*  ''DealOrNoDeal'': Oh, does it '''ever''' in some countries, and especially prevalent if they take a commercial break while doing so. Often, they'll inflate the hypothetical offers by 10%, which means that's not what truly would have happened had the contestant played on.
**  Other versions avert this Trope by occasionally inviting a player to forfeit their deal and open their case/box anyway, if the two numbers left on the board are on opposite ends of the spectrum. It's most commonly done in the UK, where it's called a "Banker's Gamble".
*  ''[[{{Gambit}} Catch 21]]'': If a contestant quits before busting out. 
*  ''LetsMakeADeal'': Quite often. Half the point of the show, really.
*  ''{{Pyramid}}'' (Dick Clark's versions): Dick would come out and try to give clues; quite often, he gave ''the perfect clue'' due to having plenty of time to think about it and hindsight regarding what clues ''didn't'' work, leaving the actual celebrity dumbfounded (and, in the case of Vicki Lawrence, visibly pissed). Occasionally, though, even '''he''' whiffed.
**  Averted hard on the Donny Osmond version; 99% of the time, he would just run onstage and scream "OH! OH! OH! OH!" before the audience yelled out whatever the missed box was.
*  ''TheJokersWild'': If a contestant stopped during the bonus game.
*  ''ThePriceIsRight'': Usually happens following a bailout in Punch-A-Bunch, Pass The Buck, Temptation, It's In The Bag, Step Up, and Spelling Bee.
*  ''Series/RussianRoulette'': When a player won $10,000 in the bonus round, but decided not to go for the $100,000. They would pull the handle, step off the Drop Zone, and after finding out what would have happened walks off with Mark down the corridor as the credits roll.
*  ''[[TreasureHuntUS (The New) Treasure Hunt]]'' (Geoff Edwards' versions): You quit with the money? Okay, then, but we'll still do the skit!
*  Since the early 2000s, ''WheelOfFortune'' has had two Mystery Wedges. These can be taken for their cash value of $1,000 (originally $500) per letter, or flipped over. One has a [[{{Whammy}} Bankrupt]] on the other side, while the other has a $10,000 cash prize (originally a compact car). If a contestant opts not to flip over a Mystery Wedge and solves immediately afterward, Pat will often ask the contestant if he or she wants to see what was on the other side. When the wedges were first introduced, he would often flip over the other one if one had already been flipped. 
**  ...Until the show began adopting the ShowTheFolksAtHome tactic of revealing the other side of the Mystery Wedge while Pat gives the contestant their options.
** Early in the show's NBC daytime run (at least on the June 7, 1976, show aired on GSN), host Chuck Woolery would sometimes invite a contestant who finished in second or third place (but won the last round) to spin the wheel one last time, just to see what they would have landed on -- the idea being if the contestant quit at a good time or could have spun and (with a good letter call) possibly won the game.
*  ''WhoWantsToBeAMillionaire'': Turned out to be especially heartbreaking during the Tournament Of Ten, where nearly all of the contestants walked...and nearly all of them would have gotten it right.
** However, other times it turns out to be a great relief when the contestant finds out that they would have lost a lot of money if they had answered the question. One notable case is [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIzjWsn62hw Lyn Payne]] whose gut was strongly leaning towards one answer for the million-dollar question and almost half of the audience agreed with her, but she chose to walk away because she thought it was still too risky...and found out that if she ''had'' gone with her gut, she would have lost $468,000.
*  ''Cricket'' is another unlikely example, but with Hawkeye technology this happens with close LBW decisions with the simulation showing whether the ball would have hit the stumps or not. Very important, since the LBW laws have a degree of subjectivity.
*  ''Series/OneVersusAHundred'': if the player opts for the money over the Mob, both the correct answer and the number of Mob members who would have been eliminated are revealed.
**  Inverted in ''1 vs. 100 Live'' for Xbox 360, as you were only offered Money Or Mob ''after'' the answer and eliminations were revealed.
*  In {{Poker}}, when one player wins a pot by way of everyone else folding before the final showdown, sometimes one or more players request that the dealer invoke this Trope by dealing out the remainder of the hand anyway. In Poker parlance, this is called "rabbit hunting".

