Comments for the Week of April 30-May 4
  • Biggest winner this week: Bess Skellenger ($54,766) (May 2)
  • On Monday, there was an el cheapo (a number below 10) in Money Game, but it was not the last two digits in the price of the car. Last time there was an el cheapo fake out: December 17, 2010. (It had been five straight playings where contestants had to choose el cheapo in order to win).
  • With the loss on Monday, Any Number's record has fallen to 5-17 (22.7%). That would be the worst performance for this game since Season 32 (5-20). What a difference a year makes. Last season, Any Number finished above .500 (15-14) for the first time since at least Season 29.
  • Conversely, Freeze Frame was won for the ninth time on Thursday - the most wins for this game since Season 27. With a current record of 9-11, Freeze Frame has rebounded nicely from its disastrous 3-27 performance in Season 39.
  • On Tuesday "Then" in Now... or Then was June 1986. In the past six seasons, the only other time "then" was before 1994 was August 26, 2011 (also June 1986).
  • Also on Tuesday, Claire bid $12,000 on a steam shower in the sixth one bid. That was the first $10,000+ bid of the season. (The second highest was Kenneth's $9,000 bid on jewelry from last week).
  • Before Bess' $11,000 win on Wednesday, February 22 was the last time a contestant won more than $1,000 in the Showcase Showdown. Prior to Wednesday, a succession of 21 contestants failed to land their bonus spin on the $1.00 or on a green section.
  • On Friday, both Coming or Going and Balance Game were played for a trip. Offering a trip in two Pricing Games is an extremely rare occurence - for example it hasn't happened all season.
  • Also on Friday, Coming or Going was played for the 200th time in daytime. Since premiering in Season 32, Coming or Going has a record of 121-79 - very good for a game with 50:50 odds (assuming random guessing).
  • In addition, the correct decision has been evenly split - "Coming" was right 99 times, while "Going" was right 101 times.
  • Friday was the fifth time this season where no additonal picks were won in Pass the Buck. That has now happened 10 times in the past two seasons. In contrast, it only happened 12 times between Seasons 30 and 38. (Related stat: Only three contestants with only one pick have managed to win the car.)
  • Friday's Showcase winner (Shelley - $22,032) was not the biggest winner of the day (Kyona - $23,934). That's only happened two other times this season: The season premiere (thanks to the four car win in Race Game) and December 2 (An Any Number winner beat out the Showcase winner by $272).
  • Several Pricing Games seemed to be holding spring clearance sales this week:
    • 1 Right Price was played for a $3,995 prize package - the lowest total since June 17, 2010 ($3,495)
    • Switch? was played for a $2,700 prize package - the lowest total since December 15, 2003 ($2,543). The $800 pair of HDTVs is also the cheapest prize offered in this game since at least Season 30.
    • 1 Wrong Price was played for a $3,824 prize package - the lowest total since March 27, 2008 ($3,324)
  • At the start of the week, it seemed like there was a new rule stating there could only be one big winner per day:
    • $42,421 was won on Monday - 85% of it ($36,175) was won by Kevin.
    • $64,285 was won on Tuesday - 76% of it ($49,018) was won by Jamie.
    • $62,761 was won on Wednesday - 87% of it ($54,766) was won by Bess. (It's also the highest percentage of the season.)
  • The four prize games (Danger Price, Race Game, Shopping Spree, Step Up, Swap Meet, Take Two) have now been played a combined 54 times this season. That's already more than Season 39 (53), Season 38 (50) and Season 37 (35). In the past ten seasons, the season high is 66 (Season 32), so at the current pace the four prize games could surpass that mark this season.
