Three straight contestants spun a dollar on the Big Wheel during the Showcase Showdown. None of them landed on $1 but instead spun twice and all their totals reached $1.
For everyone asking.... They took down the my video that had the showcase and the spin-off. But if you really want to know what happened: SPOILER ALERT AHEAD SPOILER Manfred won the spinoff with .80, ANDDDDD he won the show case too :)
I agree. We needed to balance all that enthusiasm with some shrieks and screams as the wheel dislocated from the pins and rolled into the audience crushing some old ladies who were too slow to get out of the way. Barbara, help me, please.. get my walker - squish.
Unbelievable! Oddly enough that’s one of the best things I have ever seen. The way the three contestants reacted congratulating each other and sharing the excitement without selfishness or ego was just absolutely uplifting and inspirational
Personally, I was hoping a fist fight might break out, and Drew Carey gets punched in the eye when trying to break it up. Now THAT would be TV worth watching!
@@SmellsLikeNirvanna They do. I don't know what my thought process behind my comment was, it was 3 am and a month ago and not something I could really explain in words. But it looks like a few people agree with me so I guess it's somewhat true.
@@squidy7771 bashing America for the most stupid reasons always gets people agreeing with you lol. It’s become quite cancerous, like literally your comment makes no sense. I’m not even American and every non American game show I’ve watched have people cheering and celebrating a money win.
Finally! After over 40 years of watching Bob and the show I can say I lived to see this day...4 years after it happened. Lol Thanks for the memories Price Is Right!❤ :)
Seeing how happy they were for each other makes me fantasize in my mind that the three of them quickly became good friends after the show. They now take yearly vacations together and support each other in every way possible!
The 1st Time I've ever seen that happen in the show. I'll always love and appreciate my oldest sister for making it possible for my mom to be in the audience in 1988.
The odds of this happening are so high as to make me think it was rigged to happen. But I don’t care, because the sheer joy on all three of the contestants faces and their happiness for each other’s good fortune is beautiful
Not really. The probability of hitting is 0.0975. That is A+(B*C) with A = probability of hitting 100 on the first spin = 1/20, B = probability of getting anything else on the first spin = 19/20, and C = probability of hitting on the second spin = 1/20. Thus, the probability of hitting three times in a row is (0.0975)^3 = 0.000927 or a bit worse than 1/1000. According to IMDB, there have been 9360 episodes of the show. Edit: I didn't consider the possibility of the first contestant stopping after the first spin without hitting 100. Assuming they spin again if they get less than 70, that drops B for the first player to 13/20, making the probability of her hitting about 0.0825. The other two stay the same, dropping the final to 0.000784 or about 1/1275.
@@MarvynFranklyn It's cool that you actually did the figuring. I was thinking that too, except without all the math stuff. That show's been on forever. It was bound to happen eventually.
It literally cant be rigged, I've seen behind the scenes of how the wheel is constructed there's absolutely no mechanical anything inside it's just a big hollow metal wheel on a truck axel bearing.
@@MarvynFranklyn I love how you went to all that trouble to prove me wrong and yet clearly didn't go to the trouble of reading my comment properly. Go and read it again and then tell me where you went wrong
I am surprised at all of the negative comments. Of course they are jumping around like idiots they just won $1,000 I would have jumped around like an idiot for a lot less. Personally I found so much happiness to be contagious but I see I am one of the few.
@Barstool Prophet I swear people like you make people of Faith look bad. It's a game show. theyre happy that they won some money. For you to say that they worship money over God. I mean you really need to get a life.
There’s an auction segment to start each game, where each contestant tries to bid closer than any other contestant to the retail price of a prize without going over, and at the end of each show there’s a showcase round, where again the contestant who bids most accurately wins. That’s what these players are spinning for - a chance to go to the showcase round. Other than that, yeah, the games for bigger prizes are a mix of chance and skill without direct competition.
@ KinglerTTR So a contestant would know how hard to spin the wheel based on...what? Experience spinning a wheel with all the variables (weight, friction, etc) other than the first spin. Knowledge of the values on wheel placement? etc. A person could either spin harder or softer than needed to adjust to perceived needs, and end up ruining what would have been a better result. So many possibilities where the result can be affected by the contestant adjusting the force applied to the wheel. Vast majority of contestants that I have seen on the show (not just this episode) spun the wheel with same force as the first attempt. It would be different if the wheel/contestant and variables remained the same for multiple contests, resulting in experience where they can affect the spin more accurately (still not consistent like a machine).
