# Questions about The Price is Right rules **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 17, 2009, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-the-price-is-right-rules/481690 "2009-01-17T02:20:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2009, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-the-price-is-right-rules/481690/1 "2009-01-17T02:20:15Z")
Wasn’t sure what was the proper forum. Mods will move if this isn’t it. On the game show “The Price is Right” during the Showcase, the contestant who bids closer to the combined “actual retail price” of the items in their showcase without going over wins that showcase. If the winning contestant has bid within $250 of the price of their showcase, they win both showcases. But: 1. What if a contestant bids EXACTLY the price of the Showcase? Anything special happen? 2. What if both contestants bid the exact amount of their Showcase? Do they both win both sets of prizes? And would Drew shit, keel over, or both? ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2009, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-the-price-is-right-rules/481690/2 "2009-01-17T02:25:36Z")
1. No 2. Both would win both showcases, I believe. And Drew would shit his pants. Joe ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2009, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-the-price-is-right-rules/481690/3 "2009-01-17T02:26:38Z")
This may belong in Cafe Society better, but I’ll answer from my own knowledge: 1. It happened recently, so we know the answer: no. It’s treated as a normal double showcase win. 2. I believe both win both showcases in case of a tie that falls within the prescribed range. And Drew does both. ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2009, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-the-price-is-right-rules/481690/4 "2009-01-17T02:27:08Z")
> [@wheresgeorge04](#): > > 1. No > 2. Both would win both showcases, I believe. And Drew would shit his pants. > > Joe But what are you basing this on? I can’t find anything on the web about these scenarios. ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2009, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-the-price-is-right-rules/481690/5 "2009-01-17T02:27:36Z")
A perfect Showcase bid happened [recently](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMFFGFmn20k), and Drew Carey couldn’t have seemed more bored. ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2009, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-the-price-is-right-rules/481690/6 "2009-01-17T02:30:19Z")
> [@MOIDALIZE](#): > > A perfect Showcase bid happened [recently](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMFFGFmn20k), and Drew Carey couldn’t have seemed more bored. Wow. You’re right. He did seem bored. And that poor woman. An otherwise great bid! ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2009, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-the-price-is-right-rules/481690/7 "2009-01-17T02:56:06Z")
Since this is about a TV show, it’s better suited to CS than GQ. Colibri General Questions Moderator ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2009, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-the-price-is-right-rules/481690/8 "2009-01-17T04:49:56Z")
> [@MOIDALIZE](#): > > A perfect Showcase bid happened [recently](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMFFGFmn20k), and Drew Carey couldn’t have seemed more bored. Apparently there is some (imagined or real) controversy over the bid as shown in this youtube link. [exact bid](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFUrCBXRH8o&feature=related) ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2009, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-the-price-is-right-rules/481690/9 "2009-01-17T04:59:09Z")
An excellent resource for answering all of your _TPIR_-related questions is the FAQ of [Golden-Road.net](http://www.golden-road.net/). There has been exactly one tie in the history of the show, but neither contestant was within the Double Showcase Win range. I don’t think the Double Showcase Win rule even existed when it happened. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2009, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-the-price-is-right-rules/481690/10 "2009-01-17T22:58:12Z")
> [@pkbites](#): > > But what are you basing this on? I can’t find anything on the web about these scenarios. Well, I saw a perfect showcase, so that one is certain. The other scenario is an educated guess. How else WOULD they handle it? Joe