TPiR's First Millionaire
Labels: million dollar spectaculars
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I thought it was a fix to be honest with you. The guy's reaction was way too over the top, the chance of bidding right particuarly with the unusual catamaran... the fact that he was about to 'overbid' when the audience told him to go lower... and Drew's unexcited reaction spoke volumes. I hope I'm wrong.
I mean, whenever something big like that happens, you always have that thought in the back of your mind "did that REALLY happen?" It's always possible, but TPiR folks have been adamant about not "rigging anything" and they assured me that they have never "set up" a game for a guaranteed win. The good news is that same crew essentially stuck around through the departure of BB. While it's surprising Adam won $1 mill, when you consider that he was give a $1,000 margin, it's not ridiculously long odds. You figure, if you're a pretty good player, and are good with vehicle prices (95% of his showcase was tied up in that Cadillac) you can narrow it down to a $15,000 band of where the price should be. That's 1:15 odds. Most people can't narrow it down because they aren't good enough with the prices, but you do get some talented players who know what's going on. Now also remember, for the daytime, it's only within $250 that you win both showcases, so while it might be a *little* easier to guess the price since you are playing for sedans instead of convertibles, your margin for error decreases by a factor of 4.
If anything, when I heard these rules, I thought "Hey, CBS is really trying to make it a layup that someone wins this $1,000,000 by expanding the window you can be off in the showcase as well as adding a game during the show where you can win another million." Though hey, having someone win that million bucks got the show on more than a few blogs the next day.