Comments for the Week of December 30-January 3

Biggest winners this week: Sheree Heil ($170,345) (December 30) - Sheree is the biggest winner in daytime history Alyssabeth Sabo ($54,709) (January 3) Shalita Williams ($50,955) (December 30) With the win on Monday, Sheree snapped Gas Money's seven game losing streak. Prior to this playing, Gas Money had last been fully won on June 12, 2013. The $157,300 Audi, won in Gas Money, is also the most expensive car ever won in daytime. Prior to this playing, the most expensive car ever won was the $87,516 BMW that was won during this season's Dream Car Week. The three most frequently played Pricing Games this season were all played in Monday's first half (Plinko, Squeeze Play, Lucky $even). Collectively, these three games have been played a combined 45 times this season - which represents 11.36% of all Pricing Game playings this season. Monday's episode had five complete Pricing Game wins and one partial win. Last time all six Pricing Games were at least partially won: June 4, 2012. (5 Pricing Games won + $12,000 won in Plinko.) Overall, $290,399 in cash and prizes was won on Monday's episode. That's the second highest one day total in daytime history. Only the Season 35 premiere had a higher total ($297,708). All six Pricing Games were fully won on Tuesday's episode - the first perfect show since February 12, 2010. Also on Tuesday, Line em Up became the first car game played fourth that was won this season. Overall, car games played fourth have a dismal 1-8 record this season. The $299 won in Thursday's playing of Money Game is the most cash won in this game since January 6, 2009 (also $299). Since Season 32, the most money won in Money Game was $317 on May 23, 2005. This week featured the first two $26,000 Showcase Showdown winners of this season, which helped push the overall wheel winnings above the $100,000 mark to $101,000. Bonus Game and Grocery Game have now both been played five times this season, which already matches the total number of playings both games received in all of last season.

Comments for the Week of January 6-10

Biggest winner this week: Heather ($39,959) (January 9) 6 trips were offered on Monday's episode (the first one bid, 1 in Freeze Frame, 4 in the Showcase), which is the most trips offered in one episode this season. 1 Right Price was lost on Monday's episode, which snapped an eight game winning streak for this game. It was also the first time the game was lost this season. This was the second time in the past 13 years where 1 Right Price started a season at 8-0 (the game also went 8-0 to start Season 30). However, in all other seasons during this span, the best start 1 Right Price could muster was a 2-0 run in Season 36. With the loss, Bonus Game (5-0) is the now the Pricing Game with the most wins this season that has not yet been lost. All six Pricing Games were fully lost on Tuesday's episode - the first skunking since April 30, 2012. Also on Tuesday's episode, Rommel failed to get off the first number and got all three small prizes wrong in Pathfinder . That was the fourth complete Pathfinder wipeout since the start of Season 32 (it also happened on January 19, 2006, February 12, 2006 and April 23, 2012). By being played sixth on Tuesday's episode, Coming or Going became the third Pricing Game to be played in all six slots at least once this season (joining Plinko and That's Too Much!). So far this season, 5/9 contestants failed to win any money in It's in the Bag. If that trend continues, that would be the first time since at least Season 29 where this game's season median winnings would be $0. On Thursday, Lucky $even became the first Pricing Game to be fully lost 10 times. (Tied for second in this category is Cover Up, Squeeze Play and That's Too Much!, with 8 losses.) Also on Thursday's episode, Heather overbid on her Showcase by $2. Other recent heartbreaking overbids: $2 on November 7, 2007 and $1 on October 9, 2004. Push Over has been played for a trip in 8 out of its 11 playings so far this season. Other one prize games that have primarily been played for trips: Check Game (4/6), Flip Flop (7/11), Freeze Frame (5/8), Range Game (5/7) In all 9 Bargain Game playings so far this season, the contestant thought the prize on the right had the bigger bargain. Unfortunately, the prize on the right was the right choice in only 5 of these playings. Both Cover Up and That's Too Much were won this week. Last time both Pricing Games were won in the same week: the week of April 23-27 in Season 40. Between both occurences, both games were played in the same week 34 times, and at least one of the games were lost.

