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Two New Jersey Locals Appear on MONOPOLY MILLIONAIRES’ CLUB™ TV Game Show Lottery Winners in the Audience Have a Chance to Win Up to $1 Million
TRENTON, N.J. (Nov. 9, 2015) – Taralyn Myers from Vernon, N.J. appeared on the MONOPOLY MILLIONAIRES’ CLUB TV game show that aired on Nov. 7th and 8th. She was a proxy player for her husband, Roy Myers III, who was randomly selected through the Second-Chance Drawing from the New Jersey Lottery to appear on the TV game show. The Second-Chance Drawing prize included a four-night, five-day trip for two to Las Vegas, an audience member ticket and an opportunity to win up to one million dollars.
Some audience members who don’t appear on the national stage are chosen to play Mini-State Games. Myers played “Hotel Hot Spot” and won $1,000 doing so. The couple was part of the Battleship section of the audience, named after the iconic MONOPOLY Game board token.
Seven New Jersey Lottery players were part of the TV game show studio audience for the first five episodes of Season 2 which
Taralyn Myers, local game co-host Todd Newton was made up of lottery players from 16 states, Photo Credit: “MONOPOLY MILLIONAIRES’ including 15 where MONOPOLY MILLIONAIRES’ CLUB CLUB”/Mikey McNulty Lottery instant game tickets are sold. The seven players were randomly selected after playing the MONOPOLY MILLIONAIRES’ CLUB Lottery instant ticket game from the New Jersey Lottery and participating in its Second-Chance Drawing.
The New Jersey Lottery players in the audience were: Giorgio Caruso of South Hackensack, N.J.; John Gandy of Sewell, N.J.; Suzanne Glovak of Edison, N.J.; George Kmec of Kearny, N.J.; Kvalheim Ole of Hazlet, N.J.; Donald Mickey of Mount Holly; and Roy Myers III of Vernon, N.J.
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George Kmec from Bayonne, N.J. was a National TV game show contestant and won $15,000 playing “Block Party” in Episode 119 that aired on Oct. 17th and 18th. “I never thought I would get selected for the show and the next thing I knew I was picked to be on the show,” he said.
Kmec was joined by his wife Patti on the trip and in the studio audience. When asked about the experience Kmec said, “I couldn’t ask for a better trip because it was my first time in Vegas and my wife’s fourth.”
His luck continued when he was selected to play the Mini-State Game “MONOPOLY Money Bag,” on which he won $1,100. L-R George Kmec, contestant, Billy Gardell, Host Photo Credit: “MONOPOLY MILLIONAIRES’ CLUB”/Steve Reed Kmec said that meeting TV show host Billy Gardell (“Mike and Molly,” “You, Me and Dupree”) was one of the trip highlights. “He’s a gentleman and a truly nice guy. He got his start in Teaneck, N. J. at Chest of Drawers which is right where I live.”
The experience was so wonderful that Kmec will now only play the MONOPOLY MILLIONAIRES' CLUB Lottery instant ticket with hopes of winning a second trip to Las Vegas. In total, Kmec’s trip value and prize total was more than $23,000 but clearly his experience was priceless.
Season 2 of the "MONOPOLY MILLIONAIRES' CLUB" TV game show weekly episodes air on Saturdays at 6:30 PM on WPIX in New York and on Sundays at 9 PM on WPHL in Philadelphia. Previously aired episodes are available for viewing at the www.playmmc.com website.
In addition to the Second-Chance Promotion, the new MONOPOLY MILLIONAIRES’ CLUB Lottery instant game offers players the chance to instantly win top prizes of $200,000. Instant cash prizes in the $5 game range from $5 to $200,000.
The final round of game show tapings are scheduled to occur on Jan. 24 and 25, 2016. The drawing for the Jan. participants will be held on or around Dec. 15, 2015. Cutoff for entries is 11:59 p.m. ET on Dec. 13, 2015.
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