Race to a Billion Deluxe (Round 4, Grid A)

[JerryArr]

4 to start off 4 for puzzledan...

RTaB	RTaB	RTaB	RTaB	RTaB
1	2	3	Jackpot Chance Wild Card	5
6	7	8	9	10
11	12	13	14	15
16	17	18	19	20
Round	4	.	.	Grid A

A nice start, getting that Jackpot Chance Wild Card! As you've seen, the Jackpot can get pretty high, so that can be a very valuable item. Now, let's go to #16 with vincentw!

RTaB	RTaB	RTaB	RTaB	RTaB
1	2	3	Jackpot Chance Wild Card	5
6	7	8	9	10
11	12	13	14	15
$666	17	18	19	20
Round	4	.	.	Grid A

Ooh, my, $666! We'll boost that and give you $2,950.

Status	Name	Score	Lock	Peek	Boost %	Multiplier	Cons. Wins	Items
Now Up	puzzledan	$152,525	Lock: X	1 Peek left	100%	x1	0	JC Wild
In	vincentw	$41,525,795	Lock: X	1 Peek left	443%	x4	2	Def x2, Pvu x3, 1Q, $ Sv

puzzledan, you're up again! Two days to pick a space, ending at 3:30 AM Central on June 30, or in (expired on 2019-06-30 03:30:00)!

[puzzledan]

Going to go over to 20 please

[vincentw]

I'll have 6 next, please.

[JerryArr]

Puzzledan will take 20. Let's go and look at it!

RTaB	RTaB	RTaB	RTaB	RTaB
1	2	3	Jackpot Chance Wild Card	5
6	7	8	9	10
11	12	13	14	15
$666	17	18	19	$13,610
Round	4	.	.	Grid A

A decent amount, 13.6k.

Over to vincentw now, with 6.

RTaB	RTaB	RTaB	RTaB	RTaB
1	2	3	Jackpot Chance Wild Card	5
$50,000	7	8	9	10
11	12	13	14	15
$666	17	18	19	$13,610
Round	4	.	.	Grid A

And it's $50,000 here! With the boost, that's $221,500.

Status	Name	Score	Lock	Peek	Boost %	Multiplier	Cons. Wins	Items
Now Up	puzzledan	$166,135	Lock: X	1 Peek left	100%	x1	0	JC Wild
In	vincentw	$41,747,295	Lock: X	1 Peek left	443%	x4	2	Def x2, Pvu x3, 1Q, $ Sv

Back to puzzledan! Two days to pick a space, ending at 12:01 AM Central on July 9, or in (expired on 2019-07-09 00:01:00)!

[puzzledan]

Number 7 please
Peek 18

[vincentw]

Let's have #8.

[JerryArr]

Puzzledan's going with 7...

RTaB	RTaB	RTaB	RTaB	RTaB
1	2	3	Jackpot Chance Wild Card	5
$50,000	$73,000	8	9	10
11	12	13	14	15
$666	17	18	19	$13,610
Round	4	.	.	Grid A

It's 73 grand for Dan! Good job there... let's see what vincentw gets with 8!

RTaB	RTaB	RTaB	RTaB	RTaB
1	2	3	Jackpot Chance Wild Card	5
$50,000	$73,000	$250k For Others	9	10
11	12	13	14	15
$666	17	18	19	$13,610
Round	4	.	.	Grid A

Oooh... that'll be $250,000 for the other player, aka puzzledan!

Status	Name	Score	Lock	Peek	Boost %	Multiplier	Cons. Wins	Items
Now Up	puzzledan	$489,135	Lock: X	Peeked 18	100%	x1	0	JC Wild
In	vincentw	$41,747,295	Lock: X	1 Peek left	443%	x4	2	Def x2, Pvu x3, 1Q, $ Sv

Back over to puzzledan! Two days to pick a space, ending at 11:00 PM Central on July 10, or in (expired on 2019-07-10 23:00:00)!

[puzzledan]

Number 1

[vincentw]

#15, please.

[JerryArr]

puzzledan going with number one...