Comments for the Week of January 13-17

Biggest winner this week: Angela Dorsey ($34,254) (January 15) Only $13,641 in cash and prizes was won on Monday's episode - the lowest daily total since $13,474 was won on the June 1, 2012 episode. Swap Meet has been played six times so far this season, which is the most playings received for any four prize non-car game (second highest is Race Game, Shopping Spree and Take Two, with 4 playings). If that trend continues, it will be the first time since Season 24 where Swap Meet is the more frequently played four prize game. Monday's Swap Meet was also the first time in eight playings where the contestant did not have to pick the least expensive prize in order to win the game. Also on Monday's episode, One Away and Switch? became the fourth and fifth Pricing Games to be played in all six slots at least once this season. (Joining Plinko, That's Too Much! and Coming or Going). On Tuesday's episode, Brittany had to stop at the sixth price in order to win That's Too Much! Last time the sixth price was right in That's Too Much!: December 24, 2010 - 89 playings ago. Also on Tuesday's episode, one of the prizes in Bargain Game had a bargain of $1,100. Last time there was a $1,100 bargain in this game: November 21, 2005. On Wednesday's episode, Plinko became the first Pricing Game to be played 20 times this season. Plinko is by far the most frequently played game this season - the next closest game is Lucky $even with 16 playings. Out of the 28 rolls in Dice Game so far this season, contestants have rolled an even number 23 times and an odd number only 5 times. In fact, a "1" has not been rolled yet and a "3" has only been rolled once. Let 'em Roll was played for the fifth time this season on Thursday's episode. That already matches the total number of playings it received in all of last season. Lucky $even was won for the sixth time this season on Thursday's episode. That already matches the total number of wins this game received in all of last season (6-22). Friday's It's in the Bag playing was the first time since January 24 of last season where a contestant got one of the first two bags wrong. Friday's episode also featured the third 3-way spin-off of the season. Since Season 29, the most number of 3-way ties in one season is 5 in Season 38. There was only a $58 difference between the value of both Showcases on Friday's episode ($23,964 & $23,906) - the smallest difference since the March 18, 2013 episode ($22,774 & $22,812 = $38). Out of the ten episodes that aired during the past two weeks, only 4 of them featured both a small prize game and a grocery product game. Three episodes did not have a small prize game and three episodes did not have a grocery product game.

Comments for the Week of January 20-24

Biggest winner this week: Tamara Kinzie ($52,338) (January 20) Pick-a-Number, Safe Crackers and 2 for the Price of 1 were all played for a car this week. Previous time these games have been played for a car: Pick-a-Number: May 28, 2012 Safe Crackers: October 29, 2010 2 for the Price of 1: May 10, 2013 Also this week, Freeze Frame and Range Game became the sixth and seventh Pricing Games to be played in all six slots at least once this season. (Joining Plinko, That's Too Much!, Coming or Going, One Away and Switch?). Flip Flop was lost for the third straight time on Tuesday's episode, which has dropped its record to 7-6 for this season. After finishing Season 41 with a very impressive 24-11 record, Flip Flop is on pace to finish Season 42 with a much more modest record. Cliff Hangers was lost on Wednesday's episode, which snapped a six game winning streak for this game. Cliff Hangers had last been lost on September 24, 2013. Cliff Hangers was lost even though the contestant bid perfectly on the first small prize. Previous time a perfect guess did not lead to a Cliff Hangers win: November 11, 2010. Cliff Hangers was ultimately lost because the contestant underbid on the final small prize by $30. That's the largest miss for one small prize since the March 20, 2012 playing, where a contestant bid $85 on a $20 tea set. Glorisdine (Wednesday) and Kevin (Thursday) underbid on their Showcase by $20,747 and $17,837, respectively - the second and third largest Showcase misses of the season. 2 for the Price of 1 has now been lost six straight time when it has been played for a car. The last time a car was won in this game was February 28, 2006. The loss in 2 for the Price of 1 also snapped a winning streak for the two prize games. After Bargain Game was lost on January 10, 9 straight two prize games had been won (Make Your Move, Switch? twice, Bargain Game twice, Double Cross, 1 Right Price, Do the Math, Safe Crackers). Also on Friday's episode, Sarah won her way to the Showcase by default (because the two previous spinners went over) and spun $1.00 in her one free spin. Previous time that's happened: April 27, 2011. 0 Pricing Games were fully won on Friday's episode and the Showcase ended in a double overbid. Previous time that's happened: November 10, 2010. (It should be noted that absolutely nothing was won in the Pricing Games played on the November 10, 2010 episode - Friday's episode at least had a $10,000 Pay the Rent bailout.)

