You must be 18 years or older to play.
You can’t be employed by CBS or any associated companies, and you can’t be a candidate for public office.
You can play the game more than once if you haven’t played in the last 10 years. Similarly, you aren’t eligible to play if you’ve been on more than four other TV game shows within the last 10 years.
Contestants have to be full of energy. Producer Stan Blits would interview people standing in line and make the call on who would compete in the show. Blits looked for energy, sincerity, and potential humor.
Contestants have to get creative when applying. They are asked questions like: “What is something about yourself that no one would ever know by looking at you?” and “What is the craziest thing you have ever done for money?”
It’s free to reserve a ticket for the taping of the show. (Re-sale is prohibited so don’t get any ideas).
Audience members have to stay alert. It gets so loud in the studio that you might miss your name when it’s called.
As you’ve probably heard, contestants have to pay a sales tax on prizes.
But did you know they also have to declare winnings as income, too?
Winners aren’t allowed to share their victory until the episode airs. If they do, they lose their winnings.
Contestants also have to wait until after the episode airs to collect their prizes.
There is no option to take the cash value of your prize.
Audience members must adhere to a dress code which states: “Colorful, bright, fun colors are encouraged. Please avoid wearing white colored clothing.” They are also prohibited from wearing anything with corporate logos or suggestive lingo.
If every contestant over-bids, a buzzer sounds and they all get to try again.
Contestants must be careful with the Plinko chips. There are only 10 in the world. Executive producer Mike Richards said, “They’re enormously expensive to make, they’re weighted exactly the same and made exactly the same, so they ‘plink.’ They came out on a towel, and they’re put into little boxes and very protected.”
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