Lady wins $10,000 from Plinko mishap

the Plinko game had been rigged to hit the $10,000 slot for a commercial that they were shooting before the taping. After the commercials were done, however, some bonehead forgot to reset the game.

When a woman who won the chance to play Plinko started dropping her chips, one by one they each landed in the golden slot. It wasn't till the third one that producers figured out what was going on, stopped rolling and explained the mishap. They then returned all her chips, reset the game and let the contestant start over.

With no assistance, she won 3k. The show decided to give her the 3k plus the 30k. Lucky bitch. The footage was cut from the show and will not air.

A contestant is shown four small prizes. For each prize, s/he sees two digits, but only one is right. Either the first digit shown is the correct first digit or the last digit shown is the correct last digit. For each small item guessed correctly, the contestant wins a chip. Bob gives the contestant a free chip just for playing the game, so five chips can be earned. The contestant climbs to the top of the Plinko board and drops the chips on a pegged board. The pegs send the chip skyrocketing all over the board until they land in slots representing money amounts at the bottom. The slots are, from left to right; $100, $500, $1000, $0, $10000, $0, $1000, $500, $100. A maximum of $50,000 can be won. After all the chips have dropped, the contestant wins whatever money s/he has earned to that point.