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===Winnings records=== The record for the largest individual total in cash and prizes on a daytime episode is held by Michael Strouber. On the October 14, 2019 episode,<ref>{{Cite episode |series=The Price is Right |network=CBS |date=4 October 2019 |season=48 |number=8851K |language=en}}</ref> which aired during Big Money Week, Strouber won $202,000 (one $200,000 chip, one zero, and two $1,000 chips) in cash during a playing of [[List of The Price is Right pricing games#Plinko|Plinko]]. During the episode, game rules were modified to offer a top prize of $1,000,000, with each chip worth up to $200,000. Strouber walked away with $262,743 in cash and prizes, including a new car, a diamond tennis bracelet and a trip to [[Fiji]]. The record for winnings on the primetime show is currently held by Adam Rose. On February 22, 2008, the first ''The Price Is Right $1,000,000 Spectacular'' episode since Carey became host, Rose won $20,000 playing Grand Game. By being within $1,000 of the actual retail price of his own showcases, he won both showcases—which included a [[Cadillac XLR]] convertible in his showcase and a [[Ford Escape|Ford Escape Hybrid]] in his opponent's—plus a $1 million bonus.<ref>{{Cite episode |series=The Price Is Right $1,000,000 Spectacular |network=CBS |date=February 22, 2008 |season=36 |number=0024SP}} '''Carey''': "Adam's won $1,153,908 worth of prizes today on ''The Price Is Right''."</ref> Rose's total is also the record for winnings on any version of the ''Price'' franchise worldwide, shattering the previous mark set by Joanne Segeviano on the Australian version in 2005. Terry Kniess holds the record for the closest bid on a showcase without going over, guessing the exact price of the showcase he was given. Kniess, an avid viewer of the show, recorded and watched every episode for four months prior to when he and his wife had tickets to attend in September 2008.<ref name="Kniess">{{cite magazine|last=Jones|first=Chris|title=TV's Crowning Moment of Awesome|url=http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a7922/price-is-right-perfect-bid-0810/|magazine=Esquire|date=July 11, 2010|access-date=March 7, 2015}}</ref> Kniess learned that many prizes were repeatedly used (always at the same price) and began taking notes. Kniess was selected as a contestant on September 22, 2008, lost his pricing game (the only contestant to do so that episode), made it to the final showcase and guessed the exact amount of $23,743 for his showcase.<ref name="Kniess"/> Many show staffers, including Carey, were worried that the show was rigged and that Kniess was cheating.<ref name="Kniess"/> Kniess later explained that he had seen all three items of the showcase before and knew the general prices in the thousands. The 743 he used because it was his [[Personal identification number|PIN]], based on his wedding date and his wife's birth month.<ref name="Kniess"/> Kniess' winnings from the show totalled $56,437.<ref name="The Price is Right">{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Iml7VSowdA?t=3408 |title=The Price Is Right – December 16, 2008 |website=[[YouTube]] |date=May 28, 2018 |access-date=2023-07-15}}</ref> Carey attributed his subdued reaction to the perfect bid by saying, "Everybody thought someone had cheated. We'd just fired Roger Dobkowitz, and all the fan groups were upset about it. I remember asking, 'Are we ever going to air this?' And nobody could see how we could. So I thought the show was never going to air. I thought somebody had cheated us, and I thought the whole show was over. I thought they were going to shut us down, and I thought I was going to be out of a job."<ref name="Kniess"/> Kniess later defended his actions, claiming that he never cheated, and in the end, was awarded his prizes. (His feat can be comparable to the actions of [[Michael Larson]], who appeared on the 1980s [[CBS]] game show ''[[Press Your Luck]]'', and won $110,237 by memorizing the board sequence).<ref name="Kniess"/> Two are tied for second with the next closest bid, $1, and it happened in 1980 & 2024.
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