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	Press Your Luck - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Press Your Luck was a popular American television game show during the 1980s where contestants collected "spins" by answering trivia questions, and then used the "spins" on a 18-space gameboard full of cash and prizes.
		Press Your Luck ran from September 19, 1983, to September 26th, 1986, on CBS.
		The Press Your Luck board's patterns were significantly reworked after this incident, increasing from the original 5 patterns to 32, and such a run was never repeated on the show.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Press_Your_Luck (4351 words)

	Whammy! The All-New Press Your Luck - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Gameplay remains largely the same, and the Whammy takes away the winnings of any contestant who lands on it.
		In addition, if a player hits a Whammy in the first round, he/she not only loses the money but is also out of the round, but not out of the game.
		Instead of the cartoon drawings on the previous version, the Whammies are rendered in 3-D effects.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Whammy!_The_All-New_Press_Your_Luck (723 words)

	Press Your Luck - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Press Your Luck was an American television game show where contestants collected "spins" by answering trivia questions, and then used the "spins" on a 18-space gameboard loaded with cash and prizes.
		Press Your Luck ran from September 19, 1983, to September 26, 1986, on CBS.
		The Press Your Luck board's patterns were significantly reworked after this incident, increasing from the original 6 patterns to 32, and such a run was never repeated on the show.
	psychcentral.com /psypsych/Press_Your_Luck (3301 words)

	Press your luck (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Press his luck was a game of the strategy and the ability.
		- its luck presses was based on the "second occasion" a demonstration very to similiar that it ventilated in the ABC in 1976.
		Added press network of the demonstration of the game the "its luck" to her is hour newspaper and of the weekend of September the 1 of 2001.
	luck.sexclon.com /press-your-luck.htm (918 words)

	Press Your Luck (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Press Your Luck was the definitive game show of the 80s, pity it only lasted 3 years.
		The Whammy, with all due respect to Peter, made the show the great classic it is. The temptation and greed of all the stuff on the big board makes players often gamble in situations where they wouldn't.
		Press Your Luck eventually jumped at the end of its 3 year run on CBS in the summer of 1986.
	www.jumptheshark.com /p/pressyourluck.htm (6921 words)

	Press Your Luck
		Whammies were dispensed with horrible honking noises, screeches, and car-crash sounds.
		The one and only Whammy he'd received earlier was due to his inexperience with the tactile sensation and reaction time associated with one's plunger triggering the Big Board.
		He would literally have to Press His Luck like a regular contestant, plunging the Big Board onto a non-winning square, a non free-spinning square, and one possibly yielding a Whammy capable of draining him of every penny.
	www.rotten.com /library/conspiracy/press-your-luck (1726 words)

	PRESS YOUR LUCK Points of Interest
		When Press Your Luck came to the USA network in reruns, it lasted for 8 glorious years of memories.
		Whammies are seated around the table, where the boss Whammy is standing at the head of the table talking on the phone.)
		Press Your Luck is now a video slot machine created by the folks at Shufflemaster.
	sonicwhammy.20fr.com /gameshow/pyl/moments.html (1599 words)

	Whammy!'s Journal
		Also on March 16th at 9 they are going to run the infamous original Press Your Luck episode where the guy figured out the board and cheated to win a ridiculus amount of money.
		Have been a huge fan of Press Your Luck since I was a little kid and saw it on the USA Network.
		I loved Press Your Luck and was thrilled when I saw Whammy on GSN.
	community.livejournal.com /avoidthewhammy (826 words)

	Press Your Luck @ streetcarmike.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The format of "Second Chance" was revised six years later into a more entertaining and high stakes game called "Press Your Luck," which was hosted by Peter Tomarken (who resembled Peck), late of "Hit Man." Rod Roddy, from "Whew!" and "Hit Man," was announcer (during his vacation in September 1984, John Harlan substituted).
		A Whammy (with a foghorn sound effect upon stopping and boing effect when the podium card popped up) meant the player lost his or her accumulated total.
		Whammy became topical for Christmas, New Year, Halloween, the 1984 Summer Olympics, etc. And he got a dog named Fang and a girlfriend named Tammy Whammette.
	www.streetcarmike.com /pressyourluck.html (834 words)

	TNL Forum - 'Press Your Luck' scandal
		Larson, who had watched "Press Your Luck" since it premiered on September 19, 1983, tried out to become a contestant in the spring of 1984 after fervent study of the show’s game board.
		The "Press Your Luck" game board was comprised of flashing TV screens which featured money in dollar amounts, prizes and the cartoon character "Whammy." Contestants stopped the flashing sequence and "landed" on a screen by pressing a control button on his or her podium.
		Prior to Larson’s experience, "Press Your Luck" never had to resume a show that wasn’t completed in the allotted 22 minute time frame.
	www.the-nextlevel.com /board/showthread.php?t=33928 (911 words)

