Pomona student won more than $5,000 on "The Price is Right"

Nichole Runge, a Latin American studies major, won $3,000 in cash and more than $2,000 in prizes back on July 23 but the episode aired December 5, Pomona College officials said.

She was able to take part in the "Plinko" game after she placed a $1,847 bid on a $2,000 marble-top cabinet, officials said.

"Plinko" is where you drop coins down a pegboard in amounts from 0 to $10,000 and she ended up winning the $3,000 and appliances that included a hot-dog maker and a "drum-machine mouse pad."

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