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‘JEOPARDY!’ CONTESTANT JAMES HOLZHAUER SETS
NEW RECORD FOR SINGLE-GAME CASH WINNINGS
WITH $110,914 VICTORY
Las Vegas Professional Sports Gambler Wins Fourth Consecutive Game,
Brings Total Winnings to $244,365
CULVER CITY, CALIF. (April 9, 2019) – James Holzhauer, a 34-year-old professional sports gambler
from Las Vegas, Nev., won today’s episode of JEOPARDY! with a total of $110,914, breaking the record
for single-day cash winnings. The previous record of $77,000 in a single game was set by Roger Craig
on September 19, 2010.
Holzhauer’s $110,914 total has a special numerical significance: his daughter was born November 9,
2014 (11/09/14).
“I said all along that I wanted to break Roger Craig’s one-game record and I did it,” Holzhauer said.
Today’s win was the fourth in a row for Holzhauer, whose winnings total $244,365. He will face two new
challengers Wednesday, when he will attempt to win his fifth consecutive game.
JEOPARDY!’s 35
th
anniversary season premiered September 10, 2018. With a weekly audience of 23
million viewers, JEOPARDY! is the top-rated quiz show on television, and has received numerous
awards and honors, including the 2017 Emmy for Outstanding Game Show. The show holds the
Guinness World Records® title for the most Emmy® Awards won by a TV game show (34 Emmys); it is
also the recipient of a 2011 Peabody Award. JEOPARDY! is produced by Sony Pictures Television, a
Sony Pictures Entertainment Company; it is distributed domestically by CBS Television Distribution and
internationally by CBS Television International, both units of CBS Corp. For more information, please
visit Jeopardy.com.
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