In the first round, the player with the fewest spins went first. The contents of every square rotated every second, and there were 3 slides in each square. On the board were thousands of dollars in cash & prizes and Whammies. The board consisted of 18 squares with the show's logo in the center. The fonts used were Franklin Gothic Demi Cond for the cash, while Times New Roman Bold was used for "+ One Spin" and prizes. When the question round was over, the contestant island turned around for the contestants to see the big Press Your Luck game board.
Here's the first Question Round from Christmas 1985, and this is the fourth and final question, which is "According to The Christmas Story, is the word 'Magi' used to mean the Angel, the Star, or the Wise Men?" (heh heh, it's already multiple-choice, so one spin is guaranteed to whoever gets it right however, let's see if our buzz-in player can get it right for three spins!) The Big Board
In the pilot, Peter asked five questions for a maximum total of 25 spins, with the maximum that one contestant could earn is 15 spins. 20 spins were available in each question round, but the highest one contestant could earn was 12 spins (which was achieved on rare occasions). If no contestant buzzed in when time ran out, all three contestants played the multiple-choice part of the question. In the event a contestant who buzzed in first ran out of time, that contestant had to sit out the rest of the question while the other two players played the multiple-choice part of the question. A correct buzz-in answer was worth three spins while a correct multiple choice answer was worth one spin. The answer he/she gave became the first of three answers for his/her two opponents to choose from. On each question, the first player to buzz in had a chance to answer. In the question rounds, Peter asked four questions one at a time. The gameplay was similar to Second Chance but with a few slight alterations. The original Press Your Luck ran on CBS for three years from September 19, 1983, until September 26, 1986, hosted by Peter Tomarken and announced by Rod Roddy.
2.1 Differences to this show and the original.2 Gameplay ( Whammy!: The All-New Press Your Luck).1.4.1 Giant Home Player Sweepstakes Spin.The winning contestant moves on to the all-new bonus game to face the "Whammy" in a final battle for the opportunity to win $1 million.ĭon't miss an all-new episode of "Press Your Luck" Wednesday at 8|7c on ABC. Contestants then use their spins to win cash and prizes while trying to avoid the "Whammy," who could take all of their winnings and leave them with nothing. On season two of "Press Your Luck," the stakes have never been higher as contestants try to avoid the iconic and devilish "Whammy" for a chance at life-changing cash and prizes.ĭuring each game, three contestants compete against each other answering questions to earn spins on the Big Board. Unable to figure it out on their own, Banks offers them three potential words, with the correct answer earning them one spin.Ĭheck out the exclusive clip in the video player above. In the clip from Wednesday's episode, Banks asks the three contestants what word you would get when you spell "repaid" backward. LOS ANGELES - "We were not trying to break your brains with that, but we almost did," host Elizabeth Banks teases contestants in an exclusive clip of this week's episode of "Press Your Luck" on ABC. "We were not trying to break your brains with that, but we almost did," Elizabeth Banks teases in this week's episode of "Press Your Luck" on ABC.