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6 Who Wants to Be A Millionaire, Winners! Is That It? Better Off Being A Poker Millionaire

By: Musa Aykac

We all know and have heard of the gambling television show "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire". In the UK it is and has been broadcasted by ITV with Chris Tarrant being the host. The show first initially aired on September 4, 1998 and since then it has become a major global success.

The game basically consists of a contestant answering a number of questions to ultimately reach the one million pound prize. As he or she climbs the ladder of success. The questions get harder and harder. The contestant has three life lines to hang on to. Ranging from phone a friend, to 50/50 and ask the audience. All this being said it seems to me a strange figure that only 6 people have won the major jackpot prize, are the questions too hard? Are there too many?

The 6 winners include:

Judith Keppel, November 20, 2000
David Edwards, April 21, 2001
Major Charles Ingram (Prize rescinded after found guilty of fraud), scheduled for September 18, 2001 but not actually broadcast until April 21, 2003.
Robert Brydges, September 29, 2001
Pat Gibson, April 24, 2004
Ingram Wilcox, September 23, 2006

As you can see this is a very minor amount of jackpots wins. If we look at Japans winners, you will see that they nearly triple that of every other country; does this mean that Japan are a much smarter country?

Japanese Winners
Yasuyuki Kunimitsu, July 27, 2000
Yoshiaki Nagata, August 10, 2000
Naoko Imao, November 2, 2000
Hiroshi Hase, member of the Japanese House of Representatives and former professional wrestler, November 23, 2000 (Celebrity Edition)
Kazuyuki Nose, nicknamed "The Quiz King", February 15, 2001
Hitomi Sakamoto, December 13, 2001
Kikuchi Akishi, June 27, 2002
Michiko Eguchi, August 1, 2002
Naomi Osada, November 14, 2002
Shoko Mishima, May 8, 2003
Daichi Suzuki, September 18, 2003
Tsuyoshi Shinjo, pro baseball player, January 2, 2004 (Celebrity Edition)
Takafumi Horie, former CEO of Livedoor, Inc, December 30, 2004 (Celebrity Edition)
Kazuko Hosoki, fortune teller, December 30, 2004 (Celebrity Edition)
Masaaki Sakai, April 7, 2005 (Celebrity Edition)
Yasuo Tanaka, author and governor of Nagano Prefecture, April 7, 2005 (Celebrity Edition)
Kikuchi Tomohisa, April 28, 2005
Masahiko Hamada, May 26, 2005
Kotaro Koizumi, Japanese actor and the eldest son of the former Japanese Prime Minister, Junichiro Koizumi, January 2, 2006 (Celebrity Edition)
Yuko Asano, Japanese actress, March 23, 2006 (Celebrity Edition)
Junko Nozoe, June 29, 2006
Keiko Ohi, July 27, 2006
Dai Tamesue, Japanese athlete, September 14, 2006 (Celebrity Edition)
Mitsugoro Bando, "Kabuki" Actor, October 5, 2006 (Celebrity Edition)
Dewi Sukarno, Japanese socialite and widow of Sukarno, October 26, 2006 (Celebrity Edition)
Misako Konno, Japanese actress, February 15, 2007 (Celebrity Edition)
Sh?suke Tanihara, Japanese actor, July 5, 2007 (Celebrity Edition)
Shumiko Fuji, Japanese actress, March 27, 2008 (Celebrity Edition)
Kazuo Tokumitsu - Japanese TV announcer, March 27, 2008 (Celebrity Edition)

All in all I believe that you have a much higher chance playing a game of poker then winning an amount on who wants to be a millionaire.

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