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Once all of the digits have been selected, the contestant is given one last opportunity to change any of the four digits they have chosen. The total value of the four gifts is then stated and the contestant is given the choice to take the gifts and quit, or see if the price of the car is correct. If it is, they win the car and all four gifts. If it is not, they lose everything. |
Once all of the digits have been selected, the contestant is given one last opportunity to change any of the four digits they have chosen. The total value of the four gifts is then stated and the contestant is given the choice to take the gifts and quit, or see if the price of the car is correct. If it is, they win the car and all four gifts. If it is not, they lose everything. |
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The total of the four prizes is usually in the $4,000 to $7,000 range. In an attempt to tempt the player into taking the prizes, the four prizes have recently totaled over $10,000, with some of the items worth as much as a typical pricing game prize. Often, one of the prizes is a cash amount. |
The total of the four prizes is usually in the $4,000 to $7,000 range. In an attempt to tempt the player into taking the prizes, the four prizes have recently totaled over $10,000, with some of the items worth as much as a typical pricing game prize. Often, one of the prizes is a cash amount in a fishbowl. |
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==History== |
==History== |
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Revision as of 17:37, 27 October 2009
Temptation is a pricing game on the American television game show The Price Is Right. Debuting on September 7, 1973, this game is played for a car and four prizes (each worth between $500 and $9,998).
Gameplay
The contestant is shown the first digit in the price of the car. They are then shown four prizes, referred to as "gifts", one at a time. Each prize's price is displayed, with one of the digits being the next digit in the price of the car. The contestant must guess which is the correct next digit for each of the four prizes. There are only two distinct digits in the price of each prize (eg: $488, or $1,331), making the choice an either-or proposition.
Once all of the digits have been selected, the contestant is given one last opportunity to change any of the four digits they have chosen. The total value of the four gifts is then stated and the contestant is given the choice to take the gifts and quit, or see if the price of the car is correct. If it is, they win the car and all four gifts. If it is not, they lose everything.
The total of the four prizes is usually in the $4,000 to $7,000 range. In an attempt to tempt the player into taking the prizes, the four prizes have recently totaled over $10,000, with some of the items worth as much as a typical pricing game prize. Often, one of the prizes is a cash amount in a fishbowl.
History
Temptation was created by former producer Jay Wolpert.[1] When it debuted, the contestant did not have the option of changing any digits. This rule was introduced several months later.
The Temptation board was originally green and the "actual price" displays were orange with black numbers. The game's current color scheme debuted on April 11, 1988. The font for the "Temptation" logo changed around 1979.
When car prices under $10,000 were common, there would be no free digit given and there would sometimes be three choices for the first number (although one of them was obviously wrong, such as $189).