{"id":2601368,"date":"2026-05-11T17:21:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T21:21:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-military-veteran-scores-the-biggest-payday-in-price-is-right-history\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T17:24:03","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T21:24:03","slug":"watch-military-veteran-scores-the-biggest-payday-in-price-is-right-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-military-veteran-scores-the-biggest-payday-in-price-is-right-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Military Veteran Scores the Biggest Payday in &#8216;Price Is Right&#8217; History"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-military-veteran-scores-the-biggest-payday-in-price-is-right-history%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2601368&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A Virginia military veteran who appeared on *The Price Is Right* during a Mother\u2019s Day special, and went by \u201cVanesa\u201d (last name undisclosed), won more than $240,000-both setting a show record and earning the prizes and cash from a newly introduced game. In \u201cThe Lion\u2019s,\u201d contestants estimate grocery prices to select between one and five numbered balls and then enter a wind-tunnel pick-and-reveal phase where each revealed ball can pay out money, prizes, or \u201close it all.\u201d Vanesa chose to keep going after each win: she revealed $2,500 first, then $25,000, followed by $100,000 on two more balls, and ultimately selected a final prize sending her on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-cnn-staffer-for-chris-cuomo-arrested-for-enticing-children-as-young-as-9-years-old-for-sexual-training-authorities\/\" title=\"Former CNN Staffer For Chris Cuomo Arrested For Enticing Children As Young As 9-Years-Old For \u2018Sexual\u2019 Training: Authorities\">mother-daughter trip<\/a> to Morocco. she won $227,500 in cash plus a Morocco trip valued at $12,650, surpassing the previous single-pricing-game record set in 2016.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>A military veteran from Virginia appeared on the CBS game show \u201cThe Price Is Right\u201d and walked away with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republicans-raise-140-million-in-2021-obliterating-fundraising-records\/\" title=\"House Republicans Raise 0 Million in 2021 Obliterating Fundraising Records\">record-breaking haul<\/a> in cash and prizes during a special Mother\u2019s Day episode.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVanesa,\u201d whose last name was not revealed, scored over $240,000 on Friday, <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2026\/tv\/news\/the-price-is-right-largest-prize-contestant-history-1236740936\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according<\/a> to Variety.<\/p>\n<p>She \u201cwon the largest prize in a single pricing game in the 54-year history of the CBS daytime game show,\u201d the article read.<\/p>\n<p>Vanesa won playing \u201cThe Lion\u2019s ,\u201d a game recently introduced on the show through a partnership with BetMGM.<\/p>\n<p>It <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >involves players guessing grocery prices<\/a> to earn up to five balls. Once they secure a number between one and five, they\u2019re placed in a wind tunnel to choose that amount from balls flying around them at random.<\/p>\n<p>Each ball can result in cash, prizes, or have the words \u201close it all\u201d on it.<\/p>\n<p>After exiting the wind tunnel, they are shown the numbered balls that they selected and can choose which one to reveal first.<\/p>\n<p>If they win prizes or cash on the first ball, they can either stop or press their luck and continue. Vanesa was given five balls and chose to push forward after each reveal.<\/p>\n<p>Her first ball revealed $2,500, the second $25,000, the third and fourth balls netted her $100,000 each, and the final ball was for a mother-daughter trip to Morocco.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wtNb-r5j5xU?si=7iL7mqRnlCmvFtvM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>When choosing the final ball, Vanesa, who was nearly in tears, said, \u201cI have to believe,\u201d to which host Drew Carey replied, \u201cGod bless you and good luck.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her daughter was looking on from the audience, which erupted in applause following her massive victory.<\/p>\n<p>Vanesa won $227,500 in cash, with the trip to Morocco valued at $12,650.<\/p>\n<p>This amount beat the previous \u201cPrice is Right\u201d record for a single pricing game set in 2016, when a contestant won $210,000 while playing \u201cCliffhangers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom \u2018Come on Down\u2019 to playing \u2018The Lion\u2019s ,\u2019 it all felt so surreal \u2014 a dream moment that only kept getting bigger,\u201d Vanesa said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was nervous, excited, and everything at once,\u201d she concluded. \u201cWinning over $200,000 is life-changing. 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