

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the contestant is instructed to place the smallest bag on the left side of the scale to put it out of balance.Balance Game has been played for a car 29 times, most recently on (#9835K).The game has received 110 wins, most recently on (#9843K).On Octo(#8045K), during Dream Car Week, Balance Game was played for a Kia Forte LX worth $19,718, but was lost.On (7944K, aired out of order on May 16), during Dream Car Week, Balance Game was played for a Chevrolet Malibu 1LT worth $26,735, but was lost.On Aug(#7202K, aired out of order on August 10), the Summer Beach Party special, the game was decorated with Yodely Guy wearing surfing gear and riding on a surfboard.However, he has confirmed there is a real silver Drew Dollar coin to insert into the Vend-O-Price machine to reveal its contents. Drew has revived the custom of giving away a Drew Dollar as a souvenir, but that is fake money and cannot be used to purchase anything. The Barker Silver Dollars were the same ones used in the original Balance Game and the first contestant who won the new Balance Game was given one of the coins as a souvenir subsequent contestants were not offered a dollar. While the staff has confirmed that the bags actually contain no coins, both Bob and Drew show one real coin to the contestant at the beginning of the game. Since his retirement, the coins have been replaced with "Drew Dollars," which are pieces of wood covered with paper to make them look like coins. When the game was introduced on Febru(#3521K), the bags were purportedly filled with "Barker Silver Dollars," bearing the face of former Price Is Right host Bob Barker.The vane readout originally had four digits.The game received its first win on the second playing on Febru(#3533K).If the scale doesn't balance, he/she loses the game. A bag representing the amount of the prize's price, marked only with the name of the prize, is then placed on the right side of the scale if the scale balances, the contestant wins the prize.The contestant must select two of the three thousand-dollar bags to place alongside the three-digit bag, forming their bid on the prize (for example, placing the $1,000 and $6,000 bags with a $188 bag would make the contestant's bid $7,188). The other three bags have different multiples of $1,000 on them. One bag has the last two or three digits of the prize's price on it, which is immediately placed on the left side of the scale. The contestant is then shown four bags, each representing a different money amount. The contestant is shown a prize and a large balance scale.
