Contestant wins record $31.5K playing Plinko on "The Price is Right"
LOS ANGELES -- A new record has been set on the "Price is Right."
CBS Los Angeles reports Ryan Belz of Millerton, Pa., won $31,500 while playing Plinko on the daytime show that aired Thursday.
The previous record in the popular but difficult game was $30,500.
To play the game, a contestant drops up to five chips down a zigzag maze that has varying amounts of money at the bottom of the board, ranging from $0 to $10,000.
The chips make a "plink" sound as the fall down the board -- hence the name of the game.
A player could technically win $50,000 if all five chips miraculously went straight down and landed in the middle $10,000 slot.
The game debuted in January 1983.