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 Greed sounds are here!!  Here are a few: (And by the way, they work now!)
Dan, Curtis, and Melissa work their way up to $1,000,000!

Dan Avila goes for $2,200,000 (full 3 minute file)

Promo FOX aired after the million dollar win

Promo FOX aired when they announced "Greed: The Series"

Open to "Greed"

Close of "Greed"

It's the Terminator!

"Greed"'s favorite moments

A new contestant search has been announced! Between January 5th and 18th, call 1-900-407-7777. Cost per call is $1.99. Some states are not eligible to call, check the official site for that list. Or you can send a postcard with your name, address, and phone number where you can be reached on January 20th to: Greed, PO Box 250029A, Los Angeles, CA 90025. The interview date will be 1/20/2000, the travel date will be 1/23/2000, and taping will occur on 1/24/2000. Good luck!

"Greed: The Series" Rules
The rules are complicated, yet simple.  A panel of six contestants plays the "qualifying round."  A question will be asked of the six players.  The answer to the question will be a number (example:  How many rooms are in the White House?).  The five players closest to the actual answer continue on to the next round.  The player closest to the actual answer becomes the team captain, with the second closest becoming the second player, and so on.  If two players are equidistant from the actual answer, the player who answered quickest earns the spot. 

The five players play their way up the "Tower of Greed," consisting of 8 questions, valued at $25,000; $50,000; $75,000; $100,000; $200,000; $500,000; $1,000,000; $2,000,000.

The first four questions ($25K-$100K) are each answered by one team member, with the fifth-place contestant answering the $25,000 question and so on.  Questions have four or five possible answers.  The player will answer the question, at which point the team captain can accept or change the answer.   Teams can stop after any correct answer and take the money they have earned.  Note that TEAM payouts of $500,000 or more will be paid in annuities of $100,000 per year if any one player wins $200,000 or more.

Once a team reaches $100,000, a decision must be made.  From this point on, teams know the category of the upcoming question before deciding whether to continue.  If they choose to go on, the "terminator" is activated.  At random, a computer will choose one player of the 5.  This player will have to decide whether to challenge one of his/her teammates or leave the team intact.  If a challenge is made, the person making the challenge receives $10,000 regardless of the outcome of the challenge.  One question is asked in the challenge round and whichever player answers correctly stays in the game and will play for both players' shares of the money.  If a player buzzes in and misses, the other player wins by default.  Players may buzz in at any time.

Starting with the $200,000 question, the format changes.  Between six and nine answers are given to a "survey" style question.  Contestants must pick the top 4 answers to advance, and the team captain has the use of a "freebie" to eliminate any one answer at any time during the final 4 questions. 

Once 4 selections have been made, they are revealed as correct or incorrect one at a time.  If a team gets 3 out of 4, they are offered an incentive to stop ($20,000 for the $200,000 question, $50,000 for the $500,000 question, a car and $25,000 for the $1,000,000 question). 

The remaining questions work the same way, starting with the "Terminator" and ending with the revealing of the answer.  It is mathematically possible for "Terminators" to eliminate all but one player who could play for the jackpot.

Starting with the $1,000,000 question, the decisions become individual decisions, not captain decisions. This means the "out" for the question and the decision to go on to the jackpot are made individually using green, yellow, and red buttons at the contestants' podiums.

Unlike shows such as WWTBAM?, Greed is an all-or-nothing show.  If you miss, you lose (except for "Terminator Challenge" money). 

LAST UPDATE:  JANUARY 6, 2000