@@TheHolyMongolEmpire Because its not just about money. You have to pay taxes on everything you win. Including a car. YOu win a car You have to pay taxes for that car. The prizes on price is right whether its money, a car, furniture, everything and or anything you win when you win something on price is right. Is considered by the governement as income. The government treats everything as income. Not just prize money. but everything you could win. Again that includes car, furniture etc. So while if you win lets say 10 thousand dollars ion the price right the taxes come out of that 10000. NO big deal. NObody would complain about that. But you cant seperate the amount of money for taxes out of a car. This is what people dont realize until after they have won something on the price right. You dont always win cash. Alot of the time you win prizes. Items. Cars, furniture, YOu cant seperate money from that for the tax. YOu have to pay the tax out of your own money. Out of pocket. If it was just as simple as wining straight cash there wouldnt be a problem. But its not that simple. Because how the government considers all prizes. Including items. When you win a car on the price is right or any other game show. YOu owe taxes for that car. And the vast majjority of people who go on these games shows are middle class living paycheck to paycheck. That dont have extra money to pay taxes on something that is not actually advertised by the game shows that you would owe. This is why alot of the time. When people win a car on game shows. they dont actually keep the car. They end up selling it. Again the root of the problem is. YOu cant seperate money for the taxes from a physical prize such as a car. That money comes out of pocket. so unless you also won actual cash. If you just won a prize. A car. A peice of furniture. YOu pay that out of pocket. And again most often when someone wins a car from a game show. They dont actually end up keeping the car. They end up selling it. To get the cash. So they can pay the taxes. If they actually just want to keep the car. They would have to pay the taxes out of pocket. This is true for each and every item you win on game shows. This is why. I will never go on a game show. Unless the only prize. Is cash. Or i was already rich enough that i could pay all the taxes for actual items out of pocket. In many ways winning something on game shows. have been a major headache for alot of the contestants. Often they are forced to just sell what they one so they can cover the taxes on it. Winning items from a gameshow is actually a headache alot of people dont actually want. Trouble is they dont usually figure that out until they have won items froma game show. And then uncle sam comes knocking for their portion.
@@TopGpresident They all get $1000 and a single spin to determine these 2 things: 1) Since it's a spinoff, highest number in one spin goes to the showcase; AND 2) Since it's also a Bonus Spin, if you hit a green section (5 or 15) you get an extra chunk of cash (these days it's 10k - used to be lower, around 5k IIRC), and that chunk gets even bigger if you hit the 100 on your Bonus Spin (used to be 10k, now 25k)
Let me tell you I’ve watched this show since I was a kid . In my mid 40s now and never seen that happen . I bet it never happens again . Congrats to the contestants for making history and some $$$$.
72speedway I feel like he was middle aged when I first saw him on the Drew Carrey show when I was a kid and he still seems relatively middle aged now. I’m confused.
I swear, I’ve been watching the Price is Right for decades since a kid and I always knew that wheel was either rigged or possessed by the devil! And this video proves it! Lol
Oddly enough, I've been watching the old Bob Barker episodes on TV, and on one of the early 80's (guessing) episodes it happened, where all 3 people won $1,000 and then the first person to spin again won $5,000. I came on RU-vid to watch fails and stuff lol
"I just want to say Happy Birthday to my friend Steven and to my parents and my grandparents and all the friend's I'm with" Amazing how everyone has the same birthday.
Today, everybody landed on a dollar. Then two people hit a dollar again but one guy got a .95. Then the third time, the guy (different guy) got a .15. The girl got a .95 and won. It was incredible.
I wouldnt mind knowing the actual odds of all three people rolling exactly 1.00 in two spins with all the possible combinations. That have to be astronomical
So, assuming that everyone spins twice and the order of the spins does not matter (since we only care about spinning $1 which requires 2 spins everytime except for the red $1 spot), it's about a .02616% chance. I did this by figuring out all possible combinations of spins (172) then the combinations that would equal $1 (11) and divide them to get a percent. Everyone has a 6.3953% chance to roll a dollar. Then cube that number and you have your answer. I'm sorry I like math so it was a fun problem to figure out
The short answer is 1-in-1079. The long answer is this: There are 20 spaces on the wheel, and thus there are 400 (20x20) possible outcomes of 2 spins. 39 of those outcomes result in a $1 winner (noting that if the 1st spin is $1, then the 2nd spin is irrelevant). Thus, the possibility of a contestant getting a total of $1 is 39/400 or 9.75%. The odds of all 3 contestants doing this is simply 9.75%x9.75%x9.75% or .0927% or about 1 chance in 1079,
