BEN Shephard has revealed exactly how the Tipping Point machine works – and it’s likely to shock die-hard fans of the show.
The novelty of the popular series combines two of the nation’s favourite pastimes quizzes – with the added bonus of some tense drama and an eye-watering cash prize.
With Ben Shephard at the helm, the giant slot machine allows eager-eyed contestants the opportunity to win big after a nail-biting round of quick-fire questions.
However, over the years, hundreds of fans of the show have called out TV bosses for “fixing” the show and “rigging” the outcome.
Over the show’s ten-year reign, viewers up and down the country have come up with some bizarre and questionable theories surrounding the oversized slot machine.
On the show, contestants are asked a series of questions, with each correct answer awarding them a £50 counter which will hopefully get pushed down the levels and fall into the player’s jackpot.
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If contestants are lucky enough for a gold counter to fall into their pot.
Their grand total gets doubled with the lowest contestant eliminated from each round until the last player standing, where they are given the chance to take home jackpot counter worth £10,000.
But the presenter Ben has since admitted that the show wasn’t quite as simple as it seems as he confessed the machine is ran by a whole team of people backstage.
Speaking to Huffington Post, the dad-of-two explained: “It’s a really complicated system that is run by the gallery.
“It’s such a complicated set up, which is why when people ask if we can take it on the road, that’s the reason why we can’t.”
He went on to reveal that there is a person sat in a chair behind the machine to make sure that the machine works correctly on set.
Ben added: “He has to make sure the hydraulics are going at the right pace, because sometimes they can be too fast.
“He has to make sure the hoppers that feed the counters are full.”
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