Each number one through nine is assigned a random, secret card that has a value between $50 and $500. The game master begins the round by asking a trivia question of the two players. The player who answers the question correctly wins control of the dice.
The controlling player may roll the dice or force the opponent to roll them. If the player who rolls the dice can use any combination added together of the numbers one through nine to make the total rolled the player wins the value of assigned values of those numbers. Numbers used are removed from play.
A players wins by removing the last number. A player loses when the player can not make the dice roll using the remaining numbers in play.
The winning player plays the "Big Numbers" round solitaire. Rolling the dice to remove numbers. Rolling doubles earns the player an Insurance Card which gives the player a free roll when needed. Removing all the numbers earns the player $10,000. Failing to remove all the numbers earns the player $100 for each number removed.
The player with the most money wins the game.
When the game was revived in 1978, gameplay was changed slightly. The numbers one through nine, are put in three columns of three and then assigned a random value at the start of the game. A player had to remove the last number of a column to win money. The object of the game remained the same.
The "Big Numbers" round remained the same.
The seventies editions of the game were called Big Numbers: The High Rollers TV Game.
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