	Whammy! The All New Press Your Luck
		Press Your Luck was brought back in April 2002, under the title "Whammy!
		The third round is identical to the traditional Press Your Luck round on the original version.
		If a Whammy/Double Whammy is hit, those spins are converted to earned spins and may be passed.
	www.gameshow-galaxy.net /whammy.htm (819 words)

	"Press Your Luck" Host Killed in Plane Crash - Mar 13, 2006 - E! Online News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Mar 13, 2006, 8:00 PM PT The brotherhood of game-show hosts lost a key personality Monday when Peter Tomarken, ringmaster of the 1980s hit Press Your Luck, was killed along with his wife and two others when a plane he was piloting went down off the coast of Los Angeles Monday.
		Tomarken, 63, and his wife, Kathleen, 41, had volunteered their services for a medical flight that was picking up a patient in San Diego for transfer to UCLA Medical Center.
		When all of the show's luck had been pressed, Tomarken went on to host the short-lived Bargain Hunters for ABC, a not so popular spinoff of The Price Is Right.
	www.eonline.com /News/Items/0,1,18559,00.html (680 words)

	'Press Your Luck' Host Dies in Plane Crash - Craft went down in Pacific Monday morning - Zap2it
		LOS ANGELES -- Peter Tomarken, the host of the 1980s game show "Press Your Luck," died Monday morning when a small plane carrying him and two other passengers crashed in the Pacific Ocean.
		Tomarken hosted "Press Your Luck," which was a daytime hit on CBS from 1983-86.
		The show is notable for its animated "Whammy" characters that took contestants' money when they landed on them, and for a 1984 scandal in which a player named Paul Michael Larson discovered a pattern in the show's game board and used it to win more than $100,000.
	www.zap2it.com /tv/news/zap-pressyourluckhostdies,0,44122.story?coll=zap-tv-headlines (326 words)

	Press Your Luck
		Press Your Luck was a game of strategy and skill.
		If they hit a Whammy they were converted to "Earned" spins and could be passed.
		-Press Your Luck was based on "Second Chance" a very similiar show that aired on ABC in 1976.
	www.gameshow-galaxy.net /luck.htm (753 words)

	Whammy and Press Your Luck - TWoP Forums (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		I saw Press Your Luck this morning for the first time in a loooooong time, and I forgot how cute Peter Tomarken is. According to TV Tome, he's now a real estate agent in Beverly Hills.
		My mom watches Press Your Luck on the weekends and screams such niceties like "Pass, idiot!" and "Weather, stupid!" at the TV.
		I saw a show recently that talked about the Press Your Luck contestant who memorized the patterns of the board so he won a huge amount of money.
	forums.televisionwithoutpity.com /index.php?showtopic=3113515 (984 words)

	Urban Legends Reference Pages: Television (Press Your Luck) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		He did so by memorizing the sequences by which the various prize squares lit up on the game board, allowing him to time his button presses to coincide with the lights' stopping on the most advantageous squares.
		When the effort became too fatiguing, he passed his remaining spins to another contestant rather than risk losing his accumulated winnings to a mistimed press of the plunger.
		Game show officials were quick to figure out something wasn't quite kosher when Larson sped from one high cash square to another with nary a whammy coming into sight, yet they were helpless to end Larson's streak because he wasn't doing anything illegal.
	www.snopes.com /radiotv/tv/whammy.htm (445 words)

	"Press Your Luck" (1983) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The reason "Luck" was in the title was because also on the boards are "Whammies" that act like the bankrupts of Wheel Of Fortune.
		There was also a cute animation of the Whammy berating the contestant.
		Also, if you no longer wanted to press your luck, you could pass the spins to someone else and they had to take them and risk hitting the Whammy.
	imdb.com /title/tt0136655 (564 words)

	Review: Press Your Luck
		Passed spins were forced, unless a whammy was hit, in which case they became earned spins.
		Aside from the whammies themselves, one thing people remember about this show was Michael Larsen's big run.
		The board was made of 54 slide projectors, each containing slides for prizes, dollar values and the whammy.
	www.geocities.com /jay_anton/rulesreviews/pyl.html (875 words)

	NET PRESS YOUR LUCK (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Net Press Your Luck plays just like the real game show of the same name, and unlike the show, as many people can play one game as possible.
		All cash, prizes and Whammies are located in their original positions in the board, with each box containing 3 things.
		Winners of the tournament will be honored in the Net Press Your Luck Hall of Fame.
	sonicwhammy.20fr.com /gameshow/netpyl (1068 words)

	Which is better, WHAMMY! or Press Your Luck? - Page 2 - GSN Buzz (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		That said, Press Your Luck as a whole wins out because of the great spin wars, Michael Larson, and players riding the storm out, not to mention more Whammy animations than the newest version.
		I think Whammy did a great job at trying and I still like watching it during the weekend, but overall it didn't come close to PYL.
		Press your luck was the best there is was and ever will be Whammy!
	www.gsn.com /buzz/showthread.php?p=1008796 (682 words)

