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11.15.2018

Tom Bodenberg: "Winnings for my son"

From Season 7

When I was in the tryout stage (way back in December 1990, at Merv Griffin's Resorts, Atlantic City), I mentioned that if I were to win "big money" (no, I'm not channeling Wheel of Fortune here), it would go toward the education of my son, who was in utero at the time. He's now 27. We are pictured at the Blue Hill Fair in Maine.

A bonus of my taping is that I felt I was in the contestant room with 14 of my best friends. It would be naive to admit that none of us didn't want to win, but I felt as happy for their success (or their hard effort) as I felt for my own!