Season 9 (U.S. syndication)

The nineth season of the U.S. syndicated version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? premiered on September 13, 2010. It is first season in shuffle format.

In the 9th-13th seasons, the rules were as follows: the timer was removed. On 1st-10th questions, the contestant has his own "money tree" (the amounts are mixed, they are exchanged in random order). The amounts ranged from $100 to $25,000. The won amounts in the first round do not replace each other, but accumulate in the contestant's bank. On the 1st-10th questions a contestant can take only half of the bank, in case he can not answer the question asked. In case of an error in the first round, the player won $1,000.

In the second round, only $100,000, $250,000, $500,000 and $1,000,000 questions, are proportional to the complexity of the issue. The money received for the correct answers is interchangeable. Here, the player can leave the game with 100% of the current amount earned. If the answer is incorrect in the second round, the winnings will be $25,000.

Lifelines
In addition to the "Ask the Audience", the contestant had two "Jump the Question" lifelines - they allow the player to "jump" the question without answering him. However, the contestant will not receive money for this question. If the player retains both "jumps" to the second round, he will start immediately with the $500,000 (13th) question.
 * Ask the Audience
 * Jump the Question (two times)