BY THE NUMBERS

20,000: Cash Explosion scratch-off tickets entered online or by mail for each weekly drawing. (to enter, the word “Entry” must appear three times on a ticket ).

8: The number of tickets randomly drawn each week for a show. A few alternate names are chosen. 110: Studio audience members for each taped show.

2,000: People admitted to a road show in 2014 at the Hard Rock Rocksino Northfield Park. (Many others were turned away).

4: Players in each of two semi-final games in the 30-minute show.

3: Players in the championship game. (Two semi-final winners, plus the previous champion).

$5,000: Minimum that can be won by contestants. $10,000: Average won by contestants. $50,000: Amount won by each show’s champion. The first two times a champion wins he or she receives $50,000. Each championship after that is worth $100,000. $520,000: Most ever won by a contestant. $184,000: Average payout per weekly show.

$9.6 million: Amount paid to contestants per year. 29: Number of years the game show has aired. (First show Feb. 7, 1987)

0: Number of other states with weekly lottery shows. (At one time nearly all 44 states with a lottery had a game show.)

$1.6 million: Annual budget that includes production costs, hotel stays, road show costs and promotional materials.

0: Lottery cost. Ticket sales cover the show.