Here is another full episode of press your luck. This is episode 145 as recorded from GSN in DVD quality. Jason Hernandez's episode guide cites this episode as first mentioning the home viewer sweepstakes. ENJOY!
I feel her pain. It's not quite the same but I was playing Press Your Luck on my Wii and decided to go for it on my final spin. Couldn't quite pull it out. 😕
Whammy big bank count from 4/10/84 Rerun on GSN:8/14/2005 1st whammy:$0 2nd whammy:$6,311 3rd whammy:$3,640 4th whammy:$5,300 5th whammy:$8,250 Total:$23,501