▁other ▁was ▁played ▁when ▁a ▁contest ant ▁hit ▁the ▁jack pot , ▁also ▁used ▁for ▁commercial ▁b um per ▁music ▁in ▁some ▁ed itions . ▁The ▁latter ▁was ▁an ▁instrument al ▁version ▁of ▁" Ke ep ▁the ▁Ball ▁Rol lin '" ▁by ▁Al ▁H irt , ▁a ▁song ▁originally ▁done ▁by ▁Jay ▁& ▁the ▁Te chni ques . ▁ ▁Game ▁play ▁As ▁each ▁contest ant ▁appeared , ▁the ▁host ▁would ▁interview ▁him ▁or ▁her ▁for ▁a ▁couple ▁of ▁minutes . ▁ ▁Then ▁the ▁audience ▁camera ▁would ▁c ue ▁as ▁the ▁contest ant ▁pointed ▁out ▁who ▁he ▁brought ▁along ▁(" There ' s ▁my ▁wife ▁Pa ula , ▁there ' s ▁my ▁son ▁Nick ... "). ▁ ▁The ▁contest ant ▁was ▁then ▁instruct ed ▁to ▁pick ▁a ▁Pin ▁Pal ▁out ▁of ▁a ▁container ▁filled ▁with ▁post cards ▁sent ▁in ▁by ▁home ▁view ers , ▁then ▁went ▁off ▁to ▁the ▁lan es ▁where ▁they ▁would ▁bow l ▁at ▁least ▁two ▁balls . ▁ ▁A ▁half - hour ▁show ▁had ▁seven ▁contest ants . ▁ ▁P riz es ▁Each ▁contest ant ▁received ▁$ 1 ▁for ▁each ▁pin ▁knock ed ▁down ▁( e . g ., ▁a ▁contest ant ▁who ▁knock ed ▁down ▁a ▁total ▁of ▁eight ▁p ins ▁won ▁$ 8 , ▁though ▁some ▁versions ▁may ▁have ▁had ▁a ▁$ 5 ▁minimum ▁for ▁fewer ▁than ▁five ▁p ins ). ▁A ▁strike ▁or ▁spare ▁awarded ▁$ 2 0 . ▁The ▁real ▁all ure ▁of ▁the ▁show ▁was ▁the ▁Jack pot , ▁which ▁was ▁awarded ▁to ▁any ▁bow