  • Monthly stats:
    MonthWinningsPricing GamesWheel WinningsCars Won
    September
    $820,500
    AVG: $82,050
    27/60
    45.00%
    $16,000
    16/35
    45.72%
    October
    $1,341,402
    AVG: $67,070
    42/120
    35.00%
    $23,000
    24/60
    40.00%
    November
    $1,217,991
    AVG: $60,900
    40/120
    33.33%
    $58,000
    13/60
    21.67%
    December
    $1,301,906
    AVG: $68,521
    42/114
    29.17%
    $32,000
    20/56
    35.71%
    January
    $1,477,045
    AVG: $70,335
    58/126
    46.03%
    $18,000
    22/61
    36.07%
    February
    $1,282,485
    AVG: $61,071
    48/126
    38.10%
    $47,000
    16/66
    24.24%
    March
    $1,330,486
    AVG: $66,524
    52/120
    43.33%
    $9,000
    17/60
    28.33%
    April
    $1,309,547
    AVG: $62,359
    44/126
    34.92%
    $8,000
    23/61
    37.70%
Comments for the Week of May 7-11
  • Biggest winner this week: Robert ($86,760) (May 7) - second biggest winner this season and 14th bigger winner in daytime history
  • Second biggest winners this week: Patricia & Emilee ($76,614) (May 11) - fourth biggest winners this season
  • On Monday, Robert won That's Too Much by stopping at the eighth price. Previous time a contestant won by stopping at price #8: February 16, 2010. Overall, That's Too Much has a record of 5-43 when contestants need to see eight prices before stopping.
  • With a 2-10 record, Let 'em Roll is on pace to have its worst season ever. The 16.67% winning percentage would be a new low (besting Season 39's 4-10 record). The 10 losses is also tied with Seasons 33 and 39 for the most losses in one season.
  • For the third time this season, $0 was won in Plinko. What bad luck - the 3 $0 losses this season match the total number of wipeouts that have occured between Seasons 29 and 39! (December 10, 2003, May 18, 2008 and June 10, 2011)
  • On Thursday, Jason had to win Swap Meet by picking the middle priced prize. Previous time the contestant had to swap with middle priced prize: June 1, 2010. This trend isn't anything new. Since Season 30, Swap Meet has been set up as "pick the least expensive prize" 78% of the time (73/94).
  • Also on Thursday, David won a car in Grocery Game. Previous time that's happened: April 17, 2008. Prior to this week's win, Grocery Game had been lost four straight times when it was played for a car.
  • Gas Money has already been played more times this season (14) than it has in any previous season (13 in Season 39).
  • On Friday, a $25,495 Ford Escape was won in Lucky $even. That ties the mark for the most expensive car won in a Pricing Game this season (A $25,495 Dodge Challenger was won in That's Too Much on January 3)
    (This factoid excludes restored/vintage cars, the four cars won in Race Game on the season premiere, and the two cars won in Pick-a-Pair on the twins episode.)
  • Also on Friday, Patricia & Abby played Money Game and wound up finding the last two numbers in the price of the car first. In the past five seasons, the only other times that's happened was February 29, 2008 and November 22, 2010. (All of these playings were won.)
  • Nikki and Lora only got two products right in It's in the Bag on Friday - the first time this season where contestants got less than 3 bags right. While Bag has been struggling lately (three straight playings where nothing was won), it is still on pace to rebound nicely from last season's disappointment (no $16,000 wins; contestants got less than 3 bags rights in 6/20 playings).
  • The $120,538 won on Friday is the third highest total of the season, behind only the season premiere and the Heidi Klum episode with Stephanie's $104,346 win.
  • So far this season, Drew has helped nine contestants spin the Big Wheel. 2 of these contestants (Paul on February 27 and Joan on April 16) went on to win the Showcase Showdown. Since each contestant basically has a 33% chance of winning, Drew has been slightly less lucky for contestants this season.
  • Based on intended airdates (production numbers), Double Prices has not been played for three straight week. Previous time Double Prices was given such a lengthy vacation: Season 35 - it was not played between February 28, 2007 and May 4, 2007. (Six weeks off)
Comments for the Week of May 14-18
  • Biggest winner this week: Roy Semerdjian ($43,169) (May 17)
  • Thanks to some episodes airing out of order, five cash games were played this week (only It's in the Bag got the week off). Typically, an average of three cash games per week have been played this season.
  • Nine one prize quickie games were also played this week (only Balance Game and Pick-a-Number got the week off). Typically, an average of 6-7 one prize games per week have been played this season.
