Calendar of Pricing Games - September 2011
#5631K - - - - - - - 19


Race Game
Double Prices
Most Expen$ive
Range Game
Plinko
3 Strikes
#5632K - - - - - - - 20


Dice Game
1 Wrong Price
Grocery Game
Magic #
Rat Race
Flip Flop
#5633K - - - - - - - 21


Squeeze Play
1 Right Price
Hole in One
Take Two
Bonus Game
That's Too Much!
#5634K - - - - - - - 22


Cliff Hangers
Money Game
Switch?
Push Over
It's in the Bag
Any Number
#5635K - - - - - - - 23


Spelling Bee
Side by Side
Swap Meet
Balance Game
Lucky $even
Hi Lo
Complete calendar
Comments for Season 40
  • Pricing Game winning percentage: 450-696 (39.27% - 52 more wins than last season)
  • Top Ten biggest winners (Courtesy of Adam Bourré):
    • #1 Stephanie Johnson ($104,346) (January 6) ($10,000 Pay the Rent + $11,000 Showcase Showdown + Double Showcase win)
    • #2 Robert Preuss ($86,760) (May 7) (That's Too Much! + $26,000 Showcase Showdown + Showcase win)
    • #3 Sharon Baker ($79,687) (September 19) (Race Game (for 4 cars) win)
    • #4 Patricia & Emilee Gross ($76,614) (May 11) (Lucky $even + Showcase win)
    • #5 Patricia Mellor ($76,285) (December 15) (Cliff Hangers + Double Showcase win)
    • #6 Rio Pachecho ($67,632) (October 18) (Double Showcase win)
    • #7 Jacob Krause ($64,913) (November 29) ($26,000 Showcase Showdown + Showcase win)
    • #8 Emily Issler ($63,522) (September 22) ($16,000 It's in the Bag + Showcase win)
    • #9 Sgt Christopher Tucker ($59,458) (November 11) (Showcase win)
    • #10 Stephen Schwartz ($59,361) (April 13) (Showcase + Publishers Clearing House win)
  • Number of episodes where more than $100,000 in cash and prizes was won: 17
  • Number of episodes were less than $40,000 in cash and prizes was won: 13
  • Average one bid value: $1,257
  • One bids over $3,000: 24
  • Most common one bid values: $1,000 (21 times), $1,100 (17 times), $600/$850/$899/$999 (16 times)
  • Average Showcase value: $30,075
  • Showcases over $40,000: 27
  • Showcases under $20,000: 8
  • Most frequently played Pricing Games: Switch? (36 times), That's Too Much! (35 times), Flip Flop/Most Expen$ive/Squeeze Play (34 times)
  • Least frequently played Pricing Games: Golden Road (twice), Card Game/Double Cross/Triple Play (3 times)
  • Pricing Games with the biggest increase in play over last season: Race Game/One Away/Plinko (+5 playings),
    Bonus Game/Gas Money/Shopping Spree (+4 playings)
  • Pricing Games with the biggest decrease in play over last season: Cliff Hangers/Freeze Frame (-6 playings), Money Game/Pick-a-Number (-5 playings).
    View the complete comparison chart.
  • Pricing Games most often played...
    • First: Lucky $even/Pay the Rent/Switch? (9 times)
    • Second: Push Over (16 times)
    • Third: Plinko (10 times)
    • Fourth: Double Prices (13 times)
    • Fifth: Any Number (10 times)
    • Sixth: That's Too Much! (15 times)
  • Pricing Games played more often this season than in any other season: Flip Flop (34 playings - previous high was 33 in Season 39),
    Gas Money (17 playings - previous high was 13 in Season 39)
  • Pricing Games played fewer times this season than in any other season: Card Game (3 playings - previous low was 6 playings in Season 39),
    Golden Road (2 playings - previous low was 3 playings in Season 38)
  • Pricing Games with the best winning percentage: Pick-a-Pair (14-1; 93.3%), Bullseye (7-1; 87.5%), Shell Game (3-1; 75.0%), Cliff Hangers (14-5; 73.7%)
  • Pricing Games with the most wins: Switch? (21 wins), Flip Flop (19 wins), Plinko/Push Over (16 wins)
  • Winless Pricing Games: 5 (Golden Road, Pay the Rent, Punch a Bunch, 3 Strikes, Triple Play)