Comments for the Week of January 27-31

Biggest winner this week: Timothy Caballero ($40,688) (January 28) Side by Side, 1 Right Price and Switch? all picked up their tenth wins of the season this week, becoming the first three Pricing Games to reach double digit wins this season. For 1 Right Price, its 10 wins has already matched the total number of wins it achieved in all of last season (10-11). Switch? has also now been won ten straight times, which is a dramatic turnaround from its 0-4 start to the season. It's also the longest winning streak since Clock Game was won 11 straight times in Season 41. On Monday's episode, Switcheroo was lost even though Angela had correctly priced the car on her first try. Previous time that's happened: January 22, 2013. Overall, it's happened 10 times since the start of Season 32. Pick-a-Pair was lost for the first time this season on Monday's episode. The loss also snapped a five game winning streak for this game, a streak that stretched back to May 23 of last season. The average value of the prizes offered in Pick-a-Pair this season is $13,097, with the cheapest prize being $7,500 in gasoline, maid service and groceries. It goes without saying that this non-car game has been offering some pretty impressive prizes this season. Also on Monday's episode, both Showcase Showdowns required a spin-off, and a $1.00 was spun in both of these spin-off rounds. Talk about a very rare occurence! The Jeep Patriot, won in Wednesday's Line em Up, was the 100th car won this season. (51 cars were won in Pricing Games, 49 cars were won in the Showcase.) Line em Up was also won on the first try for the first time since January 2 of last season. Also on Wednesday's episode, That's Too Much! was the only Pricing Game that was not fully won. Since the start of Season 39, the Pricing Games that have solely prevented a perfect show are Any Number, Cover Up, Gas Money (three times), 1/2 Off, It's in the Bag, One Away, Pass the Buck, Plinko (twice), Safe Crackers, Squeeze Play, Switch?, That's Too Much! (three times) and 3 Strikes. On Friday, Master Key was played fourth for the first time since February 2, 2009. The total value of both Showcases offered on Tuesday ($42,420), Wednesday ($42,549) and Thursday ($42,278) were, collectively, the three cheapest Showcase rounds of the season. Three four prize non-car games were played this week (Swap Meet, Race Game, Danger Price) - the most playings of four prize games in one week this season.

Comments for the Week of February 3-7

Biggest winner this week: Magdalena Gutierrez ($76,456) (February 3) - Magdalena is the fourth biggest winner so far this season Magdalena was also the fifth Double Showcase winner of the season. That's already more Double Showcase wins than there were in all of Seasons 40 (4) and 41 (3). However, we still have a ways to go in order to match the mark set in Season 39 (10). Eleven one prize non-car games were played on the five aired episodes this week. Check Game was the only one prize game that did not get any airtime this week. On Monday, Pass the Buck was played fourth for the first time since May 6, 2011. Pass the Buck currently has a 3-1 record. If it continues giving away cars on a regular basis, Pass the Buck could finish a season above the .500 mark for the first time ever. (Currently, its best single season record is 5-8 in Season 35.) During Tuesday's one bid rounds, contestants bid $1 above a previous bidder eight different times. That's the most $1-upping in one episode this season. (The previous high was 7 on January 16.) On Wednesday, Double Prices was played first for the first time since March 21, 2011. It was also played behind Door #3 for the first time since October 19, 2011. On Thursday, Laura risked $8,000 in It's in the Bag, only to miss the $16,000 product and go home empty hampted. Before this episode, the last time a contestant lost on the $16,000 bag was April 29, 2010. Also on Thursday's episode, Joel won the spin-off with 10 cents (because his opponent only spun 5 cents). Surprisingly, not only has that happened before, but it's already happened before this season (on October 4). Thursday was also the first time this season where both Showcases offered a trip as its main prize. On Friday, Dice Game was won based solely on perfect rolling (ie: rolling only 1s, 6s or the exact number) for the first time since January 31, 2011. Overall, it was the fourth automatic win since the start of Season 32.

