lowest dollar amounts until there are only two contestants in what was called the "playoff" round. The contestant who ended with the most money moved on the bonus round. All six contestants keep whatever money they earned (which was guaranteed to be at least $3,000). In the mid-1990s, a Doubler square was added to the game board which doubled whatever dollar amount was next picked.
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