{"id":1443,"date":"2026-05-08T23:54:58","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T23:54:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/price-is-right-contestant-lands-historic-money-prize\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T23:54:58","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T23:54:58","slug":"price-is-right-contestant-lands-historic-money-prize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/price-is-right-contestant-lands-historic-money-prize\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Price is Right&#8217; contestant lands historic money prize"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/05\/127284187.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Vanesa from Virginia is nearly a quarter million dollars richer after scoring a historic money prize on \u201cThe Price is Right.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The retired veteran, who <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/billsperos\/status\/2052849037217280445?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">appeared on Friday\u2019s Mother\u2019s Day-themed episode<\/a>, nabbed $240,150 in cash and prizes following several rounds of \u201cThe Lion\u2019s Share\u201d \u2014 the BetMGM-branded grocery price guessing game \u2014 on the beloved CBS daytime show.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the largest one-game payout in the 54-year history of \u201cThe Price Is Right,\u201d making it a milestone moment for the mainstay game show.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>A contestant known only as \u201cVanesa from Virginia\u201d won a historic payout on Friday\u2019s episode of \u201cThe Price is Right\u201d (as seen above).   <span class=\"credit\">CBS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The retired veteran scored a windfall of cash and prizes valued at over $240,000. <span class=\"credit\">CBS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_4-0\">Vanesa\u2019s daughter watched from the audience as her mother \u2014 clad in a bright shirt featuring shades of orange and pink, emblazoned with butterflies \u2014 won the windfall.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>In the new \u201cLion\u2019s Share\u201d game \u2014 which replaced the former \u201cPay the Rent\u201d game last year \u2014 players step into a chamber and guess the prices of groceries to earn up to five balls.<\/p>\n<p>The balls reveal the prizes they\u2019ve scored for that round, and players must then choose to risk their prizes by continuing to play or keep the winnings they already have.<\/p>\n<p>Vanesa began by scoring $2,500 before winning $25,000 followed by two wins of $100,000. After winning a trip for two to Morocco valued at nearly $13,000, her total winnings rose to a jaw-dropping $240,150. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Vanesa scored the winnings after several victorious rounds of BetMGM\u2019s \u201cThe Lion\u2019s Share\u201d game. <span class=\"credit\">CBS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Vanesa\u2019s winnings of $240,150 are the highest single-game haul in the game show\u2019s 54-year history. <span class=\"credit\">CBS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The massive haul is far higher than the previous single-game record of $210,000 for a round of \u201cCliffhangers\u201d back in 2016. <\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_6-0\">The contestant grew emotional following her big win, screaming, jumping and hugging host Drew Carey after nabbing the Moroccan vacation. Her daughter was seen happily applauding the win.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVanesa, nice job,\u201d\u00a0Carey\u00a0gushed, noting that she\u2019d won \u201calmost a quarter mil.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNice job,\u201d he added. \u201cThat\u2019s amazing. Happy retirement.\u201d Carey explained later in the episode that Vanesa\u2019s win had been historic. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>\u201cThat\u2019s amazing. Happy retirement,\u201d host Drew Carey (seen above with Vanesa) said during the episode. <span class=\"credit\">CBS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>She was seen hugging the game show host after her victory.  <span class=\"credit\">CBS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Vanesa called Friday\u2019s victory \u201ca dream moment.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">CBS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cJust so you know, Vanesa, she won $240,150 in cash and prizes, which makes her the biggest pricing game winner in\u00a0\u2018Price is Right\u2019\u00a0daytime history,\u201d he said, adding, \u201cCongratulations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a statement <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2026\/tv\/news\/the-price-is-right-largest-prize-contestant-history-1236740936\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">obtained by Variety<\/a>, Vanesa admitted she\u2019d been \u201cnervous\u201d and laid out plans for her payout. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom \u2018Come on Down\u2019 to playing \u2018The Lion\u2019s Share,\u2019 it all felt so surreal \u2013 a dream moment that only kept getting bigger,\u201d she said in the statement. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was nervous, excited and everything at once,\u201d she added. \u201cWinning over $200,000 is life changing. I plan to invest wisely, enjoy a little and treat my mom to a special surprise.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/08\/entertainment\/price-is-right-contestant-lands-historic-money-prize\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vanesa from Virginia is nearly a quarter million dollars richer after scoring a historic money<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1444,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/127284187.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1443"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1443\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}