![]() ![]() One special space, added about midway through the show's run, was known as "Add-A-One." This space-which appeared in the first spinning round only-would place a "1" in front of the contestant's pre-existing total (that is, $0 became $10, but $1,000 became $11,000). Some special spaces had a money amount '+ 1 Spin' (meaning the spin being used wasn't lost), and others worked as 'go back/advance two spaces', 'move one space' (to either side, which the contestant would then choose) or 'pick a corner'. A game space might contain money, a prize (the dollar amount of which would accrue to the contestant's score), or a Whammy. ![]() The contents of the spaces on the "Big Board" changed every few seconds (alternating among three possibilities per square), as well as the highlighted square (which bounced around at random as well). Contestants used their buzzers to stop the board. ![]() The contestants took their spins in inverse order of the number of spins they had earned answering questions if two contestants earned the same number of spins, the player seated further on the left from Peter Tomarken's viewpoint would spin first. Contestants now used spins earned in the question session on the "Big Board" which consisted of 18 monitors arranged in a 6x5 rectangle. The second part of a round was the spinning portion. Up to 20 spins could be earned per question session among all three players, the maximum an individual player could earn being 12. The other two contestants could answer using multiple choice (the first contestant's answer plus two others being offered) and, if right, earn one spin. Contestants could buzz in, and if they got the answer right on the buzz in, they earned three spins (none if wrong). A round started with a question session, each with four questions. Every episode of the show had two rounds. Three contestants begin every game of Press Your Luck. On April 15, 2002, GSN brought a new updated version of the series as Whammy! The All-New Press Your Luck, with Todd Newton hosting. The rules were virtually the same, only a "devil" took a contestant's money away instead of a Whammy. The original incarnation of Press Your Luck was the short-lived game show Second Chance, which aired on ABC in 1977 with Jim Peck hosting. Reruns of Press Your Luck aired on the USA Network from 1987 to 1995 and on GSN since 2001. CBS gave that time slot back to its local affiliates after canceling the show. It ran in the time slot between The $25,000 Pyramid and The Price is Right for its first two and a half years, but on January 6, 1986, it was moved to a late-afternoon time slot to make room for Card Sharks. Press Your Luck replaced Child's Play on the CBS schedule. Peter Tomarken hosted the show, and Rod Roddy was the regular announcer ( John Harlan and Charlie O'Donnell substituted on separate occasions). Press Your Luck ran from September 19, 1983, to September 26, 1986, on CBS. ![]()
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