But regardless of his motivation, cheating this wasn't. Despite what many have tried to say.
Same goes for Ted with the Perfect Showcase. It falls in the category of counting cards. You're gaming the system, and it may be frowned upon by TPTB, but more because no one wants to be made to look like an idiot, and lose money in the process.
A perfect Showcase bid really isn't the same as counting cards. Memorizing the light patterns on
Press Your Luck would be a better comparison.
But Ted? The show's called
The Price Is Right, and giving a perfect Showcase bid gives no bigger a reward than it would if you bid within $250 of the price. The only problem with that bid was how the show and especially Drew reacted to it.
Major Ingram? Charles Van Doren. They cheated.
Yeah, but not quite in the same way: Van Doren cheated with help from the production, whereas Ingram cheated with help from an accomplice who was unconnected to
Millionaire.