More or Less is a game played for a car and three prizes. The contestant can win up to four prizes, consisting of three regular prizes (generally worth between $500 and $4,000 each) and one brand new car.
Gameplay[]
At the start of the game, the contestant is shown a wrong price for the first prize and is asked to guess whether its actual price is "more" (higher) or "less" (lower) than the one displayed. If correct, the contestant wins that prize. This is repeated for the subsequent prizes, including the car. If the contestant stumbles once at any point, it's game over with no prices revealed after, but the contestant gets to keep any of the prizes won up to that point.
History[]
- More or Less was the last pricing game to premiere during Bob Barker's tenure as host of the show and the last game created during this period to be played in the studio's historic set. The game was created by Barker himself.
- Contestant Sharon won all 4 prizes on the 2nd playing of this game from February 21, 2007 (#3893K) and it was the only time that it happened during Bob's tenure. All the other wins occurred after Drew Carey took over.
- Under Bob's tenure, after Rich Fields announces the first three prizes, it would cut to Bob talking with the contestant, and after that, the car was described. But, in the Carey era, the announcer will describe all four prizes at once, including the car.
- On December 22, 2009 (#4962K), contestant Lawanda Brown asked to see the price of the car despite losing on the third prize, and it was done.
- On February 19, 2016 (#7415K, aired out of order on February 16), during Dream Car Week, a Maserati was offered. During that playing, contestant Desiree Lopez lost on the second prize.
- On April 12, 2018 (#8294K), contestant Vanessa Sam won the showcase despite wiping out of this pricing game on the first prize.
- More or Less has officially received 36 wins over the years (excluding two primetime wins). Its most recent win happened on February 3, 2023 (#0095L).
- As of May 15, 2023 (#0241L), it has been lost on the first prize 18 times, meaning the contestant won absolutely nothing, cuing the losing horns.
- On February 7, 2024 (#081SP), the game was played first despite needing a lot of time to start up.
- The name of the game's font is "House-a-Rama Kingpin". Since Drew Carey took over as host, the font has been used in labels and prices for several other pricing games as well.
Trivia[]
- As with Golden Road, the contestant is allowed to keep playing as long as they guess correctly and keep the prizes they've already won if they lost the game; because of this, Drew often refers to this as a "progressive" game. Unlike Golden Road, the odds of winning any prize are always 1:2, instead of 1:2, 1:3, and 1:4.
- Like Take Two, Magic Number, Ten Chances, or Gas Money, More or Less has never been the first pricing game to start any show because it needs time to start up and the game can be played no earlier than second on the show, with the exception of February 7, 2024 (#081SP) in which it was played first.
- As of some time in the 2010s, More or Less can be played no earlier than third on the show.
- The most number of times this game was played in any season was 16 (season 42), while the least number of times this game was played in any season was 7 (season 36).
- The game is similar in concept with Triple Play, Line 'Em Up, Five Price Tags and That's Too Much! It’s also similar to Golden Road, but played a lot differently as it has nothing to do with a missing digit.
- A pink card is used to indicate More, while a yellow card is used to indicate Less. Two blue cards are also used to indicate both opposites. More is always written in yellow, and Less is always written in pink. In case of a game where three of, or all the prizes are one opposite, another set was created with all four different cards. There is a slight difference; the colors have a brighter shine. Based on whether each prize’s ARP is more or less, all eight cards are drawn at random for each prize. If the card has the wrong opposite for a prize, the cards are reshuffled and drawn from again. This makes it possible to have a game where all four blue cards are used, if two of the prizes are more, and the other two are less, although it hasn’t happened before.
- The contestant has a 1/16, or 6.25%, chance to win the car.
- Originally, a loss was signaled by a foghorn. However, it now uses a buzzer. The same thing is true for Five Price Tags, Check Game and Danger Price.
- During the prize description, the first model presents the first two prizes and a car while the second model presents the second and third prize. Following the prize description, the models were not involved when the game is played.
Foreign versions[]
- On Canada's Price Is Right: À vous de jouer, some of this game's elements were combined with those of Golden Road (thus being known as La ruée vers l'or [The Gold Rush]).
- On Germany's Der Preis ist heiß with Wolfram Kons, the game was played using the risk element: contestants could walk away with any prizes already won, or play on and try to win more.
Gallery[]
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YouTube Videos[]
More or Less Premiere (February 16, 2007, #3885K)
The only More or Less win under Bob Barker's tenure (February 21, 2007, #3893K)
More or Less Win from 2008 (May 8, 2008, #4324K)
The Only More or Less Win from the 38th Season (November 25, 2009, #4923K)
More or Less Win from Christmas Eve 2012 (December 24, 2012, #6151K)
More or Less Win from 2013 (November 17, 2013, #6493K)
More or Less Win featuring Craig Ferguson (April 1, 2014, #6682K)
More or Less Win (June 4, 2014, #6773K, aired out-of-order on June 11, 2014)
More or Less Win (June 20, 2014, #6795K)
Last More or Less Win for 2014 (December 30, 2014, #6942K)
More or Less Win from Socially Awesome Week (January 22, 2016, #7375K, aired out-of-order from January 29, 2016)
More or Less Win featuring an early applause before the outcome result to start the 45th season (September 20, 2016, #7612K)
More or Less Win (May 2, 2017, #7922K)
A wipeout playing from Season 46 (April 12, 2018, #8294K)
A More or Less win from Season 46 (May 11, 2018, #8335K)
A More or Less win from Season 47 during Veterans Day (November 9, 2018, #8485K)
More or Less win from 2021 (February 25, 2021, #9324K)
More of Less for a Camaro (February 3, 2023, #0095L)
A wipeout playing from Season 51 (May 15, 2023, #0241L)
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