Underplayed Gems

Whammy! The All-New Press Your Luck (2002)

Whammy! The All-New Press Your Luck poster
Genre
Game Show, Family
Country
United States
Length
2 seasons, 130 episodes
Rating
8.2 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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The catalogue in 3D

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How it feels

Contestants answer trivia questions to earn spins on a gameboard. They win cash and prizes but must avoid the Whammy character which takes everything away. Four Whammies knock a contestant out of the game.

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What happens

Whammy! (subtitled The All-New Press Your Luck for its first season) is an American television game show that aired new episodes on Game Show Network (GSN) from April 15, 2002, to July 25, 2003. The series was produced by FremantleMedia North America, in association with GSN. The main goal of the game is to earn as much money and prizes as possible through collecting spins by answering trivia questions correctly, then using those spins on a gameboard to win various prizes and cash amounts while attempting to avoid the show's eponymous character, the "Whammy." Contestants who do land on a Whammy lose all their prizes accumulated to that point; four Whammies eliminates a contestant from the game. The program is an updated version of Press Your Luck, which originally aired on CBS from September 19, 1983, to September 26, 1986. The series was taped at Tribune Studios and was hosted by Todd Newton, with Gary Kroeger announcing. The show aired in reruns on GSN until 2017, and came back on May 11, 2020, up until October 1, 2021. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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