Wink Martindale, the king of the television game show who hosted “Tic-Tac-Dough,” “Gambit,” “High Rollers” and a slew of other programs that became staples in living rooms across America, died Tuesday ...

Wink Martindale, a radio personality who became a television star as a dapper and affable host of game shows including “Gambit” and “Tic-Tac-Dough” in the 1970s and ’80s and “Debt” in the ’90s, died ...

The game show has been around almost as long as television itself, and in that time, there have been hundreds of game shows hosted by dozens of different people. Following the news that Wink ...

He was involved in more than 20 game shows, most memorably as the host of “Gambit” and “Tic-Tac-Dough” in the 1970s and ’80s. By Maya Salam Wink Martindale, a radio personality who became a television ...