Jeopardy! host Ken Jennings and champ Mattea Roach reveal the wagers you CAN’T make on the popular game show

JEOPARDY! host Ken Jennings and champ Mattea Roach have revealed the wagers you can’t make on the popular game show.

Contestants are forbidden from wagering certain amounts due to controversial associations with their numerical values.

NBCMattea Roach revealed that a certain wager is banned by Jeopardy! producers[/caption]

NBCKen Jennings previously told fans about another crude number that is forbidden[/caption]

Taking to Twitter, current champion Mattea revealed: “You’re not allowed to wager $420 on Jeopardy!, but you ARE allowed to SAY ‘420’ if it’s the correct response to a clue in the ‘Number Words’ category.”

420 refers to the act of smoking marijuana, given that April 20 is considered an occasion for celebrating the use of the drug.

As the Nova Scotian champ pointed out, marijuana is legal in California, where Jeopardy! is filmed.

Host Ken also previously revealed that a $69 wager is banned on the show.

Taking to Twitter in 2019, he shared: “This is officially forbidden on Jeopardy! now, as of last year. Not even joking.”

The number is verboten due to its association with a sexual act.

But these aren’t the only two wagers that Jeopardy! players must avoid.

A Reddit thread previously saw former contestants reveal that the following values are also banned: $666, $14, $88, and $1488.

While 666 is widely recognized as a symbol for the devil, 14 could be seen as a reference to the 14 words white supremacist slogan.

Meanwhile, 88 has been used for similarly offensive reasons.

Canadian contestant Mattea hasn’t broken any of the show’s rules but merely took to Twitter to share the interesting piece of information with her growing fanbase.

And as she looks to build on her nine-day streak, it appears that she and host Ken have been bonding over some tasty American cuisine.

It was revealed that both of them like to hit up California fast-food joint In-N-Out Burger, specifically the Culver City branch in Los Angeles.

Ken disclosed his post-Jeopardy! haunt in response to an image of Mattea, which showed her tucking into a burger and fries at the same branch of the popular restaurant.

The fan-favorite presenter then retweeted the image with the words: “If this is the In-N-Out on Venice, I’ve been going here after Jeopardy! off and on for 18 years. Solid choice.”

YES HE KEN

While sharing hosting duties with Mayim Bialik, Ken has become very popular with many viewers of the show.

Fans have taken to Twitter to praise him as “a natural” who is “made for this job.”

However, Call Me Kat star Mayim hasn’t received such a warm response.

One viewer previously wrote: “Jeopardy! needs to make Ken Jennings the full-time host,” while another raged, “Get Mayim Bialik off the show! She’s losing viewers!”

ABC execs are yet to reveal which one of the presenters will be announced as the permanent host when this current season comes to an end in July.

ABCMattea is on a nine-day streak with her winnings currently totalled at $210,802[/caption]

JeopardyMany viewers have loved watching former champion Ken take over as a host[/caption]

ABC/JeopardyWhereas Mayim Bialik has had to endure a more frosty reception[/caption]