A Las Vegas sports bettor has taken the 45-year-old American game show to its strategic conclusion, and earned $1.69m – how high can he go?
In a month when eyeballs are glued to Game of Thrones’ final season, Veep’s last season and an all-you-can-eat buffet of other television choices across a variety of platforms, it’s perhaps unlikely that a 45-year-old syndicated network TV quizshow would become destination viewing.
But for many Americans, Jeopardy! has never been hotter, thanks to the unprecedented and lucrative run of Las Vegas sports bettor James Holzhauer. Holzhauer, 35, has now won 22 games, the second highest of all time, and brought Jeopardy! its highest ratings in 14 years – all with a knowing smile and a near-methodical ability to find each game board’s wagering tiles.
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