  • On Monday, Pocket ¢hange was played for the 100th time in daytime history. Since premiering in Season 33, Pocket ¢hange has a record of exactly 50-50. In 45/50 of these wins, the car was priced at $1.00 or less. Pocket ¢hange has never been lost when the car was priced at 50 cents or less (20-0), while it has never been won when the car was priced at $2.00 or more (0-8). The highest ever car price was $2.25 (twice) and the highest price of a car that was won was $1.75 (December 8, 2005). There have been four perfect playings - 3 of them occured in its inaugural season.
  • So far this season, four Rat Race rats in Lane 4 (the fourth furthest from the model at the starting line) have failed to finish. There has only been 1 DNF in the other four lanes - Lane 5 on December 14. In addition, all rats have at least 1 DNF this season - with the exception of the blue rat. Hmmm... I'd keep an eye on that rodent if I was a producer!
    (If the blue rat is cheating, s/he is not doing a good job - the green, pink and yellow rats all have more wins and more podium finishes this season.)
  • On Tuesday, both choices in Coming or Going started with the same number (8058 or 8508). That has never happened before in this game.
  • Tuesday's Hole in One was the 600th time a Pricing Game was lost this season.
  • Multiple Pricing Games in an episode offering trips used to be rarity. But not anymore apparently. Two Pricing Games were played for trips on the May 4, May 8 and May 15 episodes.
  • On Thursday, Sharon punched out hole #21 (Row 3, Column 1) in Punch-a-Bunch. Last time that hole was selected: April 10, 2007.
  • Holes that have gone the longest without being selected:
    • Hole #11 (Row 2, Column 1) - February 18, 2003
    • Hole #40 (Row 4, Column 10) - March 24, 2004
    • Hole #31 (Row 4, Column 1) - May 4, 2004 - Was actually picked this season.
    • Hole #20 (Row 2, Column 10) - October 31, 2008
    Won't anyone give the edges such much needed attention?
  • So far this season, 13/16 boxes in 1/2 Off have contained the $10,000 at least once. Only boxes #4, #12 and #13 have remained empty all season. This is quite a change for Box #4 - historically, it has held the $10,000 more often than any other box (18 times).
Comments for the Week of May 21-25
  • Biggest winner this week: Mary Pelentay ($38,075) (May 24)
  • So far this season, 397 Pricing Games have been won. That's only one behind the total wins in Season 39 (398) and 18 behind the mark set in Season 38 (415). We are also 63 wins behind Season 37 (460) - we would need an average of more than 3 wins per day over the final 19 episodes in order to reach that mark.
  • On Monday, Pick-a-Number was played for a $3,553 trip to Portland - the cheapest prize offered in this game since February 12, 2009 (a $2,899 HDTV).
  • There was only a $46 difference between the values of both Showcases on Monday - the second smallest difference in the past 11 seasons. Only the Showcases on January 27, 2004 were closer in value ($13 difference).
  • On Tuesday, Magic # was played for two prizes totalling $6,679 - the second largest prize package in the game's history. However, that total is still well behind #1 - on March 24, 2010, Magic # was played for a $10,094 prize package, including a $6,099 sauna.
  • The main prize in Wednesday's second Showcase was 2 motor scooters. The previous time a Showcase ended with motor scooters: August 27, 2010 - nearly two years ago.
  • On Thursday, Any Number was lost for the 20th time this season. Any Number is the fourth game to join the 20 loss club this season, joining Cover Up (24), Lucky $even (21) and That's Too Much! (26).
  • Conversely, the 20 win club is still waiting for its first member this season. Switch? (19 wins) should manage to get to 20 wins, and will probably be the only game to reach this mark by season's end. Push Over and Flip Flop (16 wins) have a shot, but would have to get played four more times and win out to get there.
    (That would not be too surprising - Switch? was also the only game to reach 20 wins last season. No other game was won more than 15 times.)
  • Also on Thursday, Balance Game was won for the eighth time this season. In all eight wins, the contestant won by placing the two smallest bags on the scale.
  • Balance Game was also played for the 100th time in its history on Thursday. Since premiering in Season 34, Balance Game has an overall record of 41-59.
  • Danger Price was played for the 14th time this season on Friday. That's the most number of playings for this game since Season 20.
