Presenter-ready • Works on big screens
Top, Middle or Bottom
Based on the TV show Strike It Lucky (later Strike It Rich). The host can control from a laptop or handheld device. The playing board can be displayed via a laptop or via web browser on your TV.
You need
- Big screen / projector
- Laptop OR a TV/Firestick with web browser
- Phone/tablet or a second browser window on your laptop
- Internet access
- Book of raffle tickets
Quick start
- Open the Game Screen on the big screen
- Fullscreen the game (F11)
- Open a Controller on your laptop/phone
Tip: If you’re using one laptop + a connected TV, “Extend” your desktop so you can keep the controller on your laptop
while the game runs full-screen on the TV.
Setup
One laptop only
Laptop + handheld
Setting up using one laptop only:
- Connect your big screen to your laptop via HDMI.
- Extend the desktop onto the second screen (so you can move windows between screens).
- Launch the Game Screen, move it to the big screen, press F11 to fullscreen.
- Open a new browser window, log in again, then launch the Laptop Controller and keep it on your laptop screen.
Windows help: Set up multiple displays
Setting up using a laptop and a handheld device:
- Connect your big screen to your laptop via HMDI.
- Launch the Game Screen and press F11 to fullscreen.
- On your phone/tablet, log in and launch the Handheld Controller.
- Bookmark the controller page for next time.
How to play
- Sell raffle tickets to your customers making a note of the first and last ticket sold.
- On the CONTROLLER set the prize value of the money you are giving away.
- Set the raffle ticket range using the first ticket sold and the last ticket sold.
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- Once you start the game, you can play the theme music if your laptop is attached to your sound system or you TV sound is on.
- Wait for the music to finish and read out the rules (see below).
- Play starts when NEXT PLAYER is selected. This will display a random raffle ticket number on the game screen.
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- If you can't find the player, select NEXT PLAYER again. The turn will be lost.
- Once you have the player ready select JUMBLE UP. This randomises the board.
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- THe last two boxes have arrows as the player is allowed two hotspots. If a hotspot is revealed an arrow disappears.
- Once the player has decided their move select the button on the controller.
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- This continued across the board until reaching the end or three hotspots are revealed.
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- The controller will have a button to reveal where everything was on the board.
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- If you are playing on, RESET the game, select NEXT PLAYER and start again!
The rules
- The object is to get from the left hand side of the screen to right without hitting more than two hotspots.
- The player simply has to guess which box to open - top, middle or bottom.
- On each turn there are two arrows and one hotspot hidden.
- If a player reaches the end they win the prize.
- However if the player hits a third hotspot, it's game over.
Notes for the host
- After reading out rule 1, try and get some audience participation. "What's a hotpsot not?" and the reply should be "Not a good spot!"
- Repeat the players choice over your microphone so that everyone knows what has been chosen.
- Once you get to the right hand side of the board and on the last choice you can say "For the jackpot of £x, top, middle or bottom?"
- You may want to limit the number of players to build up a rollover jackpot.
- You can install the controller as an app on your Android phone. Apple users: support for installing web apps.
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