Games Spotlight: Race Game
Tuesday, December 16
Name: Race Game
Debut: August 14th, 1974
A stalwart of The Price is Right, Race Game is typically played for four prizes, each worth between roughly $400 and $4,000. The contestant is presented with four price tags, each representing the price of one of four prizes. They are given 45 seconds to place the tags on hooks in front of the correct prizes. After placing all four tags, the contestant returns to the display to the audience's left and pulls a lever; this causes the display to show the number of tags which have been correctly placed. If anything less than four is displayed, the contestant must rearrange the tags and pull the lever again. They may continue to do this as many times as they can within the time limit.
If at any point the contestant pulls the lever and has all four tags correct, the game ends and they win all four prizes-- otherwise, they win whatever prizes they have correctly tagged when the 45 second time limit expires. In the event the contestant is in the middle of a switch when time expires, they are usually allowed to complete it and pull the lever a final time. The contestant is not allowed to pull the lever unless all of the price tags have been placed at a prize. The only way to win nothing in Race Game is to get no correct prices for all four prizes after the time runs out.
Fun Fact: It is impossible for a contestant to win exactly three of the prizes, as any three prizes being correctly tagged would necessitate the fourth tag being with the correct prize. For this reason, the display that shows the number of correct prizes cannot light up the number "3".
Debut: August 14th, 1974
A stalwart of The Price is Right, Race Game is typically played for four prizes, each worth between roughly $400 and $4,000. The contestant is presented with four price tags, each representing the price of one of four prizes. They are given 45 seconds to place the tags on hooks in front of the correct prizes. After placing all four tags, the contestant returns to the display to the audience's left and pulls a lever; this causes the display to show the number of tags which have been correctly placed. If anything less than four is displayed, the contestant must rearrange the tags and pull the lever again. They may continue to do this as many times as they can within the time limit.
If at any point the contestant pulls the lever and has all four tags correct, the game ends and they win all four prizes-- otherwise, they win whatever prizes they have correctly tagged when the 45 second time limit expires. In the event the contestant is in the middle of a switch when time expires, they are usually allowed to complete it and pull the lever a final time. The contestant is not allowed to pull the lever unless all of the price tags have been placed at a prize. The only way to win nothing in Race Game is to get no correct prices for all four prizes after the time runs out.
Fun Fact: It is impossible for a contestant to win exactly three of the prizes, as any three prizes being correctly tagged would necessitate the fourth tag being with the correct prize. For this reason, the display that shows the number of correct prizes cannot light up the number "3".
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