‘The Price Is Right’ Revamps Plinko With a “Golden” New Twist

One of the most famous The Price Is Right games, has added a new twist that has both fans and contestants raving. The American game show The Price Is Right is centered around contestants pricing grocery products and merchandise to win money. Some popular games on the CBS show include, Double Prices, Pay the Rent, Lunch-Bunch, and so much more. Over the years, some contestants like Cynthia Azevedo left a lasting impression on the longest running television game show by winning a million dollars in 8 seconds on the Clock Game. Meanwhile, other constraints like Corey exhibited huge failures, such as guessing that a hammock was worth about $7000.

While some games are a little more difficult to win at, there’s one game that seems to be almost everyone’s favorite and generally puts a little money in players’ pockets: Plinko. Plinko is the most popular game on the show, but it didn’t air in the series until 1983. Since then, it’s become the most widely recognized game on The Price Is Right. Its simple, yet strategic rules have allowed many contestants the opportunity of winning a few extra bucks. However, it’s a little over 40 years since the beloved game hit TV screens and the CBS crew has now up the ante with a new twist.

Plinko Is a Simple Yet Fun Game

The beloved Plinko game is simple yet effective, making it one of the best contests in the series. Most of the other games on The Price Is Right include guessing or a little more skill. So having some background knowledge of groceries, electronics, and the prices of other traditional household products is often helpful. However, Plinko is more of a strategy and statistics game. In Plinko, contestants are given a handful of balls or chips to play.

In some cases, they can earn more chips throughout the rest of The Price Is Right games. Then they head over to the Plinko board, which consists of pegs and slots with monetary values at the bottom. The contestants release the chips at the top of the board, they fall down, bouncing against the pegs, until they land on a monetary value at the bottom. Of course, most contestants’ goals are to hit the largest valued slot in the middle, but as long as the ball doesn’t fall into one of the two $0 spots, then contestants walk away with some change.

‘The Price Is Right’s Plinko Has a New Twist

The Plinko game was already a popular and well respected game, but now The Price Is Right has upped the scales. The premise of the game is still the same. Contestants have to strategically place the ball or chip to get it to land on the monetary value of their choosing. On a episode last month on The Price is Right, host Drew Carey explained to contestant Michelle the recent changes to Plinko. “You can win four more chips, but tonight we have a special twist to the game,” the host said. “One of the prizes has a special Golden Plinko chip attached to it. And if you get the gold Plinko chip, wherever [it] drops, we’re gonna times whatever it lands on by ten.” Meaning if the new golden chip lands in the $20,000 spot, the contestant will win $200,000 instead.

This new twist excites both contestants and fans. Sometimes, watching the same games over and over again can get boring and repetitive, even with the all-time favorites like Plinko or Stack the Deck. However, this twist adds a new spice to the game, making it more interesting for viewers to watch. At the same time, contestants have an opportunity to bring home even more money by playing an all-time favorite and simple game on the show.

In the end, the added golden chip is an interesting twist to the traditional Plinko game. Unfortunately though, it seems that, multiples might be a temporary change. In general, the golden chip is only used for a limited time as a promotional campaign to elicit more excitement or bring more awareness to a special episode, which it certainly did. Unfortunately though, The Price Is Right hasn’t announced how long the golden chip will be available and, since it’s a promotional aspect of the game show, it might not stick around forever. However, many fans hope the popular game show will keep the new and improved Plinko game for the long term.

The Price Is Right is available to stream on Paramount Plus.