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4 unusual facts about Press Your Luck


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Michael Larson, notable for his record-breaking winnings on the American game show Press Your Luck

Karen Martin

:Not to be confused with another woman named Karen Martin who was a notable contestant on the game show Press Your Luck, For her, See Press Your Luck (Section: Notable Contestants).

Ludia

The company works with the owners of game show properties such as FremantleMedia, Sony, CBS, BBC Worldwide, Mark Burnett Productions and Disney to create video games based on game shows such as The Price Is Right, Family Feud/Family Fortunes, Press Your Luck, Pyramid, Hollywood Squares, Hole In The Wall, Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?, The Weakest Link and Who Wants To Be A Millionaire.

Memphis Showboats

A player from the Memphis Showboats appeared as a contestant on Press Your Luck in 1985.


Bill Carruthers

He also produced and directed game shows including Give-n-Take, The Neighbors, Second Chance (all with Warner Bros. Television), Lee Trevino's Golf for Swingers (with McCann Erickson) and the 1975 version of You Don't Say! (with Ralph Andrews Productions and Warner Bros. Television), before hitting it big with the CBS game show, Press Your Luck, which ran from 1983-86.

Jim Peck

In March 1977 Peck began to helm the Bill Carruthers-produced Second Chance, a precursor to Carruthers' Press Your Luck which premiered in 1983 and ran for three seasons.


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