Wink Martindale has said that, of all the shows he's hosted, he would put "High Rollers" in his top 3 all-time as far as hosting it.
This version followed the rules of the 1978-1980 NBC version, but with only one prize available in each column. If any prizes were not won during a particular game, they were replaced for the next one (although, on the 1986 pilot episode, prizes not won in a game carried over to the next game). Frequently, one column offered a chance to play a special game if the contestant claimed it and won the round. For the special games described below, only one die was used.
In 1985, Merrill Heatter Productions did a pilot called, "Lucky Numbers" which was intended a somewhat of a revamp of the original 70's version of High Rollers. However, that pilot failed and they decided to move forward with this show, a re-launched version of "High Rollers".
The sound effect for rolling doubles was later used on Wheel of Fortune (1983) from 1992-2008 when a cash bonus was offered immediately after solving a puzzle in the main game (usually with categories named "Clue", "Fill in the Blank". etc...)
Wink Martindale was chosen to host this version of High Rollers for syndication. When Merrill-Heatter Productions brought this show back, they didn't get Alex Trebek, the host on the original NBC version of High Rollers because Trebek was already busy hosting the mega hit syndicated game show Jeopardy! (1984) and was set to host Classic Concentration (1987) on NBC's Daytime morning lineup. Martindale had just come off of his recently canceled show Headline Chasers (1985) when he was asked to do the pilot for High Rollers in 1986.