{"id":631511,"date":"2026-05-08T20:13:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T20:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/631511\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T20:13:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T20:13:08","slug":"the-price-is-right-contestant-wins-largest-prize-in-shows-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/631511\/","title":{"rendered":"‘The Price is Right’ Contestant Wins Largest Prize in Show’s History"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t\u201cVanesa from Virginia\u201d is likely pretty happy today that she came on down to \u201cThe Price is Right<\/a>.\u201d The contestant \u2014 last name not revealed \u2014 just won the largest prize in a single pricing game in the 54-year history of the CBS daytime game show. As revealed on Friday\u2019s special Mother\u2019s Day episode, Vanesa won more than $240,000 in cash and prizes.<\/p>\n

\n\tVanesa won while playing \u201cThe Lion\u2019s Share,\u201d a new game that was introduced this season on \u201cThe Price is Right\u201d via a partnership with BetMGM<\/a>. Vanesa won $227,500 in cash, as well as a trip to Morocco valued at $12,650 (total $240,150). The previous record win for a single pricing game on \u201cThe Price is Right\u201d came in 2016, when a contestant won $210,000 playing \u201cCliffhangers.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cFrom \u2018Come on Down\u2019 to playing \u2018The Lion\u2019s Share,\u2019 it all felt so surreal \u2013 a dream moment that only kept getting bigger,\u201d Vanesa said in a statement supplied by BetMGM and \u201cThe Price is Right\u201d producer Fremantle<\/a>. \u201cI was nervous, excited and everything at once. Winning over $200,000 is life changing. I plan to invest wisely, enjoy a little and treat my mom to a special surprise,\u201d said Vanesa.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe Lion\u2019s Share\u201d follows contestants as they guess grocery item prices to earn up to five balls. Each ball is dropped into a wind tunnel, revealing a hidden prize amount. Contestants must decide after each reveal whether to take the money and prizes \u2014 which can add up to as much as $500,000 or continue \u2014 with the risk that a ball might correspond to a \u201close it all\u201d option. Vanesa went all the way, taking the prizes for all five balls.<\/p>\n

\n\tAccording to BetMGM and Fremantle, \u201cThe Lion\u2019s Share\u201d is the first custom-branded game in the show\u2019s history, and the first new pricing game on the show since 2021. BetMGM and Fremantle seled a multi-year deal last year that lends \u201cThe Price is Right\u201d and \u201cFamily Feud\u201d intellectual property rights for slots, table games and non-traditional casino games.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cOur partnership with Fremantle was designed to bring the thrill of BetMGM gameplay to life on one of television\u2019s most iconic game shows,\u201d BetMGM chief revenue officer Matt Prevost said in a statement. \u201cThat vision was delivered in a historic way during Vanesa\u2019s record-breaking win on \u2018The Lion\u2019s Share.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tAdded Fremantle exec VP of partnership solutions Erica Gadecki: \u201cIt\u2019s always an exciting moment when we introduce a new game, and \u2018The Lion\u2019s Share\u2019 is already delivering in a big way.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cVanesa from Virginia\u201d is likely pretty happy today that she came on down to \u201cThe Price is Right.\u201d…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":631512,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[14117,88,49394,98827],"class_list":["post-631511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-betmgm","tag-entertainment","tag-fremantle","tag-the-price-is-right"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=631511"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631511\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/631512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=631511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=631511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=631511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}