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Second Chance is the show that eventually became Press Your Luck. Because no episodes save the pilot survived on tape, there isn't much that has been recalled about board changes. Because there was only one value per square, stripes are not used here. The total values presented in the Statistics Pane are low compared to PYL due to only having one value per square as opposed to three. So, for those that wish to compare board values, there is an adjustment in red next to each regular value -- the adjusted values are simply the regular (black) values tripled.

One interesting feature of the board is that, instead of having icons of each prize displayed during spins, unopened "gift boxes" were used. When a player hit one of these boxes, it would "unwrap" and reveal a photo of the prize won. (Technically, the box "morphed" into the photo. This morphing effect was also used on its sequel, Press Your Luck, but only to shuffle the spaces during a spin, never when a prize was hit.)

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1000	Prize	Devil	2500	800	500	STATISTICS Cash: 8550 (25650) Avg: 950   PrEst: 5700 (17100) Total: 14250 (42750) [$C] 9, 1:2 (27) [P] 6, 1:3 (18) [Devil] 3, 1:6 (9)
Prize	Pilot Episode (R1) Round One on Second Chance was much bigger compared to PYL. Cash starts at 500 (not 100+S or 200) and goes to 1000 twice! The big cash square in [4] is worth 2500! Also take note of the 900 value in [8]: not once during the three years of PYL did a "9" ever appear in a cash slide.				Prize
Devil					900
Prize					Prize
600	1000	500	750	Prize	Devil

1250	Prize	Devil	5000	1100	1500	STATISTICS Cash: 16550 (49650) Avg: 1839   PrEst: 11034 (33102) Total: 27584 (82752) [$C] 9, 1:2 (27) [P] 6, 1:3 (18) [Devil] 3, 1:6 (9)
Prize	Pilot Episode (R2) Once again, there is lots of cash on the board, ranging from 1000 to 1500 (twice), 2500 in [12], and 5000 in [4]. Notice more unusual amounts: 1100 in [5], 1300 in [8]!				Prize
Devil					1300
Prize					Prize
1400	1000	1500	2500	Prize	Devil

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1400 (15	Prize*	Devil	FREE 5000s SPIN	1100c	1500c	STATISTICS Cash: 16550 (49650) Avg: 1839   PrEst: 11034 (33102) Total: 27584 (82752) [$C] 9, 1:2 (27) [P] 6, 1:3 (18) [Devil] 3, 1:6 (9)
Prize	Early Run (R2) When the show went to air, an extra spin was added to [4] in order to prevent any single player from becoming "unbeatable". A few values also got switched around: the big $2500 moved to [17], while $1400 made its move to [1], managing to keep its spot during the move to PYL. It seems likely that R1 would have had changes made as well, but there isn't a photo available for R1. * The prizes all had their bows changed to a cross-pattern, and were light bows on dark boxes. From the surviving B/W photo, it's hard to tell whether [10] was orange or yellow.				Prize
2500 (12					Devil (10
Prize					Prize
1000 (14	Devil (17	1500	1250 (1	Prize	1300* (8

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1400	Prize	Devil	FREE (1000-5000)* SPIN	1100	1500	STATISTICS Cash: 16550 (49650) Avg: 1839   PrEst: 11034 (33102) Total: 27584 (82752) [$C] 9, 1:2 (27) [P] 6, 1:3 (18) [Devil] 3, 1:6 (9)
Prize	Late Run (R2) *[4] was then converted to an eggcrate display changing between the values 1000, 2000, 3000, 4000, and 5000. According to Charles Blaquiere, the sequence was 1000, 2000, 1000, 4000, 3000, 2000, 1000, 5000, 3000, 2000, 1000.				Prize
2500					Devil
Prize					Prize
1000	Devil	1500	1250	Prize	1300

Sources: An email from Brian "Sonic Whammy" Sapinski, and a photo provided by DoctorW at TVRules.net. The Second Chance thread at alt.tv.game-shows Brad Francini's Second Chance page and video at Game Show Central Jason Wuthrich's Second Chance GameControl at Game Show Warehouse Images from Dan Berger's Second Chance game at Neon Insomniac

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