  • So far this season, contestants have passed 46% of Showcases featuring a car (contestants bid on 38 car Showcases and passed on 33 car Showcases). That's higher than the rate in Season 39 (38/85 passed = 44.7%) and Season 38 (18/49 passed = 36.7%).
  • Out of the 38 contestants that passed on a car Showcase, 7 contestants wound up having a car offered in Showcase #2. That's a pretty good success rate - only 10% of episodes this season (17/171) have offered cars in both Showcases.
Comments for the Week of May 28-June 1
  • Biggest winner this week: Kyesha Hughes ($47,394) (May 30)
  • Streaks snapped this week: More or Less - 18 straight losses (19 based on intended airdates) - the car had not been won in this game since October 4, 2010.
    One Away - 12 straight losses - the game had not been won since October 13, 2011.
  • On Monday, Pick-a-Number was won for only the second time in its history when it was played for a five-digit car (it was previously 1-7). The other win happened on March 11, 2011.
  • Pick-a-Number was also won for the first time ever when it was played for a five-digit prize and the fourth digit was missing. (Of course, the game was set up like this only 2 other times, so the event isn't all that historic.)
  • Only $110 was won in Money Game on Monday - the least cash won in a Money Game loss since October 2, 2010 ($108).
  • Monday's show was the sixth time this season where more than 2 cars were won. Other episodes with multiple car wins: September 19 (5 cars won), October 13 (3 cars won), February 9 (3 cars won), April 27 (3 cars won), May 11 (3 cars won).
  • On Tuesday, Dice Game was lost for the 11th time season. With a current record of 2-11 (15.38%), Dice Game is having one of its worst seasons in recent memory (Previous low in past eleven seasons: 5-10 in Season 39).
  • Perhaps the trick to winning Dice Game this season is not to roll a "4". Dice Game is 0-5 when a contestant rolls at least one "4", but 2-6 otherwise.
  • With the $20,500 win on Tuesday, Plinko has passed the $200,000 mark in total cash winnings this season ($204,400, or $194,400 if you exclude the Publishers Clearing House bonus). More cash has already been won this year than in Seasons 37 ($136,600), 38 ($169,400) and 39 ($137,100). However, we are still well behind Season 36's record haul ($306,500).
  • Plinko was also the 400th time a Pricing Game was won this season. (Assuming Plinko is won when at least $10,000 is won).
  • On Wednesday, Side by Side was played for a $9,980 trip to Lisbon. Not surprisingly, that's the most expensive prize ever offered in this game. (Previous high: A $9,775 catamaran on April 25, 2007)
  • On Thursday, Switch? became the first Pricing Game to be won 20 times this season. Switch? has now been won at least 20 times in four out of the past five seasons. During that same span, the only other games to achieve 20 wins are Double Prices (23 wins in Season 36 & 20 wins in Season 38) and Money Game (21 wins in Season 36).
  • Also on Thursday, Dennis became the first contestant this season to quit with money in Gas Money (all other playings have ended with either the car being won, or with the contestant leaving with nothing). In total, there have been six bailouts in Gas Money's history - 4 quit with $7,000, 1 quit with $8,000 and 1 quit with $1,000. Furthermore, 4 quit on the final pick, 1 quit on the third pick and 1 quit on the second pick. In other words, Gas Money contestants have a lot of guts are in no hurry to leave the stage.
  • Based on the available information, Friday was the 500th Pick-a-Pair playing in daytime history. (105 playings with the ferris wheel set and 395 playings with the current set.)
  • Only $13,474 in cash and prizes was won on Friday. That's the lowest total of the season and the lowest since November 10 of last season ($7,311).
  • All ten Showcases offered this week ended with either a car or a boat.
  • So far this season, the second spinner has won 38.07% of Showcase Showdowns. Considering only 34.10% of second spinners won between Seasons 29 and 39, the middle spinners have fared quite well this season.
