Well, I never expected this, but that's fine by me. I will draw the cards for you, then. First number is: 27, a 3 of hearts. We'll add $300 to your bid.
15300
DING!Next number is: 2, a 4 of clubs.
15700
DING!$15,700 is your bid now. Your next draw is: 43, an 8 of spades. Let's add $800 to the bid, please.
16500
DING!Next up, you have: 12, a 6 of clubs.
17100
DING!You're at $17,100. Remember, you must be within $2,000 of the actual retail price without going over. Your next draw is: 45, a 5 of diamonds.
17600
DING!$17,600. And you have drawn: 4, an 8 of hearts.
18400
DING!You're at $18,400. Another draw, and we have: 7, a 2 of hearts.
18600
DING!We could be here for a while! (light laughter) Your next draw is: 1, a king of clubs. $1,000 more to the bid...
19600
DING!...brings it to $19,600. And you have drawn: 49, a 10 of hearts. Another $1,000.
20600
DING!Your bid is now $20,600, and you must be within $2,000 of the actual retail price without going over. Another draw, and we get: 33, a 3 of diamonds.
20900
DING!And you will draw another card, which is: 44, a queen of clubs.
21900
DING!$21,900 is your bid. Your next draw is: 51, a 5 of spades.
22400
DING!You're now up to $22,400. And now, you have drawn: 31, a 6 of spades.
23000
DING!You're at $23,000 even. You've now drawn: 46, a jack of spades.
24000
DING!And since you're stopping at that, I will read you the price that I have in my hand. Your bid is $24,000; you must be within $2,000 without going over. And the actual retail price of that Buick Verano is: Wow! I don't believe this, but it was $23,876.
OVER
BUZZ!/Losing Horns(audience groans)
You were over by only $124. You had the right idea, but just the wrong stopping point. I'm so sorry you didn't win, but the Wheel will make up for your disappointment.
(applause)
(TPIR Theme 2007)
What an agonizing loss that was! We'll try to do better after this.
(SN: For the special deck, I used the List Randomizer from
www.random.org, and for the regular deck of 52, I used the Playing Card Shuffler from the same Website.)