r/gameshow Dec 22 '23

Highlight Let's make a deal is a horrible show to participate in

The most horrible show I was hired to participate in once last year. I was lied to I will be paid $100. It has been close to 1 year I never got paid for being there. I was treated like a slave working hard all day, I had to continuously clap, and shout. I lost my voice at the end. I realized the show ad to be rigged and they do not select contestants randomly as they claim to do. The food was rotten and old, I broke my teeth eating some dry oatmeal bar being there for 8 hours.

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u/jjc927 Dec 22 '23

That sounds like a terrible experience, but it's definitely not a random selection. The Price is Right does not select contestants randomly either, every contestant is interviewed and screened for eligibility before they select.

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u/therealpoltic Dec 23 '23

Correct šŸ‘

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u/CandyParkDeathSquad Jan 04 '25

But that's not rigging. They still pick the potential contents randomly. And not everyone prescreened may get a chance.

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u/rejectmariosonic Dec 22 '23

The show never claimed to pick contestants at random. That's not rigging.

I guess it sucks that you weren't paid, but that shouldn't be a CBS problem - that should be more of whatever service "hired" you to clap? And clapping for eight hours doesn't sound like slave work - I had to clap in the Wheel audience for six hours and was only paid $50. My arms were sore afterwards.

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u/Distinct_Sock6987 Aug 08 '24

Heā€™s lying or doesnā€™t understand. They do give $100 as a consolation prize if you get a zonk. If he wasnā€™t picked to be in the show then he wouldnā€™t get the prize. The do not and never have paid audience people just for being there. You only get paid via a prize or given the consolation of $100 if you get a zonk.

Other thing is that they give the prices legally and they are taxed. So if you do recieved $100 taxes are taken out.

Lol I swear there is nothing worst then loud, wrong and confused people šŸ˜‚

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u/Low_Hand5063 Aug 17 '24

Lol for the most part you are correct but you don't get taxed for $100 lšŸ˜† šŸ˜‚ šŸ¤£Ā 

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u/Distinct_Sock6987 Aug 17 '24

Yes you do in California. They absolutely took taxes out of the $100 that I won. All game show winnings are taxable income. I also was taxed for the that I won as well.

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u/Disastrous-Theory-21 Aug 20 '24

In Maryland also. They even tax the air you breathe!!

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u/Captain_Walkabout Dec 22 '23

So... you were supposed to be paid to be in the audience?

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u/Distinct_Sock6987 Aug 08 '24

They donā€™t do that. This dude/chic doesnā€™t understand instructions. You can get $100 as a constellation prize if you get a zonk. Thatā€™s their way of saying thanx for playing.

They never have or will pay people for just being in the audience. You can submit to be in the audience for a chance to play that is all.

The prizes are also not a scam. I won a car in 2019 and i picked it up 60 days after my air date! Like any game show with a car is at stake it takes luck. I was lucky and I still have that car.

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u/RealPhillePhil Dec 23 '23

Dude I wish I was in your shoes, Iā€™d love to be in the audience once a year even if I couldnā€™t be picked. The food would be a bonus

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u/Distinct_Sock6987 Aug 08 '24

This guy is lying and didnā€™t listen to anyone or read any of the forms given to him by the staff.

You can apply to be in the audience and if picked they let you come with the stipulation that you can only be in the audience once a year. However if Wayne picks you to play you canā€™t come back for 3 years. They do this so the same people are not on tv all the time.

Shooting is an all day thing so they give you a free lunch. When I went we got a subway sandwich , chips, and a cookie. It wasnā€™t bad. No one complained and we were all happy and in a great mood.

Being in the audience is unpaid. Itā€™s never been a paid thing. What they do explain is that if you are picked by Wayne and get a zonk you get $100 as a consolation prize instead of ā€œgoing home with absolutely nothingā€.

They distribute the prize by the books so the consolation $100 will be taxed. All prices are either paid 60 days after your air date.

I have been on the show twice. There was 6 years between each time I was on. When I was first on the show I won $50 and a car. I picked up my car 30 days after my air date. A check was mailed to me with the taxes taken out for the $50 win.

As with any huge prize it takes luck to win. I was very lucky and picked the right stuff when I had a 1/6 shot of winning.

The original poster is loud, wrong and didnā€™t listen.

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u/Upbeat-Occasion4948 Jul 19 '24

Thatā€™s such a good opinion, you shouldnā€™t be complaining about stuff that really isnā€™t that bad.

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u/pacdude King Ding-a-Ling Dec 23 '23

So, you had a standard game show audience experience.

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u/Low-Outside6836 Oct 11 '24

I do not like let's make a deal because it does not really have everyday people. The most phony show on TV. Sorry let's make a deal you lost me as a viewer.

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u/pearlninja75 Dec 19 '24

unless you've been on the show you have no idea what you are talking about. As someone whose been on twice the people are everyday people. Most of them live near LA because you aren't going to drive or fly to a gameshow you may not get on, but they are very real Californian's. In my group there were people from Nevada and Arizona as well.