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* ''DealOrNoDeal'': Oh, does it '''ever''' in some countries, and especially prevalent if they take a commercial break while doing so. Often, they'll inflate the hypothetical offers by 10%, which means that's not what truly would've happened had the contestant played on.
** Other versions avert this by occasionally inviting a player to forfeit their deal and open their case/box anyway, if the two numbers left on the board are on opposite ends of the spectrum. It's most commonly done in the UK, where it's called a "Banker's Gamble".
* ''[[{{Gambit}} Catch 21]]'': If a contestant quits before busting out. 
* ''LetsMakeADeal'': Quite often. Half the point of the show, really.
* ''{{Pyramid}}'' (Dick Clark's versions): Dick would come out and try to give clues; quite often, he gave ''the perfect clue'' due to having plenty of time to think about it and hindsight regarding what clues ''didn't'' work, leaving the actual celebrity dumbfounded (and, in the case of Vicki Lawrence, visibly pissed). Occasionally, though, even '''he''' whiffed.
** Averted hard on the Donny Osmond version; 99% of the time, he just ran onstage and screamed "OH! OH! OH! OH!" before the audience yelled out whatever the missed box was.
* ''TheJokersWild'': If a contestant stopped during the bonus game.
* ''ThePriceIsRight'': Usually happens following a bailout in Punch-A-Bunch, Pass The Buck, Temptation, It's In The Bag, Step Up, Spelling Bee, and Pay The Rent.
* ''Series/RussianRoulette'': When a player won $10,000 in the bonus round, but decided not to go for the $100,000. They would pull the handle, step off the Drop Zone, and after finding out what would've happened walks off with Mark down the corridor as the credits roll.
* ''[[TreasureHuntUS (The New) Treasure Hunt]]'' (Geoff Edwards' versions): You quit with the money? Okay, then, but we'll still do the skit!
* Since the early 2000s, ''WheelOfFortune'' has had two Mystery Wedges. These can be taken for their cash value of $1,000 (originally $500) per letter, or flipped over. One has a [[{{Whammy}} Bankrupt]] on the other side, while the other has a $10,000 cash prize (originally a compact car). If a contestant opts not to flip over a Mystery Wedge and solves immediately afterward, Pat will often ask the contestant if he or she wants to see what was on the other side. When the wedges were first introduced, he would often flip over the other one if one had already been flipped. 
** ...Until the show began adopting the ShowTheFolksAtHome tactic of revealing the other side of the Mystery Wedge while Pat gives the contestant their options.
** Early in the show's NBC daytime run (or at least on June 7, 1976), host Chuck Woolery sometimes told a player who had solved the last puzzle but ended up losing to spin the Wheel one last time.
* ''WhoWantsToBeAMillionaire'': Turned out to be especially heartbreaking during the Tournament Of Ten, where nearly all of the contestants walked...and nearly all of them would've gotten it right.
** However, other times it turns out to be a great relief when the contestant finds out that they would've lost a lot of money if they had answered the question. One notable case is [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIzjWsn62hw Lyn Payne]] whose gut was strongly leaning towards one answer for the million-dollar question and almost half of the audience agreed with her, but she chose to walk away because she thought it was still too risky...and found out that if she ''had'' gone with her gut, she would have lost $468,000.
* ''Cricket'' is another unlikely example, but with Hawkeye technology this happens with close LBW decisions with the simulation showing whether the ball would have hit the stumps or not. Very important, since the LBW laws have a degree of subjectivity.
* ''Series/OneVersusAHundred'': If the player opts for the money over the Mob, both the correct answer and the number of Mob members who would've been eliminated are revealed. Inverted in the Xbox 360 era, as players were only offered Money Or Mob ''after'' the answer and eliminations were revealed.
* In {{Poker}}, when one player wins a pot by way of everyone else folding before the final showdown, sometimes one or more players request that the dealer invoke this Trope by dealing out the remainder of the hand anyway. In Poker parlance, this is called "rabbit hunting".

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* ''AreYouSmarterThanAFifthGrader?'': Especially with the final question (Million-Dollar Question during the FOX era, 10x Bonus Question during the Syndicated era).
