
A contestant must choose from 26 sealed briefcases containing a marker for various amounts of cash from one penny to $1 million. The player then eliminates the remaining 25 cases one by one. The chosen ones are opened and the amount of money inside revealed. After several cases are opened, the player is tempted by the Banker to accept an offer of cash in exchange for not continuing the game and possibly winning a larger sum of money.

A Las Vegas woman and a New York bagpiper each play for the $1 million top prize.

A high-spirited marketing executive seeks to win $1 million in order to return home to her family farm in Ohio; as she faces the Banker's cruelest test, it turns out her father is the game show's biggest fan and her ultimate weapon.

A busy military wife and mother faces off against the Banker in the hopes of winning $1 million to join her adoring parents in Michigan.

A returning, football-loving mom completes her game, and a New York movie buff plays for $1 million.