    (3 Strikes and Triple Play were the only games where absolutely nothing was won.)
  • Pricing Games with the most losses: That's Too Much! (29 losses), Cover Up (26 losses), Lucky $even (23 losses)
  • Pricing Games won more often than lost (Record above .500): 17
  • Longest winning streaks: Pick-a-Pair (15 wins from April 14, 2011 to April 23, 2012) Cliff Hangers (7 wins from September 22, 2012 to December 23, 2012),
    Bullseye (6 wins since December 14, 2011), Flip Flop (6 wins from September 30, 2011 to November 11, 2011),
    Race Game (6 wins from February 11, 2011 to October 14, 2011)
  • Total cash won in all Pricing Games:
    Any Number$48.81
    Clock Game$5,000
    Gas Money$37,000
    Grand Game$70,341
    1/2 Off$54,000
    It's in the Bag$52,000
    Let 'em Roll$21,000
    Money Game$4,844
    Pass the Buck$12,000
    Pay the Rent$50,000
    Plinko$248,000
    Punch a Bunch$39,100
    Spelling Bee$3,000
    Step Up$4,500
    Temptation$9,683
    TOTAL$610,516.81
  • Car games played fourth: 6 (0-6 record)
    (Line 'em Up, Pocket ¢hange, Range Game twice, Stack the Deck, That's Too Much!)
  • Pricing Games played in all six slots this season: 13
    (Cliff Hangers, Flip Flop, Grand Game, 1/2 Off, Most Expen$ive, 1 Right Price, 1 Wrong Price, Pick-a-Number, Range Game, Side by Side, Squeeze Play, Switch?, That's Too Much!)
  • Non-car games played for a car: 28 times (12-16 record)
    (Bonus Game, Check-Out, Grocery Game, Hi Lo, Now.... or Then, Pick-a-Number, Pick-a-Pair, Push Over, Range Game, Race Game, Secret "X" and Squeeze Play were all played for a car at least once.)
  • Pricing Games played for a classic car: 10 times (5-5 record)
    (Bonus Game, Check-Out, Hi Lo, Hole in One, Let 'em Roll, Master Key, Rat Race and Spelling Bee were all played for at least one classic car.)
  • Pricing Games played for multiple trips: 19 Times (12-7 record)
    (Bargain Game, Most Expen$ive, 1 Right Price and Switch? were all played for multiple trips at least once.)
  • Episodes that had two multi-prize games in its lineup: 8
  • Episodes that did not have a 1-prize game in its lineup: 8
  • Most expensive prize won in a Pricing Game: 1962 Lincoln Continental Convertible ($29,500) (January 2 in Check-Out)
  • Most expensive prize won in a Pricing Game (excluding classic cars): Trip to New Orleans ($27,845) (October 19 in Bullseye)
  • Most expensive prize won in a Pricing Game (excluding classic cars and trips to New Orleans): Ford Escape ($25,915) (June 4 in Money Game)
  • Most frequently punched holes in Punch a Bunch: #49 (Row 5, Column 9) - 6 times,
    #32 (Row 4, Column 2) - 5 times.
    (16 holes were not punched at all this season.)
  • Pricing Game milestones (total playings):
    • Squeeze Play (1200th playing on October 10)
    • Dice Game (1000th playing on March 9)
    • Plinko (900th playing on September 28)
    • Cliff Hangers (700th playing on March 9)
    • Pick-a-Pair (500th playing on June 1)
    • Cover Up (500th playing on June 8)
    • Now.. or Then (400th playing on June 7)
    • It's in the Bag (300th playing on January 26)
    • That's Too Much! (300th playing on May 23)
    • Coming or Going (200th playing on May 4)
    • Balance Game (100th playing on May 4)
    • Pocket ¢hange (100th playing on May 14)
  • Pricing Game milestones (total wins/losses): That's Too Much (200th loss on October 14), 1/2 Off (100th loss on February 8),
    More or Less (50th loss on March 13), Pocket ¢hange (50th loss on May 8, 50th win on May 14)
  • Model milestones: Rachel (1,000th daytime appearance on December 7), Gwendolyn (500th daytime appearance on March 23)
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