Press Your Luck - Home Player Spin

Home Player Spin

During Press Your Luck's three-year run, the show had "Home Player Spins" for three months during sweeps periods, in May 14–June 8, 1984, January 21–February 15, 1985 and October 21–November 22, 1985. The spin number of the Home Player Spin was revealed before the final money round began (i.e., if the number was "5", then the fifth spin into the round would be the Home Player Spin). The contestant who was about to spin the board played the Home Player Spin and read the name of the home player who would play along; names and addresses were on postcards situated in front of the contestants. The at-home player would receive whatever the contestant landed on, be it money or prize. However, if the contestant hit a money-and-a-spin space, the home player received the money and the contestant received the money and the spin. If the contestant hit a Whammy, the home player received a $500 consolation prize. The home players associated with the contestants who did not take the Home Player Spin received a Whammy t-shirt.

At the close of the October–November 1985 contest, that episode's in-studio winner drew a card from a bowl containing the names of each of the 75 at-home participants featured over the five-week period. After drawing the name, the contestant took one spin on a modified board that showed only cash values and directional squares (no whammies, prizes, or squares that offered additional spins), with the value landed on multiplied by the total number of spins earned by the three contestants in the second question round. The contestant whose name was drawn received this bonus cash amount. 18 spins were earned in the second round and $2,000 was hit resulting in a $36,000 win.