'Jeopardy!' star James Holzhauer's leaker

America has become aware that "Jeopardy!" Whiz James Holzhauer's stunning reign on the game show had come to an end – before the episode had even aired. And now, the responsible person for the cause of serious consequences.

"The producers of 'Jeopardy!' Seth Berenzweig, a founding and managing partner of Berenzweig Leonard, told FOX Business.

Under licensing agreements, "Jeopardy!" It is also important to note that, in order to be able to adhere to the rules of the law, it is possible that the member states that the affiliated station may have "gone rogue" and put a taped segment on the internet.

America had been tuning to witness Holzhauer's 32-game winning streak, where his answers were correct and astounding 97 percent of the time. His average per-game winnings were $ 77,000 per episode.

Even though the clip was eventually down, prominent news outlets had already picked up the story.

"This apparent infringement was egregious, given the heightened viewership of the record-setting performance of the contestant, who was on the cusp of breaking the show's all-time record," Berenzweig said. "The harm of this is significant, because many viewers may have decided to watch the spoiler alert, which would decrease ratings for advertisers."

Despite the spoiler, the "Jeopardy!" Monday night was the top-rated installment of the show May 2005, according to Nielsen. But could viewership have been even higher?

Berenzweig compared the event to someone pirating the final five minutes of HBO's Final Game of Thrones and releasing it early on social media. He said that they would be more likely to be victimized by the leaked episode.

The producer has the reputation of being well known to the people of the United States of America. "The producer promised to pursue" very, very, very appropriate " action against the perpetrator (s).

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Holzhauer fell short of Ken Jenning's winning record – just over $ 58,400. Jennings won more than $ 2.52 million, and $ 3.196 million, including tournaments.

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He won during his game, winning an additional $ 2,000 for his second-place finish. His total winnings were $ 2,464,216.

As previously reported by FOX Business, after the 35-year-old professional sports gambler federal country taxes, it would likely take home between 52 percent and 53 percent of its winnings – which would total between $ 1.2 million and $ 1.3 million.