Oberholtzer plans to spend his winnings on a variety of causes.
"I'm going to use some of it to help out my family, some of it for paying off loans, some of it for a scholarship fund I want to set up," he said.
Anything for himself?
"I'm going to take a vacation to Europe," he added.
"Twenty One," which airs weekly, is a structured as a race between two contestants to accumulate 21 points. Contestants play until they lose, meaning that prizes in excess of $1,000,000 are possible.
As he handed Oberholtzer stacks of cash, Povich asked the student what he would do next.
"I go back [to Harvard] tomorrow morning for a final exam," Oberholtzer said.
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