'The Price is Right' Contestant Wins Largest Prize in Show's History
Variety • • entertainment
Key Points:
- Vanesa from Virginia won the largest prize in a single pricing game in the 54-year history of "The Price is Right," taking home over $240,000 in cash and prizes on the show's special Mother’s Day episode.
- She won $227,500 in cash and a $12,650 trip to Morocco while playing "The Lion’s Share," a new game introduced this season through a partnership with BetMGM.
- "The Lion’s Share" involves guessing grocery prices to earn balls that reveal hidden prizes in a wind tunnel, with contestants risking losing everything or winning up to $500,000; Vanesa successfully took all five prizes.
- This game is the first custom-branded pricing game in the show’s history and the first new pricing game since 2021, developed as part of a multi-year deal between BetMGM and Fremantle to extend their intellectual property rights.
- BetMGM and Fremantle executives highlighted the partnership's success in bringing new excitement to the show, with Vanesa’s win marking a historic moment for both the game and the collaboration.
