Most Insane Game Show Scandals

You might think game shows are rigged and that the contestants never have a shot at the big prize, right? Check out today's new video where some contestants took their fate into their own hands and tried to manipulate the odds in their favor. How did it work out for them? Check out the most shocking game show scandals to find out!

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[Dan]

It is straight up BS when a gameshow tries to deny a prize just because the contestant is good. Things like coughing for answers is absolutely cheating and should be denied but things like remembering item prices and learning a pattern is just playing the game well.

[CaptainMarvelsSon]

Not exactly a scandal, but serial killer Rodney Alcala appeared on The Dating Game in 1978. He died in prison only two months ago. (There is an Infographics Show video on him as well)

[MarkWebb]

Worth pointing out that Millionaire's top prize did not normally grow for every episode, and the reason Ed's winnings were so much higher was because the show had not had a top prize winner for several months and instituted a jackpot that grew by $10, 000 for each episode there was not a top prize winner.

[akirastate]

Michael Larson won by figuring out the patterns on the game board. He did that by recording episodes of the show and used his VCR remote to freeze the video. If you look closely at the lighted square which goes around the board, there were two places where Whammies never appeared. There were five different patterns and the lighted square was not random at all. He figured that out and won big. However, he lost all that money, and he passed away from throat cancer.

[arazordraggedfromwristtoel]

Remember when the Game Show Network had more than just Family Feud playing on an endless loop? God, that show gets old fast.

[GamerFromJump]

The _Press Your Luck_ one was not cheating. There is no more a rule against memorizing the board than what the MIT kids did in Vegas.

[coryjohnson]

That “Seven swans a-swimmin’” one was just ridiculous. Wow!

[semicharmedlife]

7:38 Ted Slawson was the mastermind, not the couple who won. It was Slawson that kept a database of thousands of prices which he had committed to memory. He gave them the answer, which he calculated on the spot. The full story is available on Youtube.

[foxmccloud]

The difference between Charles Ingram and Michael Larson is that Michael got his $110, 237 and Charles got publicly humiliated and shamed.

[jasminejohnston]

The costliest mistake by a game show production crew happened on The Price Is Right. The Plinko mini game was accidentally rigged so the puck was guaranteed to land in the $10, 000 slot. A contestant won it three times before the error was discovered and he got to keep his prize

[borreloaddragonxx]

If you are working with someone who is in the audience, then its considered cheating since the audience members are not apart of the game itself.

[zihbih]

Hey Infographic Show!

at the point "secure the millions" where the money falls into the ground at the wrong answer, there was a much worse situation in the German version where 1, 000, 000 euros were lost because the couple did not know how many days a year has (they had not understood the question correctly). imagine that! this embarrassment!!!

[tayvone]

Watching “The Price Is Right” home sick from school. Too relatable 😂

[jeffngandu]

Imagine being a serial killer and casually walking on a TV show

[Justineyedia]

To remember the price of all the prizes in recent episodes isn't cheating. To conspire is though.

[diversejoe]

Inforaphics: These scandals are insane

Family feud host: *Hold my card*

*if you know you know*

[stanisk.]

Easy question: "Arthur, the King of England sat at the round table with 12 ....?"
A:"Knights"
B:"Wrong, it's Knights."
A: "I said that!"
B: "No, you said Nights. Sorry, for your loss."
A:"What the f ...?"

[foxmccloud]

#6 The password is Fugitive.
It was after #4 that Drew Carey made sure that whoever gave Terry Kniess the exact answer never came back to "The Price Is Right" again.
Elizabeth Banks would go completely off her rocker if #3 happened again.

[rastaramune]

Policeman 1: shame we lost our trail on that con artist
Policeman 2: yeah, it was getting interesting too.
Policeman 1: wait.... doesn't that guy on the TV look familiar?
Policeman 2:....go call their station.
5:10

[deandrep]

“Watching the price is right sick from school 😂” yup exactly