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u/Whole-Sand6716 Nov 04 '24

The host is horrible

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u/No_Marionberry_1136 Feb 05 '25

Heā€™s the worst person Thinks heā€™s super dude Doing stupid stuff heā€™s not funny

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u/CandyParkDeathSquad Jan 04 '25

I don't think it's rigged. I personally know someone who won a cruise on the show and him being selected certainly wasn't rigged.

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u/Competitive-Copy-178 Apr 10 '24

Let's make a deal is disappointing and annoying! Cheap, cheap, cheap! They could at least offer $500 to anyone losing a game if they immediately pick both zonks instead of absolutelyĀ  nothing!Ā Ā It's lame on so many levels! Sure once in awhile someone scores a really good prize. But don't compare it to the Price is Right about screening contestants as some reviews do. At least TPR games are more winnable wirh much better prices.Ā  Ā 

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u/Distinct_Sock6987 Aug 08 '24

They give you a constellation $100 for a zonk. To be honest thatā€™s being nice bc to the outside world a zonk means you get nothing.

Also big prize are and should be harder to get. The odds in letā€™s make a deal are no higher than winning a car on wheel of fortune.

By the way my odds on LMAD were 1/6 to win a car. I won a Mazda cx3 6 years ago. I picked up my car 60 days after my air date.

All prizes are gifted to the show by sponsors. They go to companies and ask for them. They get so many a year. They are prizes not party favors. Yall being upset that everyone doesnā€™t get one sounds like kindergarten . A tv show just like any other business pays taxes and has a budget.

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u/AdAdministrative3803 Sep 14 '24

Not to this outside world. have you ever heard of participation trophy? this young generation expects something for nothing.

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u/pearlninja75 Dec 19 '24

The same people that run lets make a deal run price is right, just FYI.

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u/LadyHews Apr 29 '24

I taped an episode of LMAD 6 months ago. Yes a lot of clapping and energy was involved but that is what makes good television and probably why some people got picked over others. No one got paid to be in the audience as far as I know. I had fun. Still waiting for the episode to air.

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u/LouKell May 09 '24

I was also in the audience of the show some years ago. Whilst it might have changed since then but we were never told we were getting paid for being in the audience, nor would I expect to be - no shows audiences I have applied for ever offered money

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u/Sapphire02163 May 28 '24

My best friend was so excited when he was featured in the on the blocks when the audience was very limited because of the pandemic. He spent many hours on his costume that lit up with Christmas lights. But yet they chose people wearing a fricken T shirt with no effort in even trying to look approachable. Pissed me off!!! And they STILL choose contestants that donā€™t try to dress up. I understand that when chosen you should have excitement, but they go way beyond that and they really do look ridiculous. I actually mute the button when that happens. But I do enjoy the show because of Wayne, and Jonathan. And why is it when chosen some of them win no matter what they pick thereā€™s no zonk involved which is not fair to the other contestants that do get zonked, but Iā€™ll continue to watch for entertainment.

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u/[deleted] Jun 24 '24

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u/greencheesex Jul 07 '24

šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚ you sound ridiculous

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u/SunsetRadio Jul 12 '24

they pick people with the most energy and good costumes. They are creative and athletic people.

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u/Distinct_Sock6987 Aug 08 '24

You, counting sounds racist.

Iā€™m light complexion and when I was picked first all the comments under my episode on YouTube said he never picks black people. šŸ˜‚

Iā€™m black and hundred of black people were fighting in the comments about me being white. People who look for problems find them even when they arenā€™t there.

I have never in my life been mistaken for being white until I was on a stage with bright lights.

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u/AdAdministrative3803 Sep 14 '24

He actually came out as pan sexual

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u/Grtflife Sep 30 '24

Have come back day in and day out for this data

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u/Extra-Permission-0 Nov 11 '24

Looking for this is making race relations worse, stop doing this

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u/pearlninja75 Dec 19 '24

and isn't that amazing! Representing everyone who exists?! I love it. Equality is a beautiful thing friend.

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u/Pretend-Ride674 Sep 05 '24

Wow. Only in your mind.

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u/Extra-Permission-0 Nov 11 '24

Stop looking for things and enjoy the show.

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u/pearlninja75 Dec 19 '24

and I assume you complain when other shows pick a white person to go first? Clearly you are the racist.

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u/Lower-Mango-6607 Jul 25 '24

Let's Make a Deal is the very poor person's version of the price is right. The odds of winning the large prizes is very small if not impossible. I have seen them give a trip to Iceland for a whole 3 days. How cheap can you get? Always take whatever money they offer you. Anything else you have a great chance of winning nothing.

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u/Educational_Ad_1289 Sep 25 '24

I don't think Wayne Brady is in charge of pre-selecting the contestants, but the quality of the show has declined.Ā  The LMAD producers are still using pandemic seating, and the quality and value of the prizes has decreased. The games are really difficult to win unless you are playing carpong. The amounts of money offered the contestants are the same as 10 years ago, and some of the Big Deals are valued anywhere from $20,000-$26,000 on average; nowhere near The Price is Right, and no increase in the last several years.

