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==International versions== {{main|International versions of Press Your Luck{{!}}International versions of ''Press Your Luck''}} Since its inception, ''Press Your Luck'' has also been adapted internationally. An Australian version, with [[Ian Turpie]] as host and [[John Deeks]] as announcer, aired on [[Seven Network]] from 1987 to 1988. Grundy Worldwide packaged this version, with Bill Mason as executive producer.<ref>{{cite web|title=Memorable Guide to Australia Television |url=http://www.memorabletv.com/australia/tvas.htm |access-date=11 June 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120409070736/http://www.memorabletv.com/australia/tvas.htm |archive-date=April 9, 2012 }}</ref> A German version entitled ''[[:de:Glück am Drücker|Glück am Drücker]]'' ("Good Luck on the Trigger") aired on [[RTL Television|RTLplus]] in 1992 with Al Munteanu as host. It had an animated vulture named "Raffi" steal cash and prizes from contestants instead of Whammys.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.quotenmeter.de/n/44122/ | title=101 Folgen Fernsehfriedhof: Zehn Sendungen auf einen Streich | date=26 August 2010 | publisher=Quotenmeter | accessdate=March 2, 2024 | language=German}}</ref> Another remake, ''Drück Dein Glück'' ("Push Your Luck"), aired daily in 1999 on [[RTL II]] with Guido Kellerman as host; this show's mascot was an animated shark.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.ufa.de/produktionen/drueck-dein-glueck | title=Drück dein Glück | publisher=UFA | accessdate=March 2, 2024 | language=German}}</ref> In the United Kingdom, an [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] version ran in the [[HTV West]] region, with [[Paul Coia]] as host.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/937858933/ | title=Would-be stars press their luck | work=Evening Post | date=March 1, 1991 | accessdate=March 2, 2024 | pages=2}}</ref> ''Whammy! The All-New Press Your Luck'' was also adapted in the Philippines as ''[[Whammy! Push Your Luck]]'' on [[GMA Network]] from 2007 to 2008. It was hosted by [[Paolo Bediones]] and [[Rufa Mae Quinto]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pep.ph/news/14971/paolo-bediones-and-rufa-mae-quinto-host-gma-739s-new-game-show-whammy|title=Rufa Mae Quinto and Paolo Bediones, to host ''Whammy! Push Your Luck''|work=Philippine Entertainment Portal|last=Erece|first=Dinno|date=October 1, 2007|access-date=March 8, 2015}}</ref>
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