Powerball Instant Millionaire  Powerball Instant Millionaire is a lottery-based game show that aired from October 5, 2002 to September 25, 2004 in some of the jurisdictions that offered the Powerball game and the accompanying scratchcard game for the program. Todd Newton was the host. The show was taped at the Venetian Hotel and Casino on the Las Vegas Strip. A money line began at $4,444 and eighteen random cards were dealt. Each player began with $1,000. The object was to select a card (numbered 1-18) that raised one of the four suits (clubs, spades, diamonds, or hearts). Doing so added $100 to their score and gave them the option to pick another card or pass control to the player to their left. Whenever an 8 was selected, the suit would be locked off and could never come down. Selecting a card that did not raise a suit or a card from a locked off suit would incur a strike. Three strikes eliminated a player. The last player left in the game or the player who found the last "8" won the game and the amount in the money line, or their score, whichever was greater. All players kept what they won. Twenty pairs of dice (one each of 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12, as well as ten 7's) were hidden behind twenty numbered chips. Each player began with $1,000. The object was to select a chip (numbered 1-20) and "roll" a number other than a 7. A successful pick adds $1,000 and the value of the dice (if the total of the dice is 6, it added $1,006 to the pot) to a jackpot that started at $1,000, and gave the player the option to "roll" again or pass control to the player to their left. "Rolling" a seven incurred a strike. Three strikes eliminated a player. The last player left in the game or the player bringing the last two digits of the money line to 40 or higher won the game and the money (which could theoretically have grown to $9,051). All players kept what they won. The remaining players were given spheres, one of which had a red Powerball in it. On the announcer's command, the players opened their spheres. Whoever possessed the red Powerball got to play the semifinal game against the winners of Crazy Eights and High Rollers.