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'Price is Right' fans claim the show is 'rigged' after 3 players win in the most bizarre manner

Sometimes, a coincidence might be too good to be true for some people.
PUBLISHED FEB 23, 2025
Screenshots showing the three contestants on "The Price is Right" (Cover image source: Instagram | therealpriceisright)
Screenshots showing the three contestants on "The Price is Right" (Cover image source: Instagram | therealpriceisright)

Usually “The Price is Right” fans are elated when someone wins big and equally heartbroken when someone loses out after doing well. But viewers who have been watching the show for years also observe things sharply and apart from coming up with strategies, they also smell conspiracies. The games on the show are largely about luck but recent reports suggest that it might not be the case. Fans have raised questions about the show after three contestants who spun the big wheel got the best possible results.

When spinning the big wheel, a contestant has to get as close to $1 without going over in two spins. A contestant named Timothy spun the wheel first and landed on $0.35. The ideal mark to land next would be a $0.65 or a $0.60. “A 60 would be amazing,” host Drew Carey said just moments before the wheel landed exactly on that number.

Screenshot showing the contestant celebrating after getting a 60 on
Screenshot showing the contestant celebrating after getting a 60 on "The Price is Right" (Image credit: Instagram | therealpriceisright)

The second contestant got a 95 on his very first spin and the third, a woman named Zamone, landed on a 50 on her first attempt. With a second spin, she landed on 50 again, making it a full dollar. She won $1,000 and now had the chance to spin the wheel for a second time. She spun the wheel hard hoping for the best and was able to land 15 which gave her an additional $10,000.

Fans, however, weren’t quite convinced. “Either this entire show is rigged or of just the wheel is rigged because there sure seems to be a lot of 1.00 spinners on this show and not just today,” one user named nicolneville commented. “Yes, we have quit watching some time ago because it is rig. we watched for months taking notes of winners and wheel,” quipped another user named huguetteburk.


 
 
 
 
 
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Claims of the game being rigged might sound preposterous to a lot of people but an earlier report in the US Sun suggested that something is going on behind the scenes. According to Maria Fitzsimons, an audience member in the show in 2013, some of the things that might seem to happen randomly are meticulously planned in reality. She even claimed that nothing on the show happens just by chance.

"The producers go down the line and look you right in the eye and ask you questions,” she said. "Nothing is by chance. Everyone is interviewed and they pick from those interviews. They make it seem random, but it’s not. And I think that’s why the show has done so well." She even revealed that contestants who weren’t called to the stage weren’t allowed to take pictures with the big wheel.

Maria even shed light on the strict dress code rules that audience members are required to follow and that many come wearing handmade apparel. "A lot of people had handmade shirts, like themed shirts, like 'I love The Price Is Right' or something related to the show,” she added.

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