Overview
- Vanesa from Virginia, a retired veteran, took home $227,500 in cash plus a $12,650 trip to Morocco for a $240,150 total during Friday’s Mother’s Day episode.
- She won on The Lion’s Share, a press-your-luck pricing game that grants up to five balls for correct grocery price guesses, then reveals cash, prizes, or a “Lose It All” outcome one at a time with the option to stop.
- The total beat the previous single-game daytime mark of $210,000 set in 2016 during Cliffhangers, according to CBS.
- The Lion’s Share is the show’s first custom-branded format from a BetMGM–Fremantle deal, debuted in September 2025, and can award up to $500,000 in prizes.
- Vanesa said the episode was taped in December and called the win life-changing, noting plans to invest and treat her mom, with winnings reported before taxes.