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As part of a special "American Pride" week, the old Millionaire Walk in and Win is back for teachers, military members and firefighters. You just have to request tickets like normal for the October 18th specialty taping, show up at an earlier time with proper affiliation ID, meet the standard eligibility requirements and you could be playing the game in a few hours.

chad1m wrote:As part of a special "American Pride" week, the old Millionaire Walk in and Win is back for teachers, military members and firefighters. You just have to request tickets like normal for the October 18th specialty taping, show up at an earlier time with proper affiliation ID, meet the standard eligibility requirements and you could be playing the game in a few hours.

The Rules are clear that this is an audition process (though without a written test), rather than a random selection. --Bob

Weren't previous "walk in" shows done like that too? A 2006 press release notes that each audience member "met briefly with a Millionaire producer." The process of getting into the studio sounds random but getting in the hot seat did not.

chad1m wrote:Weren't previous "walk in" shows done like that too? A 2006 press release notes that each audience member "met briefly with a Millionaire producer." The process of getting into the studio sounds random but getting in the hot seat did not.

Yes, it worked the same way. The emphasis was always on the "no test" aspect, which was at best a half truth. There was no written test, but that "brief meeting" was all-important. Meredith further contributed to the half-truth by revealing the number of the lucky contestants from an envelope, instead of reading off their names, as if it was part of the same random drawing that got people in the final audience group.