Who Wants to Be a Super Millionaire? was a television game show spinoff to the American version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. This series was hosted by Regis Philbin.

The first five episodes of Super Millionaire aired on ABC during the week of February 22, 2004. It returned for seven additional episodes in May. Those episodes were seen in reruns on the GSN cable network. The show is not expected to return to the airwaves with new episodes until sometime in Spring 2006.

Gameplay is similar to the traditional Millionaire -- contestants answer a series of multiple choice trivia questions. However, in this version, the dollar values are higher. The prize sequence in this version is: $1,000; $2,000; $3,000; $4,000; $5,000; $10,000; $20,000; $30,000; $50,000; $100,000; $500,000; $1,000,000; $2,500,000; $5,000,000; $10,000,000.

Contestants are given the standard three lifelines (50:50, Ask the Audience, and Phone a Friend) at the beginning of the game. After the $100,000 question, however, the contestant earns two additional lifelines. One is the "Three Wise Men," where Philbin consults a panel of three experts (one of whom is a former Millionaire contestant) to come up with an answer within 30 seconds. The other lifeline, "Double Dip," gives the contestant two chances to answer the question; however, the contestant cannot back away from the question if he or she chooses that lifeline.


50:50 & Double Dip "Free Question" Scenario
Though it never occurred, it was a possibility (and numerous contestants mentioned it) that a contestant could save their "50:50" lifeline and use it beyond the $100,000 mark in conjunction with the "Double Dip" lifeline to achieve essentially a "no lose scenario" for any question above $100,000.