  • Monthly stats:
    MonthWinningsPricing GamesWheel WinningsCars Won
    September
    $820,500
    AVG: $82,050
    27/60
    45.00%
    $16,000
    16/35
    45.72%
    October
    $1,341,402
    AVG: $67,070
    42/120
    35.00%
    $23,000
    24/60
    40.00%
    November
    $1,217,991
    AVG: $60,900
    40/120
    33.33%
    $58,000
    13/60
    21.67%
    December
    $1,301,906
    AVG: $68,521
    42/114
    29.17%
    $32,000
    20/56
    35.71%
    January
    $1,477,045
    AVG: $70,335
    58/126
    46.03%
    $18,000
    22/61
    36.07%
    February
    $1,282,485
    AVG: $61,071
    48/126
    38.10%
    $47,000
    16/66
    24.24%
    March
    $1,330,486
    AVG: $66,524
    52/120
    43.33%
    $9,000
    17/60
    28.33%
    April
    $1,309,547
    AVG: $62,359
    44/126
    34.92%
    $8,000
    23/61
    37.70%
    May
    $1,531,340
    AVG: $66,580
    55/138
    39.86%
    $43,000
    26/74
    35.14%
Comments for the Week of June 4-8
  • Biggest winner this week: Ryan Babeco & Brianna Harris ($49,005) (June 4)
  • Streaks snapped: Any Number - 6 straight losses - the game had not been won since April 2, 2012.
  • $475,979 in cash and prizes was won this week. That's the most won in one week since Bob's final week ($568,903 on the week of June 11-15, 2007).
  • $172,365 in cash, prizes and bonus trips were won on Monday's episode. That's the fourth highest daily total in daytime history. (Behind only the Season 35 premiere ($297,708), Bob's final episode ($202,515) and the Season 34 premiere ($200,260).)
  • The $25,915 Ford Escape won in Monday's Money Game is the most expensive car won in a Pricing Game this season (excluding restored/vintage cars). The previous high was a $25,495 Ford Escape won in Lucky $even on May 11.
  • On Monday, Pocket ¢hange was won with the car priced at $1.25. That snapped a 17 game streak where the game was lost when the car was priced above $1.00. (It had not been won since December 4, 2009 under these conditions).
  • Swap Meet currently has a record of 1-10 this season - easily the worst records for this game in its recent history (previous low was 2-5 in Season 36). At least its 11 playings this season is the most playings it has received since Season 26?
  • So far this season, Bonus Game has been played 13 times, while Secret "X" has been played 11 times. It looks like this will be the first time since Season 16 where Bonus Game will receive more love than Secret "X".
  • $39,100 in cash has now been won in Punch-a-Bunch this season - the highest season total for this game since Season 33 ($49,300).
  • On Wednesday, Daisy got the $1,000 bag wrong in It's in the Bag. Last time that's happened: April 7, 2011. Daisy did get the $2,000 bag right, so it wasn't a total wipeout. All five bags hasn't been missed in this game since December 19, 2003.
  • On Thursday, Melissa's guess in Push Over ($3,278) was $4,591 away from the actual retail price of the prize ($7,869). That's the largest miss since April 21, 2011 ($4,757).
  • The "Then" products in Now.. or Then on Thursday were Flintstones Vitamins and Eggland's Best Eggs. The vitamins were definitely Price is Right regulars back in January 2002 (the "Then" period) - they appeared on six episodes that aired in January 2002. While the Eggland's Eggs were also popular back then, they surprisingly were not used at all in January 2002.
  • With the loss on Thursday, Now.. or Then is now 0-3 when it has been played for a five-digit car. That's somewhat surprising for a game that has an overall record of 97-47 since Season 29.
  • Five contestants bid $1 in the one bids on Thursday - the most $1 bids in one episode this season.
  • Side by Side has now been played 22 times this season. That's the most number of playings for this game in one season since Season 25 (24 playings).
  • Cliff Hangers currently has a record of 13-4 (76.47%). That's a nice rebound from recent seasons (13-11 in Season 38, 13-12 in Season 39) and is only a few percentage points behind Season 34 (13-3) for best overall season in the past twelve years.
  • By being played fifth, Cliff Hangers has become the twelfth game to be played in all six slots at least once this season (joining Squeeze Play, Switch?, Side by Side, Flip Flop, 1 Right Price, 1 Wrong Price, That's Too Much, Pick-a-Number, Most Expen$ive, Range Game and Grand Game).
