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Ben Affleck Wins $1 M, Donates to Congo Charity

7/30/2026

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Ben Affleck and Jamie Ding won the $1 million top prize on ABC’s Who Wants to Be a Millionaire on July 30, 2026.
The winnings were pledged to Affleck’s Eastern Congo Initiative, a charity that supports community-based organizations in the war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo.
Using the Ask-the-Host lifeline, they adopted Jimmy Kimmel’s answer “Spaghetti & Meatball,” after a Phone-a-Friend call to Stephen Morrison failed to produce a guess.

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Ben Affleck and Jamie Ding won the $1 million top prize on ABC’s Who Wants to Be a Millionaire on July 30, 2026.
The winnings were pledged to Affleck’s Eastern Congo Initiative, a charity that supports community-based organizations in the war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo.
Using the Ask-the-Host lifeline, they adopted Jimmy Kimmel’s answer “Spaghetti & Meatball,” after a Phone-a-Friend call to Stephen Morrison failed to produce a guess.