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TPIR eontestant gets major break, goes on to win showcase

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It happened today. Female contestant won her preliminary game according to the show. Quickly proven she did not line up the prices in her game correctly, but show gives her the win because it was "their mistake". Of course, she goes on to win the showcase! This is pretty good game show tv...

https://www.cbs.com/shows/the_price_is_right/video/

Mods: please correct typo in title..."contestant", not "eontestant".
 
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Yes, she won the showcase, but that is determined by the luck of the wheel. If I read the information properly, even had there not been an error on the show's part--and it's understandable in that game, and thus a fair and just decision to award her what counts as really a partial win, not the full prize available in the game--and she won nothing in the pricing game, she won the most expensive item up for bids. With the other two contestants in the half losing their games, position at the wheel would come down to value of the one-bid prizes, and the contestant STILL would have spun last. So in this case, the error had no impact on who went on to play in the showcase.
 
Yes, this was the game 'Time is Money,' where if you're not exactly right the $20,000 ticks down very quickly until it either gets to $0 or you get it right.
 
AbrahamJSimpson said:
Yes, she won the showcase, but that is determined by the luck of the wheel. If I read the information properly, even had there not been an error on the show's part--and it's understandable in that game, and thus a fair and just decision to award her what counts as really a partial win, not the full prize available in the game--and she won nothing in the pricing game, she won the most expensive item up for bids. With the other two contestants in the half losing their games, position at the wheel would come down to value of the one-bid prizes, and the contestant STILL would have spun last. So in this case, the error had no impact on who went on to play in the showcase.
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True, on the analytics...but even Drew mentioned at the end of the show this woman was very lucky. Indeed.
 
Sure, she won an extra three grand, won the entirely luck-based showdown, and was lucky that the other contestant was way, way off on her bid. (And Drew has certainly pointed out other lucky circumstances, like a model inadvertently revealing the price of a car during the game, giving the player an automatic win).
 
Do game of chance laws apply to game shows? I know it's not gambling but there is money and prizes involved. Are states required to keep game shows honest?
 
It's not a lottery, so no, state to state laws don't have anything to do with it. Federal rules and standards and practices regulations suffice.
 
And of course the winners get hit with taxes, federal and possibly state. That's why I've always thought I'd rather be on a game show that gives away money because you could pay the taxes out of it.
 
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