Other special series-including The Price Is Right $1,000,000 Spectacular that aired in 2008, and special weeks such as Big Money Week and Dream Car Week-also featured temporary rule changes to some pricing games. Notably, the grocery products used in some games on the daytime version were replaced by small merchandise prizes, generally valued less than $100. On the 1994 syndicated version hosted by Doug Davidson, the rules of several games were modified. Some rules of pricing games have been modified over the years due to the effects of inflation. Usually, one of the six games will involve grocery products, while another will involve smaller prizes that can be used to win a larger prize package. On a typical hour-long episode, two games-one in each half of the show-will be played for a car, at most one game will be played for a cash prize and the other games will offer merchandise or trips. With the exception of a single game from early in the show's history, only one contestant at a time is involved in a pricing game.Ī total of 112 pricing games have been played on the show, 79 of which are in the current rotation. Prior to expanding to one hour in length, three games per episode were played during the half-hour format. Six pricing games are played on each hour-long episode. After the pricing game ends, a new contestant is selected for Contestants' Row and the process is repeated. The contestant from Contestants' Row who bids closest to the price of a prize without going over wins the prize and has the chance to win additional prizes or cash in an onstage game. Pricing games are featured on the current version of the American game show The Price Is Right.
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