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(Change Layout)Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (US)  
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In 2003 the show announced it would pay the 500,000 and 1,000,000 dollar prize in an annuity. If you won the 500,000 it would send you 250,000 dollar check and another 250,000 dollars would be sent over the course of 10 years in equal increments each year. If you won the Million you would get a check for 250,000 and over 20 years receive equal increments of 750,000 dollars. This was not so from 1999-2002 in which they would give you the money in one lump sum.
 
Major prize winners on ABC

John Carpenter, November 19, 1999
Dan Blonsky, January 18, 2000
Joe Trela, March 23, 2000
Bob House, June 13, 2000
Kim Hunt, July 6, 2000
David Goodman, July 11, 2000
Kevin Olmstead ($2.18 Million), April 10, 2001
Bernie Cullen, April 15, 2001
Ed Toutant ($1.86 Million), September 7, 2001
Robert Essig ($1,000,000 on Super Millionaire)
Kevin Smith (First winner of the syndicated version), 18 February 2003
Nancy Christy (First and only woman, to date, to win the million dollars in the U.S. version), 8 May 2003

Other memorable non million dollar winning contestants: Lisa Lord, Ogi Ogas, Nancy Neff, Howard Johnson, Terry Halpin, Kevin Hope, Tom O'Brian, Lyn Payne
 
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