PIR Game That's Easiest to Win

[Ian Wallis]

I can't remember if this exact discussion has come up before or not, but what pricing game on "The Price is Right" do you think is the easiest to win?  

I'm not talking about "games of chance" where you have to pick which item is displaying the right price, because you could easily get it wrong, but games that you can definately win with good strategy.

Although we'd all like to win cash or cars, for me, I think the Clock Game would be the easiest to win.  Maybe the prizes aren't always the most glamorous offered on the show, but everytime I see it played I long to be on stage!

[grimmte]

Others might not agree with me, but I think Bonkers is pretty easy if you're fast enough...it's usually pretty obvious if the first digit is higher or lower...all you need then is speed to do the 8 possible combinations for the other three numbers.

[MikeK]

The easiest game to win?  1/2 Off, of course.  Nobody's lost that game! :-P

[Neumms]

I concur on Clock Game. That's part of why I'm not wild about the game anymore--if you somehow don't win, it has to be because you simply don't understand it. Why wouldn't they try it with more expensive prizes? At least it would be challenging.

The other like that is Hit Me. If you've never seen it, it's way too complicated. If you have seen it and know what to do, it's way easy. And even if you screw up, you could still win if the house busts. Ugh. Lousy game.

[Jimmy Owen]

For me, it would be Hole-in-One or Two.  I always play golf in the 70's.  Any warmer than that, I stay home.

[uncamark]

[quote name=\'Neumms\' date=\'Jun 22 2004, 11:57 AM\']I concur on Clock Game. That's part of why I'm not wild about the game anymore--if you somehow don't win, it has to be because you simply don't understand it. Why wouldn't they try it with more expensive prizes? At least it would be challenging. [/quote]
It seems to me that at one time the second prize in Clock Game was frequently over $1,000 (but usually not over $2,000)--and we're talking back in the late 70s.  I even recall a car being in Clock Game and Barker mentioning that the producers were worried about using cars in the game (this, of course, is when cars were much cheaper).  Somewhere along the line, it was decided to make the game easier for either the contestants or Barker--I don't really know which (although I'd suspect Barker's needs come first, as they usually do).

[adamjk]

I believe they made the prizes under $1,000 because the contestants would get confused with the 4 digits.

[zachhoran]

[quote name=\'uncamark\' date=\'Jun 22 2004, 01:36 PM\']
It seems to me that at one time the second prize in Clock Game was frequently over $1,000 (but usually not over $2,000)--and we're talking back in the late 70s.  I even recall a car being in Clock Game and Barker mentioning that the producers were worried about using cars in the game [/quote]
In the early-mid 80s, Clock Game would sometimes offer trips worth a few grand or even a low end car as the second prize. When they offered prizes with four digits in the price, they would be told that the prize was between $x000-$x000($1000 spread, essentially giving them the first number in the price). Davidson's TPIR would sometimes play Clock Game for two prizes worth $1k+, or two prizes under $1k(in those instances, a bonus prize worth a few grand would be given for winning both prizes)

[zachhoran]

[quote name=\'Neumms\' date=\'Jun 22 2004, 11:57 AM\'] I concur on Clock Game. That's part of why I'm not wild about the game anymore--if you somehow don't win, it has to be because you simply don't understand it. Why wouldn't they try it with more expensive prizes? At least it would be challenging.

The other like that is Hit Me. If you've never seen it, it's way too complicated. If you have seen it and know what to do, it's way easy. And even if you screw up, you could still win if the house busts. Ugh. Lousy game. [/quote]
 Bullseye is a far easier game than the players often make it out to be, as there's usually one or two products that picking two of would guarantee a win these days. Ten CHances is easier than the players make it out to be, when the player does not know the end in zero rule

[Frank15]

Aside from possibly Ten Chances, Money Game is certainly the easiest car game on the show.  I'll never understand how that game could possibly have a losing record....

[ChuckNet]

Hurdles seemed like the easiest game to me...I've got about a dozen eps where it was played, and only 2 of them featured a loss.

Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious "Chuckie Baby")

[CarShark]

[quote name=\'Frank15\' date=\'Jun 22 2004, 07:39 PM\']Aside from possibly Ten Chances, Money Game is certainly the easiest car game on the show.  I'll never understand how that game could possibly have a losing record....[/quote]
It still cracks me up how hard it is for people to find their back ends. At least it's not as bad as Any Number (5-20).

Obviously the easiest games are my faves, the "quickies." Double Prices (my personal fave), Most Expensive, and Barker's Bargain Bar are perennial locks for .500+ records.

[Gromit]

Money Game was also my first thought. Pretty much a guaranteed 100% win. I haven't missed one in well over a year.

The reason folks miss so much is that there's this inexplicable draw to the high numbers. They get the front, then start the "95", "83", "75" path to hell.

Get your front of the car, then take the lowest number on the board that ends in 5 or 0 for the rear*. That's probably 75% success ratio right there. If that's not the right one, take the next lowest number ending in 0 or 5. That's around 99% right there.

If that's still not right, then I'd consider the lowest number not ending in 0 or 5, depending on what the next lowest 0 or 5 number is. I've seen it be this oddball number once or twice.

*Note the special case "15". It's almost always a sucker bet. It looks like a great choice, could be the front, could be the back, almost never is either. Pick your 14, 16, 17 first, and only go to it if none of them were correct for the front. Ignore 15 when looking for the rear as I described above, if 15 was one of the potential front numbers.

[clemon79]

[quote name=\'Gromit\' date=\'Jun 22 2004, 10:50 PM\'] Money Game was also my first thought. Pretty much a guaranteed 100% win. I haven't missed one in well over a year.

The reason folks miss so much is that there's this inexplicable draw to the high numbers. They get the front, then start the "95", "83", "75" path to hell.

Get your front of the car, then take the lowest number on the board that ends in 5 or 0 for the rear*. That's probably 75% success ratio right there. If that's not the right one, take the next lowest number ending in 0 or 5. That's around 99% right there.

If that's still not right, then I'd consider the lowest number not ending in 0 or 5, depending on what the next lowest 0 or 5 number is. I've seen it be this oddball number once or twice.

*Note the special case "15". It's almost always a sucker bet. It looks like a great choice, could be the front, could be the back, almost never is either. Pick your 14, 16, 17 first, and only go to it if none of them were correct for the front. Ignore 15 when looking for the rear as I described above, if 15 was one of the potential front numbers. [/quote]
 Why do I have a feeling that the actual stats don't even come close to bearing this out?

I would love to see the boards for the last 15 or so playings of Money Game to tell definitively whether this theory holds any water at all.

[Dbacksfan12]

[quote name=\'Ian Wallis\' date=\'Jun 22 2004, 10:47 AM\'] I can't remember if this exact discussion has come up before or not, but what pricing game on "The Price is Right" do you think is the easiest to win?  
 [/quote]
 In my opinion, the easiest pricing game to win is Grand Game....most items are obviously under the target price.  If you think a 200 ct bottle of Centrum is under $6.00; then you deserve to lose.