Price Check
Prize value is not trivia. In the US it is the number that decides whether winning creates paperwork: at $600 or more, the brand running the giveaway generally reports the value to the IRS on a 1099-MISC, and a physical prize is taxed on its fair market value even though no cash arrived to pay the bill with. So the useful habit is being able to look at a prize and know roughly which side of $600 it sits on. That is the whole game. Eight prizes, one guess each, and the real figure after every round.
This game awards no prizes, no points and no entries. It is for entertainment only.
The retail figures are approximate US values used to set expectations about the $600 line. They are not live prices, they are not quotes, and they do not track what any retailer is charging today.
How to play
- A prize appears with its category. Set your guess and lock it in.
- On a phone: drag the slider with your thumb, or type a figure into the box.
- On a keyboard: the arrow keys move the slider, and Enter locks in and moves on.
- Within 10 percent scores 100, within 25 percent scores 60, within 50 percent scores 25.
- Eight rounds per run, drawn at random with no repeats. Your best run is kept on your own device.
- Every reveal says whether that prize crosses the $600 reporting line, and why that matters.
The part that is not a game
Winning something expensive can cost you money, because tax is owed on value rather than on cash received. A $2,000 prize can mean a real bill in a year you did not plan for one, which is why some winners decline. What that involves, and when refusing a prize is the sensible move, is set out in taxes on giveaway winnings. This page is general information, not tax advice.
Where the actual prizes are
Nothing here is a giveaway. The most impersonated prize on the internet gets its own reality check on the win an iPhone page, and the free-to-enter cash promotions are listed under $500 cash giveaways.