Going to go out on a wild guess and say that Press your luck has to have the best "Winning Theme" in gameshow history.

You are still missed Peter. :(

When you celebrate, Peter celebrates with you!

The music choice with this show was amazing with the celebrations. So much childhood.

With as crazy as some reactions were, I'm surprised that more of them didn't run up to Peter and hug him. For some reason I like those particular clips.

Male contestants: *react to their win* Female contestants: *scream and squeal for a million times*

I love how you can tell how much Peter Tomarken loved his job and how much joy he got when someone won. Always had a big grinning face, especially at moments like these. He was a great man. Too bad he's gone.

Happy 25th Anniversary, Press Your Luck!! Peter Tomarken and Rod Roddy, We love ya and We miss ya!! RIP

Happy 30th Anniversary, Press Your Luck!! Peter Tomarken and Rod Roddy, We Love and Miss Ya Both!! RIP

I think 💭 the lady with the number one ☝️ winning moment not only took down a USC Trojan, with a whammy spin, but ended up being Westwood's BFF and darling of the UCLA Bruins although she attended Columbia University in NYC at the time.

Brenda (#6) had some Church in her. She caught the holy ghost when she won LOL!

number 7 bertie is my favorite. i can tell she wanted to win so bad. i would have done the same thing. peter tomarken will be truly missed. he was my favorite game show host.

10. Patrick 9. Alpha 8. Pam 7. Bertie 6. Brenda 5. Beverly 4. Mona 3. Gene 2. Lela 1. Ruth

#10 was very funny. "OH MY GOD I WON!!! I don't believe it!". Who chooses the vacation when they're behind by $8,000? lol

Gene Snyder! One of the best!

7:33 - Gene Snyder became part of the PYL intros.

Great list, can't argue with Ruth's celebration win at #1. But I do think that Jimmie Lawson's win celebration from episode #425 should have been on this list too.

I'd have probably been a cross between Patrick and Gene. This was so awesome to watch! I can imagine the day Rita won, Peter was having a pretty good day.

This show should get a reboot

This is SO American.

Personal fun fact: Both Peter and I lived our childhood years in the same town (Olean, NY), but at different times

Sometimes it's just the joy of winning... $2000 may be all she needs to succeed!

0:27 if she chose $1000 and a spin, She would stayed alive

Happy Birthday Peter!!!!🎉🎉🎉😍😊❤️

Michael Larsons reaction should have been up there, winning $110,237 should be a great reaction.

ruth's reaction was the best and the funniest.

Gene and Beverly had the best expressions. Lucky Peter gets hugged twice, never seen those before.

This was best childhood game show

The one that had me in stitches the most was Patrick.

The best part of Press Your Luck is when the Winner theme is played. :D

stop at 5:44 LOL

This must've been before mid 1985, since Ken, Annemarie, Nina Jo and Joe (from the triple 0 episode in 1986)should've been on there

Here's some I would include as honorable mentions: Nina Jo's $3 win,. the $10 win by Ruth, Lori's $24K win (the one where Cathy lost $31K in the spin battle) Steve Bryant with "Big Bucks....No Whammmmmmmmmieeeees!" Maari's $11K win (which aired yesterday on GSN) Just a few off the top of my head

I love how their competition is always happy to hug them or whatever and you know they're feeling disappointed big time but then it was the 1980's before people hated their fellow man.

For #3... So, that's what happened to Captain Hook once he went on a game show back in the 70s and 80s... Man, he hit hard times

The wild music and the winners’ reactions makes for unbridled excitement.

I'm tellin' ya...you should show me just WATCHING these pieces on KZfaq! I get so dang excited, I BECOME the winners on PYL!!! There has got to be no game show more intense than THIS! I always have to take a shower after each time I watch these Top Ten Victories on PYL, because I end up drowning in my own adrenaline. I said it before, but I can fantasize myself as a winning contestant on Press Your Luck, winning a total of $35,729 in ONE show, aired in April or May, 1984 the way I was then. Thus, this would be BEFORE the beloved Michael Larsson!!!

Just play Gene 10 times and I'll be happy.

Thanks. I just found it like yesterday and thought to myself, "Why wasn't that one of the ten reactions"? He nearly jumped back in seat. That's episode 425.

I don't ever think I saw anybody hug a gameshow host like that. LOL!

I was about to ask you where that college student was but then I saw her. Nice list! I don't recall #2, glad I saw it!... I think you got this list right on the nose!

0:27, the moment she lost it for herself, even Peter Tomarken was like WTF?

3:28 I'm not crying, YOU'RE CRYING! :.-)

#5 is the best lol. That poor woman couldn’t handle it and went cross eyed.

Peter always had a good sense of humor about everything. He wasn't like the crotchety other hosts of his time in the 70s and 80s and he definitely wasn't the disingenuous jerk like hosts of shows today. He was PERFECT.

Love how #2 broke sumthing in her celebration too

6:21 somebody should have told Vicky that the whammy does not take kindly to idle threats or wuf tickets.

I would also give honorable mention to Coleen's win over Cindy and Joe. Love that reaction.

