Triple Play (pricing game)

Triple Play is a pricing game on the American television game show The Price Is Right. Debuting on the Season 29 premiere on October 2, 2000, this game is played for three cars.

Gameplay

Each of the cars is played for one at a time, starting with the lowest-priced. For the first car, the Contestant is shown two prices, neither of which is correct. The contestant selects the price which they believe is nearest to the actual price of the car without being higher than it.

A correct decision moves the player on to the second car, where they are shown three prices; they must again choose the nearest price that is not higher than the actual price. If they are correct, they move to the third car, which has four prices shown. The contestant must guess correctly on the final car to win all three cars. If they choose incorrectly at any point, the game ends, and they win nothing.

History

Triple Play was created because then-Price Is Right host Bob Barker wanted a game that had a car behind each of the big doors on the show's stage. It was originally conceived as a game called "Slam Dunk" in which only one of the cars could be won. The rest of the staff did not like the idea of having a game that offered prizes that could not be won, and the idea was eventually overhauled into the current format.

Originally, the game's logo appeared behind all three cars; the signs behind the first two cars were later removed.