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Watch A ‘Price Is Right’ Contestant Break The Bank With Record Win For Single Pricing Game

Deadline·Erik Pedersen·6 months ago
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This contestant is thrilled that she got to come on down to play The Price Is Right .

It’s going to be a happy Mother’s Day for Vanesa from Vermont, who shattered the record for biggest prize in a single pricing game in the 54-year history of CBS game show’s daytime edition. During Friday’s special Mother’s Day episode, she tamed “The Lion’s Share” game to the tune of $240,000-plus, scorching the old mark of $210,000 set a decade ago in a “Cliffhangers” game.

Watch her turn the trick below.

Host Drew Carey watched and emceed as Vanesa, a retired military veteran, coolly let it ride in the pricing game that debuted this season on TPIR . In “The Lion’s Share,” contestants guess the prices of grocery items to earn up to five balls. Each ball is then dropped into a wind tunnel, revealing a hidden prize amount.…

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