Check Game

Check Game is a pricing game on the American television game show The Price is Right. Debuting on October 14, 1981, it is played for a cash and prize package totaling between $7,000 and $8,000.
Gameplay
The contestant is asked to write an over-sized check for an amount that they believe, when added to the price of the prize, will total between $7,000 and $8,000. If the sum of the two amounts totals within that range, the contestant wins both the prize and the amount on the check in cash.
The contestant is given the check they wrote to keep as a souvenir whether they win or lose, with losing checks stamped "VOID" by a large rubber stamp.
History
The original name of Check Game was Blank Check. The game began using its current name on January 29, 1987 upon the threat of a trademark infringement lawsuit from Barry & Enright Productions, who had produced a game show called Blank Check for 26 weeks in 1975.
From the game's inception until February 3, 1989, the winning range was $3,000 - $3,500. From February 3, 1989 through July 17, 2008 the winning range was $5,000 - $6,000.

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