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Army Veteran Sets 'Price Is Right' Single-Game Record With $240,150 Win

The record spotlights BetMGM’s Lion’s Share, a high‑risk game that brings casino‑style play to the longtime show.

Overview

  • Vanesa McCaskell won $240,150 during a Mother’s Day episode, the largest single‑game haul in The Price Is Right’s daytime history.
  • She did it on The Lion’s Share, a BetMGM‑branded pricing game that gives players up to five balls and the option to risk a “lose it all” ball for a shot at as much as $500,000.
  • Her run hit $2,500, then $25,000, then two $100,000 pulls, and finished with a mother‑daughter trip to Morocco worth about $12,650 for $227,500 in cash plus travel.
  • Host Drew Carey confirmed the on‑air total as a new mark, topping the prior single‑game record of $210,000 set in 2016.
  • McCaskell, a retired Army veteran from Virginia, called the win life changing and said she will invest the money and surprise her mom, as BetMGM and Fremantle promote the result as a payoff from their 2025 partnership.