Stack the Deck is a game played for a car and with 6 grocery items with 3 that match the displayed price.
Gameplay[]
- The contestant is shown seven different digits in the style of playing cards, five of which are the digits in the price of a car.
- The contestant is given an opportunity to "stack the deck" in their favor and receive up to three digits of the car’s price in their correct positions. The contestant is shown three pairs of grocery items, one at a time. Each pair has a price displayed, and the contestant must play a mini version of One Right Price by selecting the item that correctly corresponds to the price. For each correct answer, the contestant may choose any of the digits in the car's price to be revealed; the corresponding card is then put in its slot.
- After the three prices have been guessed, the contestant must fill in the remaining slots correctly using the remaining cards to win the car. The car price is then revealed by flipping over the game title.
- The ideal strategy is to ask for the 3rd, 4th, and 5th digits. Assuming the grocery portion is played perfectly, the game ultimately becomes guessing the thousands' part of the car's price.
History[]
- On the game's very first playing on October 9, 2006 (#3711K), it was won right away.
- Beginning on September 24, 2009 (#4834K), the number cards are in numerical order. Until June 16, 2009 (#4802K), the playings had the number cards in a mixed order.
- On January 23, 2015 (#6975K, aired out of order on February 6), a new screen graphic was introduced with the picture of the contestant in between the pictures of the two grocery items. With this change, the prices of both items can be seen simultaneously. Since then, Stack the Deck has never been the first or second game to be played in the game's slotting list because like games such as Magic Number, More or Less, Gas Money, Rat Race, and Double Cross, it needs time to start up and the game can be played no earlier than third on the show.
- It was created by former director Bart Eskander.
- On March 3, 2015 (#7032K, aired out of order on April 7), a former Price is Right contestant from October 29, 1996 (#0112K), Martha Geison, who played Dice Game and lost, but ended up in the Showcase and won her Showcase, played this game. She lost again, and this time did not make it to the Showcase.
- On January 11, 2016 (#7361K), contestant Rachelle Rafailedes got just 1 grocery item correct, and wanted the 5th number, a 4. Needing this one, she correctly guessed the price $21,834 and won a Scion TC.
- On January 22, 2019 (#8592K), the bottom right-angle triangles have changed from black to yellow.
- Stack the Deck has been won 36 times. The most recent win happened on March 25, 2024 (#0551L).
Trivia[]
- The most number of times this game was played in any season was 19 (season 35), while the least number of times this game was played in any season was 9 (seasons 36, 47, 48 and 50).
- Stack the Deck has similarities in concept with Pass the Buck, 2 for the Price of 1, Card Game, 3 Strikes, and Pick-A-Number.
- Stack the Deck uses the same reveal method as Secret 'X'; however, it is flipped vertically instead of horizontally for the latter game.
- The price of the car cannot have any repeating digits.
- As this shows, the odds of winning the game going in blind are 179/10080, or about 1.776%.
Gallery[]
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YouTube Videos[]
Stack The Deck Premiere (October 9, 2006, #3711K)
A Stack The Deck Winner From 2009 (April 17, 2009, #4715K)
Another Stack The Deck Winner From 2009 (September 24, 2009, #4834K)
A Stack the Deck Winner with only 1 number (October 11, 2010, #5261K, aired out of order on September 20)
A Heartbreaking $1 Loss from Season 39 (September 21, 2010, #5132K)
Stack the Deck played for the game’s Most Expensive Car (January 14, 2011, #5395K)
A Heartbreaking $2 Loss from Season 40 (June 14, 2012, #6014K)
The Only Stack The Deck Winner From Season 42 (September 25, 2013, #6423K, aired out of order on October 14, originally rescheduled to air on October 16)
Heartbreaking Loss from Season 42 (March 25, 2014, #6672K)
Another $2 Heartbreaker from Season 42 (April 30, 2014, #6723K)
Another Heartbreaking Loss from Season 42 (May 12, 2014, #6741K)
A Heartbreaking Loss from Season 43 (October 9, 2014, #6834K)
Another Heartbreaker from Season 43 (October 20, 2014, #6851K)
A SUPER HEARTBREAKING $1 LOSS from Season 43 (November 13, 2014, #6894K)
Stack The Deck Winner From 2015 (January 6, 2015, #6952K)
A Dismal Playing from 2015 (February 12, 2015, #7004K)
Another Heartbreaking Loss from 2015 (May 15, 2015, #6894K)
Another Stack The Deck Winner From 2015 (May 25, 2015, #7151K)
Another Dismal Playing From 2015 (June 17, 2015, #7183K)
A $4 HEARTBREAKER from Season 44 (November 5, 2015, #7274K)
Another Heartbreaker from Season 44 (November 24, 2015, #7302K)
Yet Another Heartbreaker from Season 44 (December 29, 2015, #7342K)
Stack the Deck Winner with only 1 number (January 11, 2016, #7361K)
Stack the Deck Winner from 2017 (February 8, 2017, #7803K, aired out of order on December 26, 2016)
Another Stack the Deck Winner from 2017 (February 24, 2017, #7825K)
Stack the Deck Win from Season 46 (December 18, 2017, #8131K)
Stack the Deck Win from Season 47 (January 31, 2019, #8604K)
Stack the Deck Win from Season 48 (December 26, 2019, #8954K)
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| Flip Flop | Triple Play | That's Too Much! | Bonkers | Pass the Buck | Step Up | On the Spot | Time is Money (1) | Coming or Going | ½ Off | Pocket ¢hange | Balance Game (2) | Stack the Deck | More or Less | Gas Money |