Any time the winning score is $100note (a.k.a. the Century mark.) or more.
Any time a contestant wins the Lot, or whatever the top prize is, depending on the version.
Any time in the Winner's Board era that a champion picks the "WIN" and "CAR" (or the $10,000 in the US version) cards as their first picks. Just as awesome, if not more awesome, was if the car (or the $10,000 in the US version) was the first prize cleared off the board.
Jim Perry (1983-89)
1983: Mort Camens wins the Lot, becoming the only player to win the Lot in the pre-Cash Jackpot era.*
(The Lot was all of the prizes plus enough cash to total $95,000 exactly)
He went on to win the Tournament of Champions later that year, winning nearly $250,000*
($249,982 to be exact)
throughout his tenure.
August 9, 1983: Barbara Phillips becomes the only player on the daytime version (Cash Jackpot era) to win the Lot, winning a then-daytime record*
(Not just of daytime Sale, but of daytime television, period.)
of $151,689 (including a $68,000 Cash Jackpot).
What makes Barbara's victory even more incredible was she was initially going for just the Cash Jackpot, which she needed only twenty-six more dollars to win. However, if she accumulated $116 (which was more than what any other player had accumulated in a single game up to that point), she would win everything. Barbara ended up with $120, getting a crucial $15 Money Card in the final Fame Game, and sealing her victory by answering all of the "Final Three" questions correctly.
February 6, 1985 (nighttime): John Goss becomes the first Lot winner of the syndicated version, needing at least $95 in his final game to win everything ($156,339; including a $72,000 Cash Jackpot), and winning with exactly $95.
February 27, 1985 (nighttime): Helaine Lowery wins the Lot ($142,974; including a $64,000 Cash Jackpot), earning her victory in dramatic fashion after going into the Speed Round trailing by $5.
April 1-8, 1985 (nighttime): Alice Conkwright, who completely decimated her opponents (including, on her first day, a champ who was going for the Lot) and refused every Instant Bargain offered to her. This steadfast refusal led to several Funny Moments, discussed on that tab.*
(Just for the record, she won $141,406 in cash and prizes, including a $77,000 Cash Jackpot.)
April 8, 1985 (daytime): Mark DeCarlo (Yes,THAT one) becomes the first player to win the Lot in the Winners' Board era, winning $115,257 in cash and prizes, despite trailing throughout most of the show and winning only after his opponent missed a tie-breaker question.
June 4, 1985 (nighttime): Tim Holleran wins the Lot, becoming the all-time American winner*
(in regular play, not counting tournaments)
with $166,875 (including a $90,000 Cash Jackpot).
1986 (syndicated): Lisa Munoz won her Lot-clinching game with a score of $140, leaving with a grand total of $122,551.
1987: Tom O'Brien becomes the all-time daytime winner (of both Sale and all of daytime TV), winning $152,847 in cash and prizes.
1988: Rani White, becoming the only player in the Winner's Big Money Game era to win both the car and the $50,000, winning a grand total of $140,011 in cash and prizes.note (In fact, she won the Winner's Big Money Game seven out of eight times, losing only on the $9,000 WBMG.)
Two years earlier, her husband, Richard White, won about $120,000 in cash and prizes on "Sale".
Tony Barber (Australia, 1980-91)
4 September 1980: Vincent Smith becoming the first Lot winner, winning over $64,000 in prizes*
December 1982: Future super champion David Bock wins a then-record prize total of $245,129 (including a $106,000 Cash Jackpot).
12 October 1983: Hayward Mayberley won the Lot worth $343,536 (including a $206,000 Cash Jackpot), which was a record at the time.
June 1984: Virginia Noel; at the beginning of this Speedround (called "Fast Money" at that point), the scores were $15-$15-$85. With questions worth $5 each, she buzzed-in first on all 14 questions to win with $155. She later went on to win the Lot, which included a $120,000 Cash Jackpot.
July 1984: Barry Jones (not the politician from Victoria, this particular Barry Jones is from Western Australia) wins the Lot worth $210,101 (including a $90,000 Cash Jackpot).
1985: Ian Steven performed a similar feat in the Speedround — the scores were $15-$25-$170. This promo refers to it as being the highest one-day score. He went on to win the Lot, not buying a single item in the Gift Shop along the way.
