In the library

Drop Zone

The Plinko finale — every chip banked all night, dropped for points.

The closer. Chips banked across the whole show finally get spent, one drop at a time, on a five-slot board where one slot pays 250 and one takes 100 away. Scores that looked settled stop being settled, which is exactly what you want in the last ten minutes.

How a round goes

  1. Both teams bring every chip they have banked all night to the board.

  2. Chips drop one at a time. The host taps the slot each one lands in.

  3. One slot pays 250. One takes 100 away. One is a bust.

  4. The board decides the show — and it very often changes who wins it.