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2 unusual facts about Illinois Instant Riches


Illinois Instant Riches

Splashdown was renamed Niagara for NY Wired after Niagara Falls.

Elements from these games also carried over to the current quarterly-based Michigan Lottery game show Make Me Rich.


Bonus Bonanza

The show was produced at WCVB-TV by Jonathan Goodson Productions, and all of its games and its theme were virtually identical to the Illinois state lottery game show Illinois Instant Riches (later Illinois Luckiest).

Pennsylvania Lottery

To celebrate the Lottery's 25th anniversary in 1997, Jonathan Goodson, who, at the time produced several other lottery game shows, produced a Pennsylvania Lottery game show, with a format similar to Illinois Instant Riches.


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