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Family Feud, for example, takes advantage of lower taxes in Georgia than California when contestants are paid their winnings, and trip prizes for five wins. However, the game show is notorious for paying the winner of the day less than $1,000 if they fail to win Fast Money that day, which has to be changed.

Since the trip to Atlanta isn’t paid by the producers unless a family wins a Friday episode before a long taping break, the rules should be similar to Jeopardy! The last rule change was players are not paid for the main game. This rule change was made in 1991.

In all versions prior to the CBS Family Feud Challenge hour in 1991, a family was paid their score, minimum $250, with the winners, with $300, could simply win $1,000 a day with as few as 140 points in Fast Money. (If a family won with 500 points in a clean-sweep, they won $500 in that game, for example.)

Since the Challenge in 1991 used by the syndicated version under Jonathan Goodson’s watch, neither family won what they scored in the main game. The winner was paid only in Fast Money, which allowed them to pay less.

In the recent South African version (also hosted by Steve Harvey, who traveled from Atlanta), both families are paid 50 rand a point, and Fast Money losers are paid 50 rand a point, while winners are paid 75,000 rand plus main game winnings.

Here’s how I would do it:
Losers paid flat $2,000 OR $10 per point, whichever is higher.
Winners of the day paid $10 per point in the main game AND $20,000 for Fast Money. A loss is $10 per point.