Jeopardy! 3 way tie. First time ever. March 16 2007

In an interview, Scott Weiss stated that he was excited to force a new situation which had never happened. It was obviously on purpose.

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:42 alec busts in his pants lol

Well maybe he didn't know he was right.
he bet the minimum amount necessary to move onto next weeks episode if he was right, while keeping a lot if he lost. He knew if he bet that much and was right he'd be back next week, regardless of what the others did, but if he bet more he could have lost more

yeah fucking set up

Why did he wager that? Dont they have to have a tiebreaker where he risks losing what he won?

He did it on purpose...

That was really smart by the last guy. Just tie them and next game you already know your opponents.