Contestants were all members of the Professional Bowlers Association and wore their PBA bowling shirt uniforms.
The program was broadcast live from the Paramus Bowling Center in Paramus, New Jersey; the show's varying time slot was adjusted through how much time the contestants were given to banter or to prepare for each shot (the game had to be moved along more quickly if a boxing match ran late).
The professional bowler Don Carter made history on October 28, 1961, when he was the first to convert the 6-7-8-10 sweepstakes spare.
Monroe Moore also made the 6-7-8-10 spare and held the program's record by winning nine weeks in a row.
(The chosen configurations of the "clothesline" and "washout", as well as the sweepstakes spare, are all easier for right-handed bowlers to convert.)
[2] The program was shown as a one-time special on March 12, 1988, with Chris Schenkel and Nelson Burton Jr. as the commentators, before that day's live PBA match on ABC's long-running Saturday afternoon series Pro Bowlers Tour.