Big winners on game shows, how did winning a prize really pan out?

JimmyBigSausage@lemm.ee to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml – 111 points –

Examples: If you won a car, did you get a car without a hitch? Any help on insurance payments? Not the prize or cash you were promised?

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I had a friend who won an episode of jeopardy, no issues getting paid out. (he lost on the next episode)

When I was a kid, my dad won a trip for 2 to Hawaii by being the 7th caller on a radio station. No issues with that either and they let us buy on a 3rd person so I could go with my parents.

I think you might need an edit: your dad was a kid who won a contest and they allowed a third person to go so that his son could go with him and his wife?

Edit: Oh you meant when you were a kid lol

2nd edit: Drunk typing got me downvoted. So much sadness in my soul.