- ½ Off
½ Off is a pricing game on the American
television game show "The Price Is Right". Debuting onMay 28 ,2004 , it is played for a cash prize of $10,000, and uses small prizes. On prime time specials, the prize is raised to $25,000.Gameplay
The contestant is shown three pairs of small prizes, one pair at a time. One item in each pair is marked with the correct price, and the other is marked at half of its actual price. The contestant must choose which of the pair is marked half off; they win both small prizes and $500 for each price they guess correctly, regardless of whether or not they ultimately win the grand prize.
There are also 16 boxes displayed onstage, one of which contains the grand prize. For each correct guess with the small prizes, half of the empty boxes are removed from play (down to eight, four, and then two boxes, respectively, for each correct decision). Once the three pairs have been played, the contestant must choose one of the remaining boxes they believe contains the grand prize.
History and behind the scenes
½ Off was created by former
FremantleMedia employeeMandel Ilagan . Its set is the most expensive prop ever built for "The Price Is Right". The game was originally planned to be played for a car, with a set of keys in one of the boxes instead of the cash. The game's method of revealing the contents of the box is similar to that of the retired predecessorFortune Hunter .The $500 bonuses were added at the start of the 36th season; prior to this, correct guesses won only the associated items.
½ Off was featured as the Million Dollar Game on "
The Price Is Right $1,000,000 Spectacular " episode which airedMarch 14 ,2008 . After winning the $25,000, the contestant was given the option to risk the cash already won for a chance at $1,000,000 which had been hidden in one of the remaining fifteen empty boxes. The contestant decided to keep his $25,000 and not take the risk.ee also
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