12 November 1986: In his final game, future Aussie Sale question-setter David Poltorak answered 35 of the 55 questions posed on that show (16 of which being the Speedround), winning with a staggering $200, a record which stands to this date, and winning a then-record Lot of $376,104 and twenty-seven cents (including a $244,000 Cash Jackpot).
1988: Andrew Werbik becomes the youngest contestant to win the Lot. At 16 years of age, he wins $315,702 in cash and prizes.
15 October 1990: Kate Buckingham wins a then-record Lot of $471,640, including a $318,000 Cash Jackpot. Ironically, on her first show, she defeated John Sargent, who was playing for the record Lot himself.
More of a Crowning Moment of Awesome for the Commonwealth of Australia, as the Aussies came out the victorious in most of the international tournaments, including...
August 1985: Team Australia (consisting of future Sale judge Fran Powell and the aforementioned Virginia Noel) sweeps Team USA (consisting of Frances Wolff and the infamous Alice Conkwright) in three straight games in the Australian/American Challenge.
April 1986: Like the Australian/American challenge from eight months earlier, Australia wins the Ashes by sweeping the United Kingdom (represented by Susan Kaye and legendary British quiz show contestant Daphne Fowler) in three straight games.
October 1986: Cary Young (part of the Australian team that won the Ashes six months earlier) wins the Commonwealth Games against players from Canada and New Zealand.
March 1987: Cary Young continues his dominance, winning the first World Championship against players from the United States, United Kingdom, and New Zealand, in addition to his own country.
Earlier in the year, Cary competed on the American Sale in the International Invitational Tournament...and won. One of his opponents was Tim Holleran, who also competed in the Australian World Championship.
1988: David Bock (who was the other member of the Australian team that won the Ashes) wins the second World Championship.
1989: New Zealand's Brian MacDonnell wins the third (and final) World Championship, keeping the title in Australasia.
Glenn Ridge (Australia, 1991-2001)
1 June 1992: Robert Kusmierski wins a record Lot of $676,790, which includes a record Cash Jackpot of $508,000.
23 March 1999: 21-year-old Ben Wong, who often won his games with over $100, wins the Lot ($340,249; including a Cash Jackpot of $178,000) despite trailing throughout most of the show. Wong was the last Lot winner before the premiere of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?.
31 May 2000: Tom Beck becomes the first Lot winner of the "New Century" era, winning a grand total of $420,573 (including a Cash Jackpot of $250,000). Beck would go on to win two "Super Sale" contests in February and September 2001, adding nearly a half million more in winnings.
February 2001: Simon Fallon wins the Lot, totaling $434,065 in cash and prizes.
September 2001: Louise Williams becomes the last Lot winner of "Classic" Sale, winning cash and prizes totaling $354,117 (including a Cash Jackpot of $182,000).
Temptation (Australia, 2005-09)
22 June 2005: Less than a month into the new program, Brigid O'Connor becomes the first Lot winner on Temptation, winning $663,738 in cash and prizes (including a half million in gold note {All Lot winners from the first season of Temptation won $500,000 in gold.}). Brigid had also been on the original Sale of the Century years earlier, where she wasn't as successful.
29 August 2005: Stephen Hall becomes Temptation Lot Winner #2, winning $672,357 in cash, prizes, and gold.
March 2006: Yolanda Stopar, who not only won eight games to retire undefeated on March 8 as a Grand Champion and take away the Lot (prizes worth $132,577), but did so with a perfect record in the Bonus Round (ten questions in a minute to add $50,000 to a pot starting at $50,000, which could only be taken if a player wins the Lot) across all seven attempts to max out her jackpot at $800,000 (and was the only contestant to ever win said maximum).
27 March-3 April 2006: The Temptation Quizmasters series, which featured nine champions from Temptation (the four Lot winners at the time), the original Sale of the Century (Super Sale champion Tom Beck), and Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (including Australia's first Millionaire). It came down to Rob O'Neill (who was briefly the biggest winner in Australian television) and the aforementioned Yolanda Stopar (the all-time Temptation champion), with O'Neill coming out as the victor.
2 November 2006: Tracey Korsten wins the Lot, leaving with $857,655 in cash and prizes (including a $700,000 Cash Jackpot).
