Long math equation short: De Lucia forked over in the neighborhood of $9000 in federal, state, and sales tax for a car worth roughly $20,000. Because game show loot is considered income, De Lucia also had to pay federal tax, which fluctuates anywhere from 10 to 39.6 percent, depending on your income bracket California also took their 8 percent cut for income tax (which also varies). All winners on the show are expected to pay the tax amount owed prior to taking possession of their prize. (The show’s paperwork, De Lucia says, stipulates they have 90 days to make arrangements, with the winner given 10 days to collect the vehicle once they’ve been notified it’s available.)īefore she could drive the Chevy off the lot, she paid the dealership $2067 in sales tax. In addition to committing to paying sales tax on the car, De Lucia agreed that if she disclosed the results of the show prior to airtime, she would forfeit any prizes owed.Īs with most non-motorized prizes, the camcorders were shipped directly to De Lucia's home from the vendor the car was picked up from a local dealership a few weeks after taping, though contestants from out of state typically need to wait while producers contact a dealer close to them. “There’s a little winners’ room where we sign all our paperwork,” she says. “But I was still excited to win a car because that seems like such a Price is Right thing that I'd dreamed of since I was a little girl.”Īfter making it on stage by coming closest to guessing the retail price of a set of four DXG camcorders (valued at $1260), De Lucia played the Money Game and nailed the correct cost of the Chevy: $19,652.Īfter commenting on the win (“Aieeee! Ahhhh!” “Oh, My Gah-weeee!”), De Lucia was hustled backstage. “I viewed as a great way to make money,” she tells mental_floss. Since The Price is Right did not respond to multiple requests for comment, we reached out to Aurora De Lucia, a Los Angeles native who appeared on a March 2013 episode and wound up scoring a 2013 Chevy Cruze LS. (Earlier versions aired from 1956 to 1965.) Winners of individual games and the climactic Showcase Showdown can take home everything from camping tents to vacation packages to a $120,000 Aston Martin car.Ĭollecting those prizes, however, is another story. But sure.If you’ve ever waded deep into the waters of daytime television, you’ve probably seen some very excitable contestants win some very expensive prizes on The Price is Right, the popular CBS game show that’s been airing nonstop since 1972. “The Price is Right” Twitter account posted a photo of Carey, a Cleveland native, and Wootton, lightheartedly suggesting the Pittsburgh-Cleveland rivalry was ended with the photo.īoth Carey and Wootton commented on the photo, as well.
Wootton and Carey became Twitter friends and chat about the Cleveland-Pittsburgh rivalry, Mallory said.
Had a blast filming a segment with on /meJS9SgEeP Mallory Mason, CBS entertainment communications director, confirmed that Wootton will be doing a special “The Price is Right” episode of “Pittsburgh Dad.” Wootton, however, did not go on stage to compete on the CBS game show and was a guest in the audience, according to Mason.Ĭhris Preksta, director of “Pittsburgh Dad,” tweeted a photo from “The Price is Right” set teasing the “Pittsburgh Dad” segment with Carey. How about that for a collaboration?īecause something from Curt Wootton’s camp and “The Price is Right” host is coming.