Comments for the Week of February 10-14

Biggest winner this week: Steven Harris ($40,152) (February 12) On Monday, Switch? was lost for the first time since October 31, 2013. That snapped a ten game winning streak for this game. On Tuesday, Money Game was played fourth for the first time since February 1, 2010. And, with this playing, Money Game became the eighth Pricing Game to be played in all six slots at least once this season. Also on Tuesday, contestants bid $1 above a previous bidder eight different times during the six one bids. That ties the mark set last Tuesday for the season high. Conversely, zero contestant bid $1 above a previous bidder during the one bid rounds on Wednesday's and Thursday's episode. There have only been three other episodes this season where there was not at least one $1-upping (October 22, October 28 and November 19). Based on the available information, Double Prices was played for the 1500th time in daytime history on Thursday's episode. Double Prices is the first Pricing Game to be played 1500 times. Most Expen$ive (1495) and Any Number (1471) will be the next games to reach this milestone. On Friday, Pick-a-Pair was played first for only the second time in the past 27 seasons. (The December 31, 2012 episode is the only other instance where Pick-a-Pair was played first.) Also on Friday, Temptation was fully won for the first time since January 10, 2012 (spanning 24 playings) and for only the second time in the past seven seasons. Also on Friday, Side by Side was won for the tenth straight time (based on intended airdates). Side by Side is the fourth Pricing Game to have a double digit winning streak in the past two seasons (joining Cliff Hangers, Clock Game and Switch?). The six one bids on Friday's episode totalled $13,262 - the most expensive one bids offered since the December 30, 2010 episode ($14,429). The $3,780 wedding bands, offered on Friday's episode and the $3,764 trip to Monterrey, offered on Monday's episode, are the two most expensive one bids offered this season. During the past two production weeks, no cars were won in the Showcase rounds. This is a pretty significant slump - before this streak started, a car had been won in 51/86 Showcase rounds this season.

Comments for the Week of February 17-21

Biggest winner this week: Danyelle Stephenson ($41,438) (February 17) On Tuesday, Side by Side was lost for the first time since November 4, 2013. The loss snapped a 10 game winning streak for this game. Overall, it was a difficult week for the frequently won games - both Side by Side and 1 Right Price were lost for only the second time this season. Also on Tuesday, Hole in One was played sixth for the first time since December 13, 2010. Hole in One has now been played five times this season. That has already matched the total number of playings it received in all of last season. On Friday, Eazy az 1 2 3 was won for the first time this season. That leaves only four Pricing Games without a win or partial win this season (Balance Game, Switcheroo, Triple Play, 2 for the Price of 1). (This list does not include Golden Road, It's in the Bag, Master Key, Pay the Rent, Plinko and Punch a Bunch - games that have partial wins, but have not been fully won.) The $550 kayak, offered in Friday's Eazy az 1-2-3, was the cheapest prize offered in this game since a $400 screen was offered in the June 24, 2008 episode. Also on Friday, Christina bid $1 on her Showcase. That was the first $1 Showcase bid since April 15, 2011. Due to $1 bid, Christina was $26,792 away from the actual retail price of her Showcase. That's the largest miss for a Showcase winner since the same April 15, 2011 episode ($31,601). Thursday was the 100th episode of the season. After 100 episodes: Pricing Games on pace to have a significant increase in play over last season: Pick-a-Number (+13 playings), Lucky $even (+10 playings), Bonus Game/Swap Meet/That's Too Much! (+8 playings) Pricing Games on pace to have a significant decrease in play over last season: Cliff Hangers/Pathfinder (-12 playings), Clock Game/1 Wrong Price (-10 playings) Pick-a-Number, Swap Meet, Bonus Game, Let 'em Roll and Grocery Game have already been played more times this season than they were in all of Season 41. Plinko is on pace to be played 39 times this season, which would be the most playings for one Pricing Game since Squeeze Play was played 39 times in Season 37. View the complete comparison chart

Comments for the Week of February 24-28

Biggest winner this week: Cynthia Testerman ($32,033) (February 28) The trip to the Bahamas, offered in Monday's playing of Pick-a-Number, was the 200th trip won this season. The $65 handheld blender, offered in Tuesday's playing of Spelling Bee is tied for the most expensive small prize offered in this game since at least Season 32 (a $65 iron was offered on the May 14, 2013 playing). Spelling Bee was the only car game that was won this week. Overall, this was the fourth week this season where only one car game was won. In the other three weeks, Stack the Deck, Pass the Buck and Any Number prevented a complete skunking. At least one car game has been won in every (2+ episode) week so far this season. The $19,461 Showcase, offered on Tuesday's episode, is the cheapest Showcase offered since October 12, 2012 ($19,290) and is the cheapest Showcase won since April 25, 2011 ($18,712). The only thing won in the six Pricing Games played on Thursday's episode was a $20 tea set in Switcheroo. That's a very unimpressive haul, but it's not as bas as the February 22, 2012 episode - the last time absolutely nothing was won in the Pricing Game portion of an episode. By being played fourth on Thursday, Most Expen$ive became the ninth Pricing Game to be played in all six slots at least once this season. Double Prices has been a very streaky game so far this season. After the first playing of the season was lost, Double Prices was won six straight times, but has since gone on a six game losing streak. On Friday, Balance Game was played for a car for the first time since January 11 of last season and was played second for the first time since November 17, 2009.

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