  • There was some unusual slotting this week: It's in the Bag was played fourth for the first time May 1, 2008 and 10 Chances was played sixth for the first time since May 27, 2009.
  • 1 Wrong Price has not been played in three weeks (since May 15). That's the longest layoff for this game since Season 36, when it wasn't played in the first five weeks of the season.
  • So far this season, 40 contestants called ninth (before the sixth and final one bid) managed to win their way up on stage (22.1% success rate). No matter what happens the rest of this season, it will be the best performance for the niners since at least Season 29. (Current high: Season 35 - 35/175 = 20%).
  • Total numbers of days where two Pricing Games with "Double" in their name were in the active lineup together: 21 days for Double Prices/Double Bullseye, 28 days for Double Prices/Double Digits. Here's hoping Double Prices/Double Cross will manage to stay in the lineup together for more than a month!
Comments for the Week of June 11-15
  • Biggest winner this week: Connie Muhlbradt ($40,750) (Jun. 14)
  • Streaks snapped: Flip Flop - 5 straight wins - the game had not been lost since May 2, 2012. With the loss on Thursday's Flip Flop's dream of reaching 20 wins this season has pretty much gone up in flames.
    1/2 Off - 5 straight losses - the $10,000 had not been won since March 21, 2012.
  • In Gas Money, $17,555 has been used as a fake prize five times this season. Other popular fakes: $19,390 (four times), $20,565 (three times), $19,977 (three times), $18,711 (three times).
  • On Tuesday, Secret "X" was played for a car for the first time since May 10, 2007. (That playing was also lost because the Secret "X" was on the bottom.)
  • Back on November 8, Shopping Spree was played with a $7,500 spending limit - the highest ever used. However, that record only lasted until April 23, when a $8,000 spending limit was used. It turns out that record was even more short lived - Wednesday's Shopping Spree set a new high with a $8,500 spending limit. At this rate, contestants will be going on $18,000 shopping sprees by Season 42!
  • The four prizes in Wednesday's Shopping Spree also totalled $9,717 - the largest prize package offered in the game's history (this record has also been set and broken multiple times this season.)
  • Cover Up's win on Thursday (its third win of the season out of 29 playings) was the 100th time a Pricing Game was won this season when it was played for a car.
  • On Friday, Coming or Going was played for a $9,998 barbecue island - tying the May 27, 2011 playing for the most expensive prize ever offered in this game (when the same prize was offered). Of course, unless they decide to play this game for a five-digit prize, this record cannot be broken.
  • Since Season 35, the top-center choice in Money Game has almost always been the current season. Friday's Money Game was a rare occurence where this choice was actually one of the numbers in the price of the car. Previous time it's happened: November 10, 2008 (a $23,437 Honda Accord). Previous time the game was won under these conditions: July 7, 2008 (a $18,636 Pontiac Vibe).
  • 1/2 Off was played fourth on Friday, becoming the thirteenth game to be played in all six slots at least once this season (joining Squeeze Play, Switch?, Side by Side, Flip Flop, 1 Right Price, 1 Wrong Price, That's Too Much, Pick-a-Number, Most Expen$ive, Range Game, Grand Game and Cliff Hangers). This is the first time 1/2 Off has been played in all six slots in one season.
  • Previous time 1/2 Off was played fourth: January 12, 2007.
  • The $237 Showcase overbid on Friday was the fourth smallest overbid of the season. In total, there have been 23 overbids of less than $1,000 this season. In contrast, 28 contestants had a positive Showcase difference of less than $1,000 this season.
  • Switch?, Squeeze Play and That's Too Much, the three most frequently played games this season, all got the week off. Last time both Switch? and Squeeze Play weren't played in a week with five new episodes: The week of February 25-29 in Season 36.
  • With one exception, the four prize games have seen a significant increase in play this season:
    Pricing GamePlayings
    this season    		Most playings
    since...    		Season 30-39
    average
    Danger Price15Season 208.6
    Race Game14Season 3611.2
    Shopping Spree13Season 319.5
    Step Up5Season 396.4
    Swap Meet11Season 268.5
    Take Two8Season 356.2
  • In total, the four prize games have been played 66 times this season. That's the most playings since Season 32 (when Poker Game and Credit Card where also in the rotation).
