How Does Jeopardy Keep Winner Results From Leaking? Gambling Service Bets James Holzhauer Will Beat Ken Jennings Record
The linked article blathers about how game shows try to keep big results secret. The short response is that game shows do a lousy job of preventing big leaks. Accurate details of Ken Jennings' loss on Jeopardy leaked on Game Show Forum weeks before the taped episode aired. Wheel of Fortune's million-dollar winners leaked well before the eps saw the light of syndication.
It's not just ratings at stake, as Newsweek points out. People are actually betting on James Holzhauer's run. Which is a little ironic because James makes his living by...betting.
I've always wondered if game shows deliberately leak information, though they swear contestants and audiences to secrecy. The Wheel millionaire leaks seemed suspicious to me, but I'm a crusty old cynical sort. (This is only pure speculation. I don't have any inside information on those leaks or any others.)
Anyhoo, I have a feeling that we might hear about James' eventual loss on Jeopardy - he will lose sometime, after all - before the episode airs. But maybe they'll keep things airtight. I'm not betting on him losing any time soon, but I don't bet on anything.
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