01-02-2024, 11:58 PM
Many years ago it was considered obscene and taboo to win a fortune on the new fangled telly box.
So the regulator put paid to that. And that's how it stayed for best part of 30 odd years, until the regulator said yeah enough of that, knock yourself out.
Back in the day you were doing well to win a four figure sum as all that was capped, though I'd like to think you went on gameshows for the experience, a nice day out and you get to meet Michael, Jim, Brucie or Bob - unless it was something like Opportunity Knocks or New Faces or something similar, it was never going to change your life...
So the regulator put paid to that. And that's how it stayed for best part of 30 odd years, until the regulator said yeah enough of that, knock yourself out.
Back in the day you were doing well to win a four figure sum as all that was capped, though I'd like to think you went on gameshows for the experience, a nice day out and you get to meet Michael, Jim, Brucie or Bob - unless it was something like Opportunity Knocks or New Faces or something similar, it was never going to change your life...
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