Las Vegas sports bettor sets sights on ‘Jeopardy!’ legend Ken Jennings
April 15, 2019 - 4:30 pm
Updated April 15, 2019 - 9:36 pm
Las Vegan James Holzhauer has won $460,479 in just eight games of Jeopardy! (Jeopardy! Facebook)
Las Vegan James Holzhauer set the single-day record for “Jeopardy!” winnings on Tuesday. (Jeopardy Productions, Inc.)
Well, that was fast.
Fresh off shattering the “Jeopardy!” single-day winnings record, James Holzhauer has moved into second place on the show’s all-time winnings list. With an asterisk.
Accumulating $460,479 in only eight games, the Las Vegas sports bettor passed Dave Madden on Monday. It took Madden 19 games to reach $430,400.
Holzhauer set the single-day record April 9 with $110,914.
Ken Jennings holds the regular game record, winning $2,520,700 over the course of 74 games. Counting a variety of “Jeopardy!” tournaments, Brad Rutter took home $4,688,440.
“Jeopardy!” airs weekdays at 7 p.m. on KLAS-TV, Channel 8.
