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Race Game (pricing game) | Other versions It

Wednesday, January 30th, 2008

Race Game is a pricing game on the American television game show The Price Is Right. Debuting on August 14, 1974, it is played for four prizes, each worth between $400 and $3,000.

The prizes are usually unrelated, though the game has on occasion offered four trips (on a $1,000,000 Spectacular) or season tickets to four of the Los Angeles sports teams.


Gameplay

In this game, the contestant is presented with four price tags, each representing the price of one of the four prizes. They are given 45 seconds in which to place each price tag with the correct prize.

The contestant is given as many chances as they can take within the time limit to place all four tags, return to a large readout, and pull a lever which tells them how many prices they have right. If they can get all four correct within the time limit, they win all four prizes. Otherwise, they win whatever prizes are correctly priced when time expires. If the contestant is in the middle of a switch when time expires, they are usually allowed to complete it and pull the lever a final time. The contestant is not allowed to pull the lever unless all of the price tags have been placed at a prize.

It is impossible for a contestant to win exactly 3 of the 4 prizes. If a contestant gets 3 of the prizes right, the fourth therefore must be correct. Because of this, the scoreboard that displays the number of correct guesses can’t light up the number “3″.


Foreign versions

Some foreign versions of The Price Is Right have slight changes — for instance, on the UK versions, the contestants only got 30 seconds (though earlier Leslie Crowther episodes used 45 like the US).


See also

  • The Price Is Right
  • List of The Price Is Right pricing games

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