Double Prices
Rules
A prize is shown along with two prices. The contestant must choose which of those two prices is the price of the prize to win the prize.
Random fact
Double Prices has been played more than any other game in the show's history.
Random review
At golden-road.net, there's a section where people can post reviews of the pricing games on the show. User gamesurf wrote one about this game that's of the most poetic things I've ever read about anything on The Price is Right. Here's how it starts:
"Bless you, Double Prices.
You are the glue that holds the show together. The common, unpretentious, one prize quickie, meant to save time so that longer games may exist..."
If you want to read the whole thing, first you must register at golden-road.net, then click here:
Win-loss record
- Actual (seasons 29-46): 316-215 (59.51%)
- What it would be by random chance: 1/2 (50%)
The correct price was...
- The more expensive price: 257 playings (48.40%)
- The less expensive price: 274 playings (51.60%)
Strategy
The pair rule can help here--if you're playing for 2 of the exact same thing (e.g. 2 identical motorcycles, 2 identical surfboards, etc.), the price will almost certainly end in an even number. Otherwise, know the price.
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