- Biggest winner this week: Lori Saenz ($63,209) (April 29)
- Pricing Game winning or losing streaks snapped:
- A 7 game winning streak for Bonus Game, dating back to February 24, 2012 was snapped
- That's Too Much snapped a 9 game losing streak dating back to December 5, 2012
- Check-Out snapped a 5 game losing streak dating back to May 24, 2012
- With the Bonus Game loss, every Pricing Game has now been lost at least once this season. Last time a Pricing Game went an entire season without being lost: Season 37 by both Bullseye (6-0) and Shell Game (3-0)
- With the Check-Out win, Stack the Deck (0-8) and Triple Play (0-1) are now the only Pricing Games where absolutely nothing has been won this season.
- On Monday, Squeeze Play was played a $9,998 barbecue island, which is almost certainly the most expensive four digit prize ever offered in this game. (The previous high was a $9,992 hot tub offered on October 10, 2011). Would they ever dare play Squeeze Play for a $9,999 prize?
- Squeeze Play has now been lost five straight times when played for a Summerset Outdoor Living barbecue island.
- On Tuesday, Shopping Spree was played for the 200th time in daytime history. Since it premiered, Shopping Spreehas been the most frequently played four prize game, ahead of Race Game (197), Swap Meet (155) and Danger Price (151).
- Also on Tuesday, Pathfinder was played for the 20th time this season. Last time it was played over 20 times in one season: Season 24 (22 playings).
- Average number of playings Pathfinder received between Seasons 31 and 40: 11.2
- So far this season, the $10,000 has been placed in every single box in 1/2 Off, with the exception of boxes #6, #10 and #13. It is somewhat unusual that box #6 has remained empty. Box #6 is currently tied for third for the most all-time $10,000 placements, with 15. (Box #4 is the most frequent, with 20 placements.)
- The two bargains in Tuesday's playing of Bargain Game were $2,000 and $500. That's the largest gap between both bargains ($1,500) since the December 1, 2003 playing, when there was a $2,000 gap ($5,000 and $3,000).
- Wednesday's Showcase winner, Debra, won $22,951 in cash and prizes. That's the smallest total amongst all Showcase winners so far this season. However, it should be noted that eight Showcase winners won less than this amount in Season 40.
- On Thursday, 1 Right Price was played third, becoming the nineteenth Pricing Game to be played in all six slots at least once this season. (Joining Push Over, 1 Wrong Price, Coming or Going, Switch?, Flip Flop, Freeze Frame, Plinko, It's in the Bag, Temptation, Squeeze Play, Cliff Hangers, Shopping Spree, One Away, Most Expen$ive, Any Number, That's Too Much!, Most Expen$ive and Grand Game).
- Thursday's Plinko playing was the 500th time a Pricing Game was not fully won this season. (If you do not consider $10,000+ wins in Plinko as a win, then the 500th loss was Tuesday's It's in the Bag playing.)
- On Friday, Erin passed on $4,000 and used her last roll in Let 'em Roll. Since Season 32, the record for the most money not taken when a contestant had one roll remaining is $4,500 from the November 12, 2010 episode.
- Out of the 72 Pricing Games currently in the rotation, only 8 did not exist when Carter was born (Friday's Secret "X" contestant) : Pocket ¢hange, Balance Game, Stack the Deck, More or Less, Gas Money, Rat Race, Pay the Rent and Double Cross.
- The Big Wheel has been ice cold lately. Since the $26,000 win on March 14 (31 episodes ago), there have only been 6 $1,000 winners.
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