 The total cash and prizes given in 2007 came out to $17,872,500, the most money given away in a game show that year, therefore being "the biggest money game show on Earth" as its introduction stated.Originally, the show was taped in Hollywood, California at Hollywood Center Studios.From 1986 to 1998, the show was taped in Sacramento, Mike Side hosted a short time when the show was done at the KTXL studios in Sacramento, the state capital as well as headquarters of the lottery.