* ''CashCab'': Averted, in that if the players don't accept the double-or-nothing video bonus question, Ben simply hands over the amount they won and they get out of the cab. Neither they nor the audience have any idea what the question would have been. Since the video screen is controled by the producers, and Ben is fed the questions through an earpiece, there's good reason to believe that even ''he'' doesn't know what it would have been.
* ''DealOrNoDeal'': Oh, does it '''ever'''; especially prevalent if they take a commercial break during this trope. Often they'll inflate the hypothetical offers by 10%, which means that's not what the truly would've happened had the contestant played on.
* ''[[{{Gambit}} Catch 21]]'': If a contestant quits with $5,000.
* ''LetsMakeADeal'': Quite often. Half the point of the show, really.
* ''{{Pyramid}}'' (Dick Clark's versions): Dick comes out and tries to give clues; quite often, he gave ''the perfect clue'' due to having plenty of time to think about it and hindsight regarding what clues ''didn't'' work, leaving the actual celebrity dumbfounded (and, in the case of Vicki Lawrence, visibly pissed). Occasionally, though, even he whiffed.
**Averted hard on the Donny Osmond version; 99% of the time, he would just run onstage and scream "OH! OH! OH! OH!" before the audience yelled out whatever the missed box was.
* ''TheJokersWild'': If a contestant stops during the bonus game.
* ''ThePriceIsRight'': Usually happens following a bailout in Punch-A-Bunch, Pass The Buck, Temptation, It's In The Bag, and Step Up.
* ''RussianRoulette'': When a player wins $10,000 in the bonus round but decides not to go for the $100,000.
* ''TreasureHunt'' (Geoff Edwards' versions): You quit with the money? Okay, then, but we'll still do the skit!
*Since the early 2000s, ''WheelOfFortune'' has had two Mystery wedges. These can be taken for their cash value of $1000 (originally $500) per letter, or flipped over. One has a [[{{Whammy}} Bankrupt]] on the other side, while the other has a $10,000 cash prize (originally a compact car). If a contestant opts not to flip over a Mystery wedge and solves immediately afterward, Pat will often ask the contestant if he or she wants to see what was on the other side. When the wedges were first introduced, he would often flip over the other one if one had already been flipped. 
** Until the show spoils the home viewers showing the other side of the mystery wedge which is why the contestant can't immediately pick up the wedge which you have to listen Pat telling whether or not you want to take the risk. 
* ''WhoWantsToBeAMillionaire'': Turned out to be especially heartbreaking during the Tournament Of Ten, where nearly all of the contestants walked...and nearly all of them would have gotten it right.
* ''Cricket'' is another unlikely example, but with Hawkeye technology, this happens with close LBW decisions with the simulation showing whether the ball would have hit the stumps or not. Very important, since the LBW laws have a degree of subjectivity.
* ''[[{{Ptitleqcbxbsu4}} 1 vs. 100]]'': if the player opts for the money over the mob, both the correct answer and the number of mob members who would have been eliminated are revealed.
** Inverted in ''1 vs. 100 Live'' for the X-box - you're only offered Money Or Mob ''after'' the answer and eliminations have been revealed.
* In {{poker}}, when one player wins a pot by way of everyone else folding before the final showdown, sometimes one or more players request that the dealer invoke this trope by dealing out the remainder of the hand anyway.  In poker parlance, this is called "rabbit hunting".

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*  ''AreYouSmarterThanAFifthGrader'': Happens in the event of a bailout, especially with the final question (Million-Dollar Question during the FOX era, 10x Bonus Question during the syndicated run).
*  ''CashCab'': Averted, in that if the players don't accept the double-or-nothing video bonus question, Ben simply hands over the amount they won and they get out of the cab. Neither they nor the audience have any idea what the question would have been. Since the video screen is controlled by the producers, and Ben is fed the questions through an earpiece, there's good reason to believe that even ''he'' doesn't know what it would have been.
** Canadian version though sometimes show the question. Quite a few people have been grateful when they find out they wouldn't have gotten the answer at all.