RTaB	RTaB	RTaB	RTaB	RTaB
$70,000 plus +1x multi	2	3	Jackpot Chance Wild Card	5
$50,000	$73,000	$250k For Others	9	10
11	12	13	14	15
$666	17	18	19	$13,610
Round	4	.	.	Grid A

Doubles your multiplier and gives you 70k!

Going to vincentw and his 15 selection.

RTaB	RTaB	RTaB	RTaB	RTaB
$70,000 plus +1x multi	2	3	Jackpot Chance Wild Card	5
$50,000	$73,000	$250k For Others	9	10
11	12	13	14	$600,000
$666	17	18	19	$13,610
Round	4	.	.	Grid A

Nice, it's $600,000! Boosting that gives you $2,658,000!

Status	Name	Score	Lock	Peek	Boost %	Multiplier	Cons. Wins	Items
Now Up	puzzledan	$559,135	Lock: X	Peeked 18	100%	x2	0	JC Wild
In	vincentw	$44,405,295	Lock: X	1 Peek left	443%	x4	2	Def x2, Pvu x3, 1Q, $ Sv

puzzledan is up again! Two days to pick a space, ending at 8:00 PM Central on July 11, or in (expired on 2019-07-11 20:00:00)!

[puzzledan]

Let go to 12 Give me something huge please

[vincentw]

Number………5?

[puzzledan]

Number………5?

You getting worried now aren't you Vincent
Oh this is fun

[JerryArr]

puzzledan thinks vincentw is worried, but should puzzledan be worried about 12?

RTaB	RTaB	RTaB	RTaB	RTaB
$70,000 plus +1x multi	2	3	Jackpot Chance Wild Card	5
$50,000	$73,000	$250k For Others	9	10
11	Average Choice	13	14	$600,000
$666	17	18	19	$13,610
Round	4	.	.	Grid A

Not this time, it's Average Choice! If you win the grid, you'll be able to choose whether to make your score the average of the game score!

And now, was the 5 bad?

RTaB	RTaB	RTaB	RTaB	RTaB
$70,000 plus +1x multi	2	3	Jackpot Chance Wild Card	$374,000 plus +25%
$50,000	$73,000	$250k For Others	9	10
11	Average Choice	13	14	$600,000
$666	17	18	19	$13,610
Round	4	.	.	Grid A

Definitely good! 4.43 times $374,000 is $1,656,820, and we'll give you 25% more boost to boot!

Status	Name	Score	Lock	Peek	Boost %	Multiplier	Cons. Wins	Items
Now Up	puzzledan	$559,135	Lock: X	Peeked 18	100%	x2	0	JC Wild, Avg Ch
In	vincentw	$46,062,115‬	Lock: X	1 Peek left	468%	x4	2	Def x2, Pvu x3, 1Q, $ Sv

Back to you, puzzledan! Two days to pick a space, ending at 1:00 AM Central on July 16, or in (expired on 2019-07-16 01:00:00)!

[vincentw]

I'll reserve 11.

[puzzledan]

So not needing to use the peek here yet Interesting
10

[JerryArr]

Let's see what 10 is for puzzledan!

RTaB	RTaB	RTaB	RTaB	RTaB
$70,000 plus +1x multi	2	3	Jackpot Chance Wild Card	$374,000 plus +25%
$50,000	$73,000	$250k For Others	9	Trash Picker
11	Average Choice	13	14	$600,000
$666	17	18	19	$13,610
Round	4	.	.	Grid A

Trash Picker! Let's see what you'll receive!

$325,000

Preview

Pretty good! Let's see what else was hiding behind 10.

RTaB	RTaB	RTaB	RTaB	RTaB
$70,000 plus +1x multi	2	3	Jackpot Chance Wild Card	$374,000 plus +25%
$50,000	$73,000	$250k For Others	9	$40,000
11	Average Choice	13	14	$600,000
$666	17	18	19	$13,610
Round	4	.	.	Grid A

A decent $40,000.

Let's see 11 for vincentw now!

RTaB	RTaB	RTaB	RTaB	RTaB
$70,000 plus +1x multi	2	3	Jackpot Chance Wild Card	$374,000 plus +25%
$50,000	$73,000	$250k For Others	9	$40,000
$140,000	Average Choice	13	14	$600,000
$666	17	18	19	$13,610
Round	4	.	.	Grid A

Hey hey, $140,000, times the 4.68 is $655,200!