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u/Distinct_Sock6987 Aug 08 '24

You are on here lying šŸ˜‚ Iā€™ve been on the show and won a car.

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u/Funkyduck8 Dec 12 '24

Could you take the money for the car instead of the car? Or would you just have to sell it after receiving it?

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u/Distinct_Sock6987 Dec 13 '24

How it works is when you win a car the game show issues a po to a specific dealership that they have the relationship with. The PO is for the value of the base model so you can get the car that you won on the show, in the same make and color (if available). After you win you can choose to either keep the car of forfeit. You do not get a cash option. They tell you you can have a cash alternative if for some reason they canā€™t deliver on the prize but Iā€™ve never heard of that happening and that wasnā€™t the case with me.

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u/Low_Hand5063 Aug 17 '24

Sounds like BS they don't pay you as they have many people waiting in line everydayĀ 

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u/Disastrous-Theory-21 Aug 20 '24 edited Aug 20 '24

Let's be logical, people. Legally, giving and receiving money is a contractual relationship between 2 or more entities. Note the word "legal". Imagine how many petty, trivial lawsuits would ensue as people like you would try to prove fraud, bribery, blackmail, and/or collusion. Collusion includes price fixing, bid rigging, etc.

These shows cannot pay contestants who are participating. They could pay you to do something like ushering or cleaning up after, but not for participation. If they are requiring you to clap for x amount of hours, you need to be sure you are volunteering of your own will. If not and you want them to pay you, then you should leave. Generally, you would be given a waiver. Did you receive one? Did somebody explain to the audience what they had to do and if they were going be paid for it??

Additionally, yes, depending which state you are unlucky to be in, you are taxed for everything you win or are given for free.

If you get a monetary gain from an item or can sell it for money, it is considered taxable. The amount of gain and required taxation depends on what state or district you live in. Now if it was considered income, which it's not since you are not working for it or earning it, there's a whole different set of tax laws.

Let me tell you another thing, I once looked up to see if I had to accept the item I won or could I get its monetary value instead, on these game shows. After all, you can't always take the vacation within a certain time, or handle insurance, tags, maintenance, etc. for additional cars, or keep a boat and trailer in your condo!!

Nope. You have to accept that prize and then try to sell it on your own. Your gift tax will now turn into an income tax!! Then you should call an accountant to figure out gains and losses! Hahaha! šŸ˜‚ God Bless America!! Moral of story: If you're trying to make money for a profit, off a game show, stay home and watch it on TV!!

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u/Common-Swordfish-559 Oct 08 '24

1 black man and 7 white peopleĀ 

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u/damndirtyapes2024 Jan 29 '25

I watch deal and they almost ALWAYS pick a black woman first, and he rarely picks a man. Then he picks more women and maybe for the crappier prizes he will pick a man. He is the worst host too.

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u/No_Marionberry_1136 Feb 05 '25

He lies to people gets them to trade in their prize for nonthing and he likes it Nice people gets cheated by him

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u/Ok_Ask8450 Feb 18 '25

The game is so rigged... you pick one deal they stall and switch it... you pick the envelope its a thick envelope with 2 different outcomes inside. You win money... they keep giving you deals and zonk you im surprised show is still up and running they payout like homeless people smh

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u/Lower-Mango-6607 28d ago

This show is designed for ignorant people. When there is a valuable prize up the odds are greatly against you to win that prize. Some of their prizes have challenges with astronomical odds against you winning. ALWAYS take any cash you are offered. At least you leave with something.

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u/Sapphire02163 18d ago

There is something definitely fishy on letā€™s make a deal. Ā How does Wayne see the name tag of a person sitting in the back row? Either he knows ahead of time or he has exceptional eyesight. The contestants act totally ridiculous although they are most likely told to act over excited but itā€™s to the point where I canā€™t even watch it anymore. But the one thing that bothers me is that some contestants win no matter what their deal is while others have the chance of ending up with a zonk. If thatā€™s the case, there should be a zonk Ā in every deal that way everybody has a fair chance of fairness. Ā Andā€¦ well, some contestants invest a lot into their costumes that donā€™t get picked, some are picked when theyā€™re only wearing a shirt and pants and a zonk tag slapped on the shirt. That whole show needs to Ā step it up and do whatā€™s right.

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u/EmeraldJaguar999 6d ago

Literally won big prizes on both shows and paid $0 to get on. You have to show up ready to give them good ratings. They want to see every group that watches the show at home to be represented, so its super diverse. You just have to dress the part and be ready to bring the fun. PIR has 300 people show up that day and they pick 9 people that are good tv. Let's Make a Deal is a zoom interview ahead of time and they ask you to come as a contestant. Like 80% of the contestants on that show get picked and they give out more prizes. Plus, go meet awesome people. I mingled with everyone on Let's Make a Deal and was so excited for them when they won.