Check Game
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Check Game is a pricing game on the American television game show The Price Is Right. It is played for a four-digit prize (usually worth between $2,000 and $4,000) and a cash bonus.
Gameplay
After he is shown the prize, the contestant is asked to write a check for an amount that he thinks that, when added to the price of the prize, will total between $5,000 and $6,000. If the sum of the two amounts totals within that range, he wins both the prize and the cash.If the amount falls outside of the desired range, the prize is lost and the check is voided.
Trivia
- For reasons unknown, the rules of Check Game often confuse many contestants, although its object is quite simple. Contestants often mangle the game's requirements (when asked to explain the rules), will write in incorrect spaces and otherwise make other mistakes common to check writing. Host Bob Barker often uses this game to test how well his contestant actually knows the show; if the contestant claims to watch every day or be a huge fan, Bob will ask him or her to explain the rules of this game. More often than not, the contestant will not be able to.
- The checks used in Check Game each have the same number (4620), and have the invalid date of "TODAY, 20NOW" (or "19NOW" on episodes taped prior to 2000). Regardless of whether the check is legal tender or not, it is given to the player to keep as a souvenir, win or lose (though the word "VOID" is stamped across it if the game is lost).
- The original name of Check Game was "Blank Check." The game began using its current name in circa-1987 upon the threat of a copyright infringement lawsuit from Barry & Enright Productions. Jack Barry Productions had produced a game show called Blank Check, which enjoyed a short run in 1975.
- The game used the same "think" music as Range Game until circa-1988, when its current music cue debuted.
- At least one Check Game player managed to achieve a total of exactly $6,000.
Rules changes
- Up until 1988, the winning range was $3,000 to $3,500.
See also
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