Comments for the Week of June 18-19
  • Biggest winner this week: Scott Hostetler ($44,049) (June 18)
  • Monday's first half featured a lot of suddenly popular games:
    • Flip Flop was played for the 34th time this season - the most playings for this game in one season (previous high: 33 in Season 39)
    • Gas Money was played for the 17th time this season - the most playings for this game in one season (previous high: 13 in Season 39)
    • Race Game was played for the 15th time this season - the most since Season 22
  • Flip Flop was also won for the 19th time this season on Monday. That's by far the most ever wins for this game. (Previous high: A mere 10 wins in Season 30). In addition, with an overall record of 19-14, Flip Flop will finish above .500 for only the fourth time in its history (it's also happened in Seasons 28, 31 and 34).
  • Gas Money now has an overall record of 0-17 when the pink slip is behind the cheapest price on the board. In addition, in those 17 playings the game was lost on the first pick 9 times and only 1 contestant was still alive after making three picks (that contestant wound up quitting with $7,000).
  • Also on Monday, Deborah overbid on her Showcase by $14,007. That's the second largest overbid of the season, but it's still well behind #1 - a $25,839 overbid on September 20.
  • Overall, 98 contestants have overbid on their Showcase this season. Since Season 29, only Season 36 has had more overbids (103).
  • The most frequency used fake prices in That's Too Much this season: $16,582 (6 times), $19,770 (5 times), $18,421 (5 times), $17,175 (5 times).
  • With a 9-4 record (69%), Secret "X" is having one of its best seasons ever. Between Seasons 29-39, the game only had a record of 74-80 (48%) and its best season only had a winning percentage of 60% (9-6 in Season 31).
  • Last season, bonus spins landed most often on the 30, 65 and 75 cent spaces. This year, the 85 cent space has been most popular. For whatever reason, bonus spins have not landed on 70 cents very often in the past few seasons:
    ValueSeason 39Season 40
    100
    6
    5
    15
    6
    3
    80
    6
    3
    35
    7
    2
    60
    5
    2
    20
    7
    3
    40
    5
    6
    75
    8
    4
    55
    3
    6
    95
    5
    6
    50
    7
    8
    85
    6
    10
    30
    8
    6
    65
    8
    3
    10
    2
    5
    45
    3
    5
    70
    1
    2
    25
    3
    1
    90
    5
    4
    5
    5
    3
    Boo
    1
    1
  • 443 Pricing Games have been won this season, for an overall win rate of 39.3%. That's a huge improvement over last season (398 wins for a win rate of 35%). Interestingly, despite the additional Pricing Games wins, the total winnings are on pace to reach $12.7 million this season, which would actually be less than the $13 million won last season.
  • Monthly stats:
    MonthWinningsPricing GamesWheel WinningsCars Won
    September
    $820,500
    AVG: $82,050
    27/60
    45.00%
    $16,000
    16/35
    45.72%
    October
    $1,341,402
    AVG: $67,070
    42/120
    35.00%
    $23,000
    24/60
    40.00%
    November
    $1,217,991
    AVG: $60,900
    40/120
    33.33%
    $58,000
    13/60
    21.67%
    December
    $1,301,906
    AVG: $68,521
    42/114
    29.17%
    $32,000
    20/56
    35.71%
    January
    $1,477,045
    AVG: $70,335
    58/126
    46.03%
    $18,000
    22/61
    36.07%
    February
    $1,282,485
    AVG: $61,071
    48/126
    38.10%
    $47,000
    16/66
    24.24%
    March
    $1,330,486
    AVG: $66,524
    52/120
    43.33%
    $9,000
    17/60
    28.33%
    April
    $1,309,547
    AVG: $62,359
    44/126
    34.92%
    $8,000
    23/61
    37.70%
    May
    $1,531,340
    AVG: $66,580
    55/138
    39.86%
    $43,000
    26/74
    35.14%
    June
    $965,478
    AVG: $74,268
    35/78
    44.87%
    $19,000
    17/41
    41.46%
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