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This game is played behind the curtain. The prize in this game is a car (and nowadays, it's always a luxury car, usually at least $30,000, and sometimes even over $46,000!). The 5 numbers in the price of the car (no repeating digits) are put into a bag, as well as a strike. The contestant must pull either one of the numbers or the strike from the bag (they're indistinguishable since they can't be seen). If the contestant pulls a number from the bag, s/he must guess where in the price of the car that number goes (first, second, third, fourth, or fifth digit). If the contestant is right, the number lights up, and that number is removed permenantly from the bag. If the contestant is wrong, however, the regular buzzer sounds and the number is placed back into the bag, but this does NOT count as a strike. If the strike is pulled from the bag, however, this counts as a strike, and an "X" appears in one of the bottom windows. If the contestant lights up all five numbers before getting the strike 3 times, s/he wins. If, however, the contestant gets the strike 3 times before lighting up all 5 numbers, s/he loses. (This game used to be played with 3 strikes, and each strike was removed when pulled from the bag. However, the odds of winning the game this way were incredibly low--contestants had a 37% of winning if they KNEW where every single number was supposed to go, and the odds decreased dramatically for contestants who DIDN'T know where each number went. Contestants now start with about an 68% chance of winning with only one strike.) |
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This is probably the third hardest game on the show to win (followed by Temptation and Golden Road). Actually it's easier since the "one strike rule" announced in May of 1998 (before then, I thought this was the hardest game, beating Temptation). Anyway, I do have a few tips to help you win this game. The first number in the price of the car in this game is usually a 4 (occasionally it's a 3). The last number is usually a 0 or a 9 (it isn't 5 too much in this game, but try that if 0 and 9 aren't in the price). Also, Bob Barker puts the strike in the bag after the other numbers (usually), so it would probably be a good idea to dig deep into the bag (how well do you think Bob Barker can actually mix the numbers without actually going into the bag?). |
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