*  ''DealOrNoDeal'': Oh, does it '''ever''' in some countries, and especially prevalent if they take a commercial break while doing so. Often, they'll inflate the hypothetical offers by 10%, which means that's not what truly would have happened had the contestant played on.
**  Other versions avert this Trope by occasionally inviting a player to forfeit their deal and open their case/box anyway, if the two numbers left on the board are on opposite ends of the spectrum. It's most commonly done in the UK, where it's called a "Banker's Gamble".
*  ''[[{{Gambit}} Catch 21]]'': If a contestant quits before busting out. 
*  ''LetsMakeADeal'': Quite often. Half the point of the show, really.
*  ''{{Pyramid}}'' (Dick Clark's versions): Dick would come out and try to give clues; quite often, he gave ''the perfect clue'' due to having plenty of time to think about it and hindsight regarding what clues ''didn't'' work, leaving the actual celebrity dumbfounded (and, in the case of Vicki Lawrence, visibly pissed). Occasionally, though, even '''he''' whiffed.
**  Averted hard on the Donny Osmond version; 99% of the time, he would just run onstage and scream "OH! OH! OH! OH!" before the audience yelled out whatever the missed box was.
*  ''TheJokersWild'': If a contestant stopped during the bonus game.
*  ''ThePriceIsRight'': Usually happens following a bailout in Punch-A-Bunch, Pass The Buck, Temptation, It's In The Bag, Step Up, and Spelling Bee.
*  ''Series/RussianRoulette'': When a player won $10,000 in the bonus round, but decided not to go for the $100,000. They would pull the handle, step off the Drop Zone, and after finding out what would have happened walks off with Mark down the corridor as the credits roll.
*  ''[[TreasureHuntUS (The New) Treasure Hunt]]'' (Geoff Edwards' versions): You quit with the money? Okay, then, but we'll still do the skit!
*  Since the early 2000s, ''WheelOfFortune'' has had two Mystery Wedges. These can be taken for their cash value of $1,000 (originally $500) per letter, or flipped over. One has a [[{{Whammy}} Bankrupt]] on the other side, while the other has a $10,000 cash prize (originally a compact car). If a contestant opts not to flip over a Mystery Wedge and solves immediately afterward, Pat will often ask the contestant if he or she wants to see what was on the other side. When the wedges were first introduced, he would often flip over the other one if one had already been flipped. 
**  ...Until the show began adopting the ShowTheFolksAtHome tactic of revealing the other side of the Mystery Wedge while Pat gives the contestant their options.
** Early in the show's NBC daytime run (at least on the June 7, 1976, show aired on GSN), host Chuck Woolery would sometimes invite a contestant who finished in second or third place (but won the last round) to spin the wheel one last time, just to see what they would have landed on -- the idea being if the contestant quit at a good time or could have spun and (with a good letter call) possibly won the game.
*  ''WhoWantsToBeAMillionaire'': Turned out to be especially heartbreaking during the Tournament Of Ten, where nearly all of the contestants walked...and nearly all of them would have gotten it right.
** However, other times it turns out to be a great relief when the contestant finds out that they would have lost a lot of money if they had answered the question. One notable case is [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIzjWsn62hw Lyn Payne]] whose gut was strongly leaning towards one answer for the million-dollar question and almost half of the audience agreed with her, but she chose to walk away because she thought it was still too risky...and found out that if she ''had'' gone with her gut, she would have lost $468,000.
*  ''Cricket'' is another unlikely example, but with Hawkeye technology this happens with close LBW decisions with the simulation showing whether the ball would have hit the stumps or not. Very important, since the LBW laws have a degree of subjectivity.
*  ''Series/OneVersusAHundred'': if the player opts for the money over the Mob, both the correct answer and the number of Mob members who would have been eliminated are revealed.
**  Inverted in ''1 vs. 100 Live'' for Xbox 360, as you were only offered Money Or Mob ''after'' the answer and eliminations were revealed.
*  In {{Poker}}, when one player wins a pot by way of everyone else folding before the final showdown, sometimes one or more players request that the dealer invoke this Trope by dealing out the remainder of the hand anyway. In Poker parlance, this is called "rabbit hunting".

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