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ELI5: How game shows (Price Is Right, Jeopardy, Who Wants to Be A Millionaire, etc) can afford to keep giving away money and prizes every show?
gpt
Shows get money from advertising and product placement.  In a regular produced show you have lots of actors.  For a gameshow you really just have the host making them a lot cheaper to produce.

Shows that give away large prizes like a million bucks use insurance.  They know that only a few people a year are going to win the $1 million.  Things like cars and TVs are off-set because the show is also used as an ad.

The Price is Right always spends a few seconds telling you about the FABULOUS NEW FUSION FROM FORD!  Ford provides the car for free or cheap because they get an ad out of it.