Danger Price

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The current "Danger Price" board. The prices are displayed on the four octogons at center.
The current "Danger Price" board. The prices are displayed on the four octogons at center.

Danger Price is a pricing game on the American television game show The Price Is Right. Debuting on January 8, 1976, it is played for four prizes, each worth between $500 and $3,000.

[edit] Gameplay

The contestant is shown a "danger price", which is the actual price of one of the four prizes. The contestant selects three prizes, one at a time, which they believe have a price other than the danger price. After each selection, the actual price of the choice is revealed. If the contestant chooses the prize with the danger price, they win nothing. If they successfully choose the three prizes that do not have the danger price, they win all four prizes.

[edit] History

The game originally incorporated a smaller set up, with a board that showed the danger price and had a blue spot for chroma-keyed shots of the prices being revealed. The current set up debuted in 1986, around the time of the 1986 primetime specials.