	Press Your Luck :: Hunk du Jour (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		While the game remains basically the same, there are some new changes to both the look and feel of the show as well as a few changes in game play.
		I got a chance to see some screen captures from the pilot of the show and was able to see some of the set, the whammies, and yes...
		While "Pick a Corner" won't be possible, most of your favorite spaces will still be on the board (though probably not the flokati rug).
	www.hunkdujour.com /gameshows/PressYourLuck.asp (467 words)

	Press Your Luck TV Show - Press Your Luck Television Show - TV.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Press Your Luck originally aired on September 19, 1983 and ended on September 26, 1986.
		Press Your Luck is a game show where 3 players answer trivia questions to earn spins on the big board.
		After the questions, the players take their spins to the big board which is loaded with cash and prizes, but also some whammies.
	www.tv.com /press-your-luck/show/5447/summary.html (317 words)

	The Daily Dump: Top Five Game Shows From My Youth: #2 “Press Your Luck”
		Tomarken never tried to upstage the Whammy – he knew that the Whammy was his meal ticket and that it didn’t matter if three-quarters of the audience couldn’t pronounce his name.
		And the real genius behind the Whammy was that, while the Whammy would take away all your money and do it in a showboating, boastful manner, the Whammy would then incur some sort of karmic retribution where they would invariably end up pounded, splashed, wiped out or blown up.
		on the game show network they show old press your luck shows, i enjoying seeing the "big" prizes that everyone ooh's and aah's over...a new gas grill...a trip to sanfrancisco valued at $425.00, must have been by greyhound.
	thedailydump.blogspot.com /2006/03/top-five-game-shows-from-my-youth-2.html (1984 words)

	Whammy! The All New Press Your Luck
		Pamela: 1269, pressing, Surfboard in 18 - 480
		(ping pong whammy) (0 - 1), 1100 in 2 (1100).
		Benjamin: 1739, pressing, His/Her Rollerblades in 18 - 320
	www.schmarder.com /will/whammy/episode15.html (2756 words)

	Stop at a Whammy! {BUZZZZZ!!!!!!!!}
		Press Your Luck was one of the most original, unique, crazy game shows that was ever produced.
		And the funny thing is, that Press Your Luck was never intended to be so interestingly cool like that.
		Press Your Luck is currently not on in reruns, anywhere!
	www.fortunecity.com /lavendar/westbridge/448/pylpages.htm (374 words)

	Press Your Luck for Mac OS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		A Whammy resets the player’s score to zero, but the player may continue if any earned spins are left.
		When the board is stopped on a Whammy, an animation plays across the bottom of the screen and a Whammy card appears in front of the player.
		Voice recordings of Peter Tomarken should be brief and generic (e.g., “Press your luck or pass?”).
	wat.midco.net /jvipond/gameshow/PYL-Mac.html (979 words)

	SuperShow 8000: Whammy! The All-New Press Your Luck
		The All-New Press Your Luck" section of SuperShow 8000.
		Well, a second season of Whammy is finally upon us, after a long hiatus of new episodes.
		The All-New Press Your Luck on Game Show Network, every night at 8pm, with an encore presentation at 3am.
	www.xanfan.com /whammy (318 words)

	SuperShow 8000: Press Your Luck's Greedy Whammies! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		For "Press Your Luck", that was the adorable Whammy.
		The Whammy was created by Steve Holland, and his creation of the little Devil that came on stage and made fun of the contestant for being greedy was a one of a kind creation indeed.
		Over the years, a wide array of animations were created, some simple, and some more complex.
	www.xanfan.com /pressyourluck/whammies.htm (87 words)

	Press Your Luck T-Shirt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Press Your Luck T-Shirt - Press Your Luck t-shirt in our 80s and retro tee shirt section - This is an officially licensed tee shirt from the classic tv game show, Press Your Luck.
		This Press Your Luck tee shirt makes a great gift for any long time fan of the show.
		If you have questions on our Press Your Luck Whammy t-shirt or any of our products, please email us with the product name and number.
	www.teesnthings.com /browseproducts/Press-Your-Luck-T-Shirt.html (259 words)

	Press Your Luck (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		"Press Your Luck" is considered to be a cult classic.
		"Whammy." Those spins that were passed HAD to be taken, unless the player hit a "Whammy."
		Four whammies, incidentally, knocked a player out of the game.
	members.aol.com /tdelegge1/myhomepage/pressyourluck.html (1355 words)

	Whammy T-Shirt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Press Your Luck Wammy t-shirt product number is TSCGS508.
		Press Your Luck Wammy T-Shirt - Press Your Luck t-shirt in our 80s and retro tee shirt section - This is an officially licensed product from the classic tv game show.
		If you have questions on our Press Your Luck Wammy t-shirt or any of our products, please email us with the product name and number.
	www.teesnthings.com /browseproducts/Whammy-T-Shirt.html (250 words)

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