
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.

Contestants from Canfield, Ohio, Culver City, Calif., Derby, Conn., and Coachella, Calif., play a special speed game, where each contestant only has 20 seconds to decide if they want the Banker's offer or to continue playing for $1 million.

A case on the board is worth $2 million, and a man from Dayton, Ohio, receives a tempting offer from professional basketball player Kobe Bryant.

A drag racer from California hopes to win enough money to get married, expand her business and buy a house; a grandmother from Iowa plays for up to $1 million.

A farmer from Iowa returns to finish her game; a musician from Kansas City competes for $1 million.