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Pauline gave Bob a great big hug coming up onstage, and Bob felt like she bruised his rib. Bob makes Pauline promise not to hurt him when she sees what she’s playing for.

“If it’s a car, I’ll kill you!”

Pauline is playing for $10,000 in cash! Bob stands at a safe distance while she cheers.

But Pauline will have to start the game with just one dollar.

Today’s target price is $1.09.

Four of these six products are priced below $1.09 and will add a “0” to Pauline’s winnings. Two are priced above $1.09 and will end the game.

Bob asks Pauline to pick her first item, and she says the popcorn must be less than $1.09.

She’s right!

She gets moved up to $10 for her correct guess.

Her next guess is the Palmolive soap, which moves her up to $100…

…followed by the bowl freshener, which nets her $1,000.

Now Bob tempts her. Pauline can take her $1,000 and sit down, or she can attempt to pick the final product under $1.09. If she’s wrong, she loses everything.

Pauline decides to risk it all… and she agrees with the audience yelling for her to pick the yams.

Before Bob can reveal the price, Pauline interjects “Let me move back, Bob, I might hurt you!”

WATCH OUT, BOB!

Pauline goes down in Price is Right history as the first–and most infamous–$10,000 Grand Game winner!

Olga wasn’t so lucky. She only won $10.

Within a year or two, the green price backgrounds would turn to a more legible yellow…

…two small cutouts were added to the reveal that would show a comma when appropriate…

…and big winners would celebrated with a graphic similar to the one later used in the Showcase Showdown.

Poor Linda. She became the first known contestant to lose on her first pick, and win only ONE dollar!

This is Suzanne’s third show, and from the audience she’s already seen two people lose it all from the audience, so she chose to bail with $1,000. In the early 80’s, $1,000 was worth more than most One Bids… but $10,000 was worth more than most cars!

How grand! This reveal looks like something out of an old movie, no?

It’s the 23rd season premiere, and Sharon’s bet it all on the Lean Pockets being worth less than $2.60…

…and she’s right!

What on earth is a circular saw doing in Grand Game?

The Doug Davidson version did not use grocery products, so games like Grand Game used small prizes worth $10-$100. Today’s target price is $60.

Oops! The price for Mrs. Buttersworth syrup accidentally fell open when the game was revealed!

Bob taps the syrup, and asks with a twinkle in his eye, “Do you see anything that you think might be less than three dollars?”

“The honey!” replies Sean. An astounded Bob confirms, “You’re taking the honey?”

In fact, Sean picks three items under $3.00 that aren’t the syrup!

Bob, sure that Sean will take his automatic win, asks him to touch the final product. The crowd is chanting “SYRUP! SYRUP!”

And Sean wanders over to the… CEREAL?

The audience is going into conniptions!

Finally, the crowd talks him into picking the syrup. Bob stops Sean before he can walk offstage. “When we revealed this game, didn’t you see that the price was hanging down?”

“I thought it was already picked!” Bob bellows, “By WHOM?”

Beginning in the early 2000s, primetime episodes sweetened the pot by offering $20,000. Contestants started with $2.

For Bob’s 80th birthday, Larry King stops by the show to give the contestant advice.

“Somebody else wants a chance!” Bob teased Shirley a biiiiit too long before revealing the price, so he let her reveal it herself.

$10 is one of the highest targets ever offered for grocery products.

Do YOU think this soup might be under the $10 target? Drew certainly does!

Steven polls the audience, and they seem to think the baby cereal is under $4.75…

…they were right!

Grand Game got a makeover for Big Money Week 2013. And to ring in the new board, they’re starting Jamie with $10, and she’ll play for $100,000!

Of course, the game is still normally played for $10,000. Rather than hide a stagehand behind the prop, the displays are now monitors with animations.

Here’s what you DON’T want to see. The board turns red and zeroes out if a contestant goes for the top prize and loses.

Jarmonica celebrated her $10,000 win so hard, her boots scuffed up the stage floor!

In 2019, Grand Game got a new logo in an easier-to-read font, and the chase lights got additional touch-ups.

The original sign ended up on eBay, and has remained there for several years. Guess what price the seller set? It can be yours… if The Price is Right!

Sometimes, Grand Game’s prize is raised to an unusual amount to celebrate a special occasion. Here are a few that have occurred over the years!

When TPIR moved studios in 2023, Grand Game was the first game ever played at Haven Studios, and the first in several years to be played in front of a full audience.

And Keri became the first to win $10,000 in the new studio! She also won her showcase, and $26,000 on the Big Wheel.

Ryan’s Price is Right journey began at 4:30 AM when he arrived first in line for TPIR’s 10,000th episode.

He was called, won his way up onstage, and because today every game has a “10” theme…

…was shocked beyond belief after he won $100,000! (Thanks to Ryan for the photo.)