What game is easiest to win with a specific strategy but no pricing knowledge?

[elonpuckhog]

Oh wait!  There is a 100% chance of "winning" somewhere between $2500 - $6000 worth of cash and/or prizes when playing Temptation!
(As long as you don't risk it for the car!)

I would think Temptation is the easiest to win something without any pricing knowledge. 

[Todd]

Temptation is the easiest to win something without any pricing knowledge, but not the easiest to win. I would say that Clock Game would be the easiest.

[res0xn12]

All this math is starting to make my head spin. 

Me too, but it's interesting to note these percentages are indeed close to the accurate percentages. 

[jharvey79]

This may be strange, but I think the game Double Prices would be easy to win.  I am not saying that because it is always at least a 50/50 chance, but sometimes one of the prices looks more obvious to me.  If the prices were 3850 and the other was 4684, I would say the 3850 because like the Ten Chances rule, it seems to show up in this game a lot, too.

[PIR85]

This may be strange, but I think the game Double Prices would be easy to win.  I am not saying that because it is always at least a 50/50 chance, but sometimes one of the prices looks more obvious to me.  If the prices were 3850 and the other was 4684, I would say the 3850 because like the Ten Chances rule, it seems to show up in this game a lot, too.

Or if the prize is a pair of motorcycles, I would always choose 4298 over 3955 for basic math reasons.  (Yes, we've had the discussion before how not every "pair" of prizes ends in an even number, but the vast majority of them do)

[Plinkoman]

What about the 20/30/40 rule in Cliff Hangers?  By bidding those, you should be able to win, as the prizes always increase.

Also, odds are good on Safe Crackers.  Zero is always last, meaning it's pretty much a 50:50.

[Ton80]

What about the 20/30/40 rule in Cliff Hangers?

I'd love to see the statistics on that strategy.  I can't remember the last time the 20/30/40 rule would have resulted in a loss.

(I'm sure somebody will tell me!)

[TPIR1990]

Coming or Going is probably an easy game too, as one of the price is usually way off.

[temptation1979ga]

It'd seem to be a rather easy game, but if I'm not mistaken, it's had an absolutely miserable record lately...or at one point this past season...for some reason.

[TPIR1990]

It'd seem to be a rather easy game, but if I'm not mistaken, it's had an absolutely miserable record lately...or at one point this past season...for some reason.

Well that stinks.

[Flerbert419]

It'd seem to be a rather easy game, but if I'm not mistaken, it's had an absolutely miserable record lately...or at one point this past season...for some reason.

For a game that should be 50/50, Coming or Going was a pathetic 9-18 (33%) at the end of the season, with 3 wins in the last 5 playings.

[TPIR1990]

For a game that should be 50/50, Coming or Going was a pathetic 9-18 (33%) at the end of the season, with 3 wins in the last 5 playings.

That is pathetic. I wonder why such a low win rate.

[Ton80]

I wonder why such a low win rate.

Contestants choosing the wrong price??

 

(Sorry - I really could not resist!!)

[TPIR1990]

Contestants choosing the wrong price??

 

(Sorry - I really could not resist!!)

Thanks Sherlock. haha

I know that, but I mean like what were the prices? Did Dob purposely make them hard?

[Todd]

I know that, but I mean like what were the prices? Did Dob purposely make them hard?

If I remember correctly, a lot of them were extremely obvious, and the contestants always chose the less obvious looking one. Most of the time, if it ended in a 5 or 0, it should've been the price picked. There were only a few playings in which that would not have been the correct price.