at the time, Spangenberg was able to keep only $75,000 of his total winnings; he donated the remaining $27,597 to the Gift of Love Hospice, a facility operated by the Missionaries of Charity.
[3] According to Spangenberg, his donation arrived at the facility the day after the hospice learned it needed to install a safety system that totaled approximately the same amount as his excess winnings.
[citation needed] Shortly after he won his first five games in 1990, he appeared on Late Night with David Letterman and played the Jeopardy!
He would also later appear on its successor program, The Late Show, as a member of the New York City Transit Department choir.
Seeded 12th, Spangenberg was matched up with former United States Navy officer David Legler, who had won a then-record setting $1.765 million on Twenty One in 2000.