appeared on Friday\u2019s Mother\u2019s Day-themed episode<\/a>, nabbed $240,150 in cash and prizes following several rounds of \u201cThe Lion\u2019s Share\u201d \u2014 the BetMGM-branded grocery price guessing game \u2014 on the beloved CBS daytime show.<\/p>\nIt\u2019s the largest one-game payout in the 54-year history of \u201cThe Price Is Right,\u201d making it a milestone moment for the mainstay game show.<\/p>\n
A contestant known only as \u201cVanesa from Virginia\u201d won a historic payout on Friday\u2019s episode of \u201cThe Price is Right\u201d (as seen above). CBS<\/p>\n
The retired veteran scored a windfall of cash and prizes valued at over $240,000. CBS<\/p>\n
Vanesa\u2019s daughter watched from the audience as her mother \u2014 clad in a bright shirt featuring shades of orange and pink, emblazoned with butterflies \u2014 won the windfall.<\/p>\n
In the new \u201cLion\u2019s Share\u201d game \u2014 which replaced the former \u201cPay the Rent\u201d game last year \u2014 players step into a chamber and guess the prices of groceries to earn up to five balls.<\/p>\n
The balls reveal the prizes they\u2019ve scored for that round, and players must then choose to risk their prizes by continuing to play or keep the winnings they already have.<\/p>\n
Vanesa began by scoring $2,500 before winning $25,000 followed by two wins of $100,000. After winning a trip for two to Morocco valued at nearly $13,000, her total winnings rose to a jaw-dropping $240,150. <\/p>\n
Vanesa scored the winnings after several victorious rounds of BetMGM\u2019s \u201cThe Lion\u2019s Share\u201d game. CBS<\/p>\n
Vanesa\u2019s winnings of $240,150 are the highest single-game haul in the game show\u2019s 54-year history. CBS<\/p>\n
The massive haul is far higher than the previous single-game record of $210,000 for a round of \u201cCliffhangers\u201d back in 2016. <\/p>\n
The contestant grew emotional following her big win, screaming, jumping and hugging host Drew Carey after nabbing the Moroccan vacation. Her daughter was seen happily applauding the win.<\/p>\n
\u201cVanesa, nice job,\u201d\u00a0Carey\u00a0gushed, noting that she\u2019d won \u201calmost a quarter mil.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNice job,\u201d he added. \u201cThat\u2019s amazing. Happy retirement.\u201d Carey explained later in the episode that Vanesa\u2019s win had been historic. <\/p>\n
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\u201cThat\u2019s amazing. Happy retirement,\u201d host Drew Carey (seen above with Vanesa) said during the episode. CBS<\/p>\n
She was seen hugging the game show host after her victory. CBS<\/p>\n
Vanesa called Friday\u2019s victory \u201ca dream moment.\u201d CBS<\/p>\n
\u201cJust so you know, Vanesa, she won $240,150 in cash and prizes, which makes her the biggest pricing game winner in\u00a0\u2018Price is Right\u2019\u00a0daytime history,\u201d he said, adding, \u201cCongratulations.\u201d<\/p>\n
In a statement obtained by Variety<\/a>, Vanesa admitted she\u2019d been \u201cnervous\u201d and laid out plans for her payout. <\/p>\n\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 she said in the statement. <\/p>\n
\u201cI was nervous, excited and everything at once,\u201d she added. \u201cWinning over $200,000 is life changing. I plan to invest wisely, enjoy a little and treat my mom to a special surprise.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Vanesa from Virginia is nearly a quarter million dollars richer after scoring a historic money prize on \u201cThe…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":632589,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[991,62974,273400,88,112895,98827,92],"class_list":["post-632588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-cbs","tag-daytime-tv","tag-drew-carey","tag-entertainment","tag-game-shows","tag-the-price-is-right","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632588","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=632588"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632588\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/632589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=632588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=632588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=632588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}