Double Cross
Rules
Two prizes are shown as is a board with two long thin screens that intersect to look like an X. There are seven numbers on each screen. The screen from the top left to the lower right corner is a touchscreen; the contestant uses that touchscreen to highlight the price of the prize on the left. As they change that price, the highlighted price on the other screen also changes. If the two prices the contestant highlights match the prices of the two prizes, the contestant wins.
Random fact
In the game's first playing, there was no think music:
Win-loss record
- Actual (seasons 40-46): 62-34 (64.58%)
(Note this game was introduced in season 40.) - What it would be by random chance: 1/4 (25%)
The correct prices were...
- At the very top: 7 playings (7.29%)
- The second from the top: 39 playings (40.63%)
- The second from the bottom: 41 playings (42.71%)
- At the very bottom: 9 playings (9.38%)
Strategy
This game inverts the "pick the endpoints" rule--here, it's DON'T pick the endpoints unless you're absolutely sure the first or last price is right. (I guess the producers actually want this game to be won.) Instead, pick one of the middle two possibilities; which one of those to choose comes down to pricing knowledge.
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