This passed through the nonstop vortex of randomness that is my mind the other day, and I've been pondering it on and off since. What if in a game of High Rollers, only the 1 was left on the board? No roll can add up to 1 obviously, so what would happen?

I know in the bonus round that would be "Game Over" not sure about the main game, I'd assume the same (just move on to next round, etc.). But part of the strategy is to get the one outta there ASAP imho.

They asked one more question, and whoever got it right won the round- if a player missed it, they lost the round.

I always wondered why they wouldn't allow a player who had a 7 and a 1 left on the Big Numbers count a 7 as a bad roll.

Because it...wasn't? It's that contestant's fault for leaving the 1 out there THAT long. The first opportunity you have to get rid of it (i.e., you've taken off numbers naturally so far, and need it now with a 5 to make 6) - get rid of it.

-Jason

I suppose because even though that ended the round for you, the player still earned $100 more for the 7.
But, yes, ultimately I agree it's a bad roll as this tosses away the chance at the $5000/$5000 plus a car/$10000.
This I wonder. If someone had an insurance marker and rolled a 7 in this situation, could he/she return the marker for a chance at an 8?

I believe this is the point. You could not.

But I agree with the posters who have said that this is the contestant's own fault for setting up the situation of Epic Fail in the first place.

I fully understand that it'd be an automatic loss in the Big Numbers, but in the front game, strategy aside, someone may need certain numbers to knock off multiple columns, which usually results in a pretty big win. Say for example, you've got this board:

5-x-1
x-3-8
2-x-x

A player rolls a ten. He'd obviously go for the 5, 3, 2 combo, knocking off two columns. Next roll is a eight. Uh oh.

And those are the breaks. At that point, with the odds being 5 in 36 that I'm going to make my point, I will pass those dice like they're contraband.

I seem to recall Wink's frequently remarking that a contestant had gotten rid of "that pesky one" during the Big Numbers for precisely the reason described herein.