Status	Name	Score	Lock	Peek	Boost %	Multiplier	Cons. Wins	Items
Now Up	puzzledan	$924,135	Lock: X	Peeked 18	100%	x2	0	JC Wild, Avg Ch, Pvu
In	vincentw	$46,717,315‬	Lock: X	1 Peek left	468%	x4	2	Def x2, Pvu x3, 1Q, $ Sv

puzzledan up once more! Two days to pick a space, ending at 1:15 AM Central on July 18, or in (expired on 2019-07-18 01:15:00)!

[puzzledan]

Let go over to 19 please

[JerryArr]

Puzzledan picks 19, let's see it...

RTaB	RTaB	RTaB	RTaB	RTaB
$70,000 plus +1x multi	2	3	Jackpot Chance Wild Card	$374,000 plus +25%
$50,000	$73,000	$250k For Others	9	$40,000
$140,000	Average Choice	13	14	$600,000
$666	17	18	BOMB!	$13,610
Round	4	.	.	Grid A

It's a bomb... and there's nothing else, so that's the end of the round, vincentw wins!

Let's total it all up. A base win bonus of a million, plus the unrevealed spaces, let's see what they were...

RTaB	RTaB	RTaB	RTaB	RTaB
$70,000 plus +1x multi	$55,000	$200,000	Jackpot Chance Wild Card	$374,000 plus +25%
$50,000	$73,000	$250k For Others	$55,000	$40,000
$140,000	Average Choice	BOMB!	$69,000	$600,000
$666	$60,000	$374,000	BOMB!	$13,610
Round	4	.	.	Grid A

An additional $813,000... that's $1,813,000 that we'll multiply by 4, then again by your 468% boost, that is a total of... $33,939,360! Plus, this is your third win in a row, so you'll be playing the Jackpot Chance! We'll get to that in a little bit.

Status	Name	Score	Lock	Peek	Boost %	Multiplier	Cons. Wins	Items
Out!	puzzledan	$874,135	Lock: X	Peeked 18	100%	x1	0	JC Wild, Pvu
Winner!	vincentw	$80,656,675	Lock: X	1 Peek left	468%	x4 x5	2 3	Def x2, Pvu x3, 1Q, $ Sv

[vincentw]

Ooh, exciting! Ready whenever you are.

[puzzledan]

Good Game Vincent I got bested by the better man

[JerryArr]

You know the drill...

RTaB	RTaB	RTaB	RTaB	RTaB
1	2	3	4	5
6	7	8	9	10
11	12	13	14	15
16	17	18	19	20
Jackpot	Chance	.	_ _ _ _ _ _ _	Grid A

Two of each of the letters in JACKPOT. Four STRIKEs. Two $100,000 spaces. Spell JACKPOT without hitting three strikes and you win the Jackpot! Since the other grid isn't over yet we'll keep you in suspense should you reach six letters or two strikes, but feel free to give as many numbers as you'd like to start!

[vincentw]

Good Game Vincent I got bested by the better man

Thanks man, you also did very well.

As for the Jackpot Chance, I'll just give you a sequence and let the suspense come!
17, 5, 13, 16, 7, 11, 4, 9, 2, 14, 18, 15, 20, 8, 12, 3, 19, 6, 10, 1.

[JerryArr]

Starting with 17...

RTaB	RTaB	RTaB	RTaB	RTaB
1	2	3	4	5
6	7	8	9	10
11	12	13	14	15
16	T	18	19	20
Jackpot	Chance	.	_ _ _ _ _ _ T	Grid A

Good start, the T! Next up, 5.

RTaB	RTaB	RTaB	RTaB	RTaB
1	2	3	4	P
6	7	8	9	10
11	12	13	14	15
16	T	18	19	20
Jackpot	Chance	.	_ _ _ _ P _ T	Grid A

Two in a row! Next up is space 13...

RTaB	RTaB	RTaB	RTaB	RTaB
1	2	3	4	P
6	7	8	9	10
11	12	$100,000	14	15
16	T	18	19	20
Jackpot	Chance	.	_ _ _ _ P _ T	Grid A

Not unlucky here, $100,000!

