With lots of non-GSN episodes of
Press Your Luck recently resurfacing onto YouTube, here are some myths related to that show, that I think can now be debunked:
1) The
PYL Board Configurations Page says that the stakes in round 1 increased on the 11/2/83 episode (the same day board sound #2 debuted). But actually, it happened sometime during the week of October 17. I don't know when exactly, all I know is that it happened sometime during that week (the show normally did 11 episodes every other weekend, so it wasn't uncommon for them to make cosmetic changes during a week of shows).
2) The episode guides, for weeks 3-6 are off by one episode. The real episode #030, which aired on 10/28/83, had Tony/Sam/Aradine as the contestants.
3)
One episode guide says that the last episode with Double Your $$ (No spin) was on 12/5/85,
and another says that it was 12/11/85. Most likely, the former is correct, because Peter Tomarken's birthday was on December 7, which is acknowledged on the Robert/Jackie/Trish episode.
Finally, there are rumors that in 1986, there was an incredibly big Whammy loss, bigger than Cathy Singer's $31,408 loss. It has not been verified yet, but if it is true, then it would obviously debunk the myth that $31,408 was the largest amount of money ever lost to a Whammy on the show.