Whoops!
Thursday, July 31
According to TMZ.com, The Price is Right was rigged for a recent taping. Rigged? Well, sort of...
Unfortunately, TMZ also reports that this woman will never have her actual moment in the sun-- the footage was cut from any TPiR airings...
According to multiple TMZ sources, the show's famous Plinko game had been rigged to hit the $10,000 slot for a commercial they were shooting on set for the "Price" video game before the taping. After the commercials were done, however, some bonehead forgot to reset the game. And that's when it got interesting for one contestant.
When a woman who won the chance to play Plinko started dropping her chips, they each landed in the $10,000 slot! It wasn't til she hit it -- for a third time -- that producers figured out what was going on, stopped rolling tape and explained the mishap to the poor contestant. Then they took all her chips and started the game over! Where's Bob Barker when you need him??
With no assistance from the rigged game, she only won a measly $3000. The show, not wanting to screw her out of some serious cash, decided to give her the $3k plus the $30k she had already plunked.
Unfortunately, TMZ also reports that this woman will never have her actual moment in the sun-- the footage was cut from any TPiR airings...