Going for 16 now...

RTaB	RTaB	RTaB	RTaB	RTaB
1	2	3	4	P
6	7	8	9	10
11	12	$100,000	14	15
K	T	18	19	20
Jackpot	Chance	.	_ _ _ K P _ T	Grid A

It's a K, three down, four to go!

Can we keep it going with #7?

RTaB	RTaB	RTaB	RTaB	RTaB
1	2	3	4	P
6	C	8	9	10
11	12	$100,000	14	15
K	T	18	19	20
Jackpot	Chance	.	_ _ C K P _ T	Grid A

Sure can! That's four letters! Can we see a fifth behind 11?

RTaB	RTaB	RTaB	RTaB	RTaB
1	2	3	4	P
6	C	8	9	10
$100,000	12	$100,000	14	15
K	T	18	19	20
Jackpot	Chance	.	_ _ C K P _ T	Grid A

No, but it's the other $100,000 space! Okay, let's see what 4 is now!

RTaB	RTaB	RTaB	RTaB	RTaB
1	2	3	A	P
6	C	8	9	10
$100,000	12	$100,000	14	15
K	T	18	19	20
Jackpot	Chance	.	_ A C K P _ T	Grid A

An A! Wow, you're ripping through this! Let's see... number 9 is next, can we find success there?

RTaB	RTaB	RTaB	RTaB	RTaB
1	2	3	A	P
6	C	8	A	10
$100,000	12	$100,000	14	15
K	T	18	19	20
Jackpot	Chance	.	_ A C K P _ T	Grid A

It's not a strike, at least! Next up: 2!

RTaB	RTaB	RTaB	RTaB	RTaB
1	J	3	A	P
6	C	8	A	10
$100,000	12	$100,000	14	15
K	T	18	19	20
Jackpot	Chance	.	J A C K P _ T	Grid A

Oh my! Six of the seven letters are on your board, and no strikes so far!

Will vincentw be able to find that elusive O? Or will the strikes pummel him down? We'll find out soon!

[JerryArr]

We're back, and $13,500,276 is the Jackpot's value... which means for you, $189,543,875 is on the line! Next up for you: 14.

RTaB	RTaB	RTaB	RTaB	RTaB
1	J	3	A	P
6	C	8	A	10
$100,000	12	$100,000	STRIKE	15
K	T	18	19	20
Jackpot	Chance	Strikes: 1	J A C K P _ T	Grid A

No good, that's strike one... What about 18?

RTaB	RTaB	RTaB	RTaB	RTaB
1	J	3	A	P
6	C	8	A	10
$100,000	12	$100,000	STRIKE	15
K	T	T	19	20
Jackpot	Chance	Strikes: 1	J A C K P _ T	Grid A

A second T. Keep picking letters and that O will appear! Come on, show us 15!

RTaB	RTaB	RTaB	RTaB	RTaB
1	J	3	A	P
6	C	8	A	10
$100,000	12	$100,000	STRIKE	K
K	T	T	19	20
Jackpot	Chance	Strikes: 1	J A C K P _ T	Grid A

It's a K... let's move on to 20!

RTaB	RTaB	RTaB	RTaB	RTaB
1	J	3	A	P
6	C	8	A	10
$100,000	12	$100,000	STRIKE	K
K	T	T	19	STRIKE
Jackpot	Chance	Strikes: 2	J A C K P _ T	Grid A

No! That's a second strike... and now we're down to it. Let's see an O behind 8!

RTaB	RTaB	RTaB	RTaB	RTaB
1	J	3	A	P
6	C	STRIKE	A	10
$100,000	12	$100,000	STRIKE	K
K	T	T	19	STRIKE
Jackpot	Chance	Strikes: 3	J A C K P _ T	Grid A

Oh no! That's the third strike, and I'm afraid that's it for you. You do get $200,000 though, bringing you up to $80,856,675, and you'll be back for Round 5.

RTaB	RTaB	RTaB	RTaB	RTaB
O	J	STRIKE	A	P
P	C	STRIKE	A	O
$100,000	C	$100,000	STRIKE	K
K	T	T	J	STRIKE
Jackpot	Chance	Strikes: 3	J A C K P _ T	Grid A