I found it funny that 2 of the ladies rushed out & hugged Peter tightly

And if you thought Beverlie's anticipation at 5:18 was crazy enough, just wait until seven seconds later... :)

They're so happy :)

My god Patrick(winner 1) got the game handed to him through shear stupidity -.-

Greatest game show ever. Always went down to the last spin!

There are couple of other ones that could have made this list. Contestant Karen, Gene Snyder day 2, Michael: ("Be good to me, Be good')

Number 3 was my favorite! HAHAHAHA XD

The photo used for the video is priceless

Can't really remember the episode, just vaguely remember this happened, But wasn't there a show where a guy hit a car on his last spin and completed an epic comeback? That should have been on this compliation!

I remember one time they had two people with no money and no spins and the third was on his last spin. The host said "If you get money you win but if you hit a whammy we'll have to come back next week" and as if the whammy was playing a sick prank it happened. He got a whammy and they had to have all three come back XD

Berties was my favorite.. first thing she does is say “I’m sorry” to the runner up. I’d have responded the exact same way.

i knew you'd put Gene on here, you can't have a top 10 without him

Gene was awesome!!

I think the first guy was drugged, stoned, and high AF.

#3 was my all tie favorite!

When Gene(#3) won his game,he let you know it!

Didn't I see Alpha (from #9) on Blockbusters once?

#3 lmao Playing like he owed a casino like a $15,000 marker hahaha.

Lela was on Card Sharks with Jim Perry in 1979

I've seen contestants go crazier than this.

You should've added an extra, not for the winner's reaction but for the audience reaction. That one where Robert hit a whammy with $30,000+ in his bank and Peter practically fainting on stage.

OMG I made #4!!! Thank you!

Beverly is fucking insane.

Man, I miss PRESS YOUR LUCK (my favorite game show EVER) and I miss Peter Tomarken (one of the saddest deaths in the game show world, R.I.P.)!

with moments like these you wonder why such a great game show was discontinued...

Alpha was on Blockbusters with her daughter in the early 80s. I think they won a couple of a games there. Gene was on the Bill Rafferty version of Card Sharks in 1986, but only won $100 and lost his match. He was more subdued on that show, saying that he had a spouse and a young child, presumably in the two years since his PYL appearance. Lela was on High Rollers with WInk Martindale in 1987, I forget how much she won there.

Karen ("Pool table for Dan!") should have been on here.

4:06 LMFAO

@edelric86 the show she was on was taped in December 1982, broadcast on 2/2/83. She was the last contestant called, but still got up on stage. She played Grocery Game and won, and also got to the Showcase but unfortunately overbid. Bob had a lot of fun interacting with her.

Because she can now afford half a semester with her winnings.

Coleen from Coleen/Cindy/Joe should've been on here

That would make the ten great losing reactions list. Celebra- NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

For those that are saying that the first clip was her being dumb, perhaps, but remember in some games there existed prizes that were more than the top money amount on the board. I think Peter explained when this was the case and that this could be beneficial to the contestant to try to land on that prize (I think it was usually when they had a car prize on the board when this occurred). Of course, Peter explained the situation she was in at that point, but contestants who remembered that possibility could still be thinking that such a prize existed (hell, contestants were STILL trying to figure out the light pattern sequences like Michael Larson did after they added a ton after he broke the game). It's not out of the realm of possibility that she didn't hear that part or thought that a prize like that existed. Or she just really wanted to go to Tokyo and forgot the situation she was in.

glenda's was priceless! all that over $2200+

More shocking to me is why Peter didn't question her about that in the post game interview. Or maybe he did and they decided to cut it.

I feel bad for the girl in the 10th clip, she was so excited about the trip to Tokyo that she didn’t realize she needed an additional spin to stay in the game.

That contestant should have picked the $1000 and a Spin on her last spin rather than the trip. Peter tells people that they have to get something with an additional spin to stay in the game when they are more than $5K-$6K behind the leader(they had a car and a couple other prizes worth over $6K on the board from time to time).

10 is gold

Number 3 is exactly what I'd do.

I wonder if we should include Marsha from episodes 55 and 56 in this?

@jhecht424 Has there ever been a way to watch that online?

6:03-7:14 #4 Thou Shalt Not Taunt Nor Threaten Thy Whammy, For Thy Consequences Shalt Be Thy Divine Devestation.

5:45 this image might be useful to generate memes

RIP Peter Tomarken. Such a great guy and humble human being. All I know is if I were him I would've embarrassed the crap out of her. She deserved it. I mean, seriously? Seriously?

Micheal Larson! $110,237

you forgot one-damon.

I felt bad when Greg whammied out in his episode with Mona and Vicki.

@edelric86 she was also on TPIR a couple of years earlier. She wasn't as hyper as on PYL, but was still quite lively

0:33 Cue the schizophrenia 😳

I was hoping colleen from a few episodes before lela would make one of these.

I'm kind of surprised that Mari didn't make the cut.

Yes indeed! Either GSN needs to reclaim the rights to air PRESS YOUR LUCK again (they are showing WHAMMY! THE ALL-NEW PRESS YOUR LUCK weekdays at 3pm), or Antenna TV or MeTV needs to get them!