Game Show Coincidences

[gameshowguy2000]

Other unusual things that occur are the game board sweep in the H2 Bonus Round, which occurred only a few times.

[Ian Wallis]

[3] Because the producer is in a good mood, they decide to give the house away, even though 7-5-7 is not the combination to the "house."

Okay...I know this is all in jest, but if this kind of thing actually did occur on some show, somewhere, wouldn't this fall under the category of rigging the show?

[tommycharles]

I don't think so....IF they mention it. If the doors just light up and open because the producers feel like it and no mention is ever made that the contestant really lost, then yeah, it's "rigged."

There was an episode of British PiR with....whoever came between Leslie Crowther and Bruce Forsythe.....where the host just felt like giving away the trip(?) and so the contestant got the prize even though she lost the dice game. Because it happened due to the host's saying so, it's not rigged, but if they changed the price of the thing on the spot, then yeah, rigged.