A contestant won $30,000 before the mistake was discovered. In 2008, a prop official accidentally forgot to remove a fishing line from the Plinko board that had been set up to film a promo. That being said, there have been a few instances where the Standards and Practices Department on the show had to rectify some human errors. In fact, it’d be a huge problem if they were, as there are federal laws in place that legally prohibit game shows from doing anything to influence the outcome of a game. In reality, though, the games are not rigged on The Price Is Right. Sometimes, it really seems as though the games might be.dare we say it? Rigged! It’s always disheartening when someone seems to be doing well on the show only to lose the game at the very end and be played off the stage by the sad tuba song. The classic game show has been on nearly every weekday morning since Septem(and its precursor - also called The Price Is Right - dates back even earlier to 1956)! Over the past several decades, thousands of contestants on The Price Is Right have bid “$1, Bob!,” spun The Big Wheel, and - if they’re lucky - won a brand-new car! Are the games on The Price Is Right rigged? If you ever stayed home sick from school as a kid, there’s a very good chance that you found yourself watching The Price Is Right.
