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OPENING

Episodes	190

Amber Lancaster passed Drew the microphone	41
Manuela Arbelaez passed Drew the microphone	59
Melissa Ordway passed Drew the microphone	5		(Apr. 17, May 8, May 9, May 14, May 15)
Rachel Reynolds passed Drew the microphone	83
There was no handoff	2		(Feb. 1, Apr. 18)

ITEM UP FOR BIDS

Males called to Contestant's Row	702
Females called to Contestant's Row	1079
(Contestants played in groups on Dec. 24, Feb. 14, Mar. 25,
Apr. 22-23 & May 10)

Eggland's awards offered	12		(Sep. 21, Sep. 24, Oct. 12, Oct. 17, Nov. 13, Nov. 15, Nov. 20, Feb. 15, Feb. 28, Mar. 4,
			Apr. 29, May 15)
PlayMonster awards offered	1		(Nov. 21)

TPiR Train brought out the prize	8		(Sep. 26, Nov. 7, Nov. 19, Dec. 26, Feb. 8, May 2, May 27, Jun. 4)
TPiR Tugboat brought out the prize	5		(Sep. 18, Dec. 4, Jan. 23, Feb. 26, May 20)

Prizes placed on center stage	168
Prizes presented in front of the Big Doors	37
Prizes placed behind the Big Doors	63
Prizes placed on the turntable	112
Prizes lowered from the rafters	128
Prizes placed behind the Giant Price Tag	84
Prizes placed in the Clam	159
Prizes placed behind the Reveal	145
Prizes placed behind the $ tag	99
Prizes presented in Contestant's Row	101
Prizes presented in front of Contestant's Row	21
Prizes presented at George's podium	10

Fourth bidder won	473		41.49%	(Season 29-46 percentage: 39.82%)
Third bidder won	233		20.44%	(Season 29-46 percentage: 22.05%)
Second bidder won	228		20.00%	(Season 29-46 percentage: 19.94%)
First bidder won	206		18.07%	(Season 29-46 percentage: 18.19%)

Bidder at the red podium won	275		24.12%	(Seasons 30-46 percentage: 24.51%)
Bidder at the blue podium won	269		23.60%	(Seasons 30-46 percentage: 23.92%)
Bidder at the yellow podium won	268		23.51%	(Seasons 30-46 percentage: 24.62%)
Bidder at the green podium won	328		28.77%	(Seasons 30-46 percentage: 26.94%)

First bidder called won	170	(	29	won the Showcase)
Second bidder called won	155	(	13	won the Showcase)
Third bidder called won	155	(	24	won the Showcase)
Fourth bidder called won	167	(	39	won the Showcase)
Fifth bidder called won	151	(	25	won the Showcase)
Sixth bidder called won	116	(	14	won the Showcase)
Seventh bidder called won	111	(	13	won the Showcase)
Eighth bidder called won	69	(	8	won the Showcase)
Ninth bidder called won	46	(	11	won the Showcase)

Contestants called eighth and ninth both won	8		(Sep. 24, Nov. 21, Jan. 4, Jan. 22, Mar. 29, Apr. 1, Apr. 8, Jun. 3)
Contestants called seventh, eighth and ninth all won	6		(Sep. 24, Nov. 21, Jan. 4, Jan. 22, Apr. 1, Jun. 3)

One out of the first four contestants failed to win a one bid	86
Two out of the first four contestants failed to win a one bid	12		(Sep. 24, Nov. 21, Nov. 28, Dec. 24, Jan. 4, Feb. 11, Feb. 21, Apr. 9, May 1, May 15,
			Jun. 6, Jul. 4)
Three out of the first four contestants failed to win a one bid	1		(Jan. 22)

$1 bids	242
$1 bids that were not from the last bidder	37
$1 bids in an aired overbid	1		(Jan. 22)
$1 bids when there was a perfect bid	8		(Jan. 8, Jan. 21, Jan. 22, Jan. 23, Feb. 26, Mar. 18, Apr. 9, Jun. 12)

Winning $1 bids	67
Winning $1 bids that were not from the last bidder	4		(Nov. 20, Dec. 28, Feb. 5, Feb. 21)
Winning $1 bids in an aired overbid	0

$2-$99 bids	17		(11 $2 bids, 1 $6 bid, 1 $5 bid, 1 $3 bid, 1 $50 bid, 1 $62 bid, 1 $69 bid)
$2-$99 bids that were after a previous $1 bid	11		(Oct. 8, Oct. 25, Nov. 9, Dec. 11, Dec. 12, Jan. 2, Jan. 23, Jan. 31, Feb. 20, Apr. 18,
			May 6)

Winning $2-$99 bids	4		(Feb. 5, Feb. 20, Mar. 1, May 6)
Winning $2-$99 bids that were after a previous $1 bid	2		(Feb. 20, May 6)

$4,000+ bids	25		(2 on Sep. 17, Oct. 18 & Dec. 31, 3 on Oct. 11, 7 on Oct. 9)

Bid $1 above a previous bidder	518
Winning $1 up bids	262
$1 up bids in an aired overbid	4		(Nov. 15, Dec. 13, Feb. 12 & May 1 - all won)
Bid $1 above a perfect bidder	8		(Sep. 21, Oct. 19, Oct. 23, Oct. 30, Nov. 13, Feb. 19, Apr. 1, Apr. 29)

Bid $1 above a bidder that had also bid $1 above a previous bidder	50
Winning $1 up bids	31
$1 up bids in an aired overbid	0
Bid $1 above a perfect bidder	1		(Feb. 22)

All bidders bid $1 above the previous bidder	2		(Apr. 2, Jun. 19)

Bid $1 under a previous bidder	5		(Nov. 14, Jan. 15, Mar. 4, Apr. 26, Jun. 14)

Bid was $1 above the actual retail price	31		(Sep. 21, Oct. 4, Oct. 19, Oct. 23, Oct. 30, Nov. 8, Nov. 13, Nov. 20 x2, Dec. 3 x 2,
			Dec. 13, Dec. 14, Dec. 27, Feb. 8, Feb. 19, Feb. 20, Feb. 22 x2, Feb. 26, Mar. 7,
			Mar. 8, Mar. 14, Apr. 1 x2, Apr. 12, Apr. 16, Apr. 29, May 31, Jun. 18, Jun. 20)

Aired overbids	8		(Nov. 15, Dec. 13, Dec. 26, Jan. 22, Feb. 12, Mar. 7, May 1, Jun. 13)
Aired double overbids	0

Perfect bids	47
2 perfect bids in the same episode	6		(Oct. 4, Oct. 23, Jan. 21, Jan. 22, Feb. 19, Feb. 26)
Perfect bids in an overbid	0

Median one bid value	$1,253

Most common one bid values	$699		(16 Times)
	$1,200		(15 Times)
	$1,299		(15 Times)
	$1,300		(15 Times)

Highest bids	$7,000		(Sep. 17, Dec. 28, May 27)
	$6,501		(Oct. 11)
	$6,500		(Oct. 11)

Biggest underbids from the winning contestant	$2,570		(Oct. 8)
	$2,415		(Dec. 11)
	$2,396		(Dec. 24)

Most expensive prizes	$5,070		(Cartier Necklace, Ring & Earrings - Oct. 8)
	$4,850		(Rolex Watch - Sep. 17 & Oct. 11)
	$4,618		(Bull Pizza Oven - Oct. 9)

Most expensive prizes	$4,850		(Rolex Watch - Sep. 17)
(Excluding Big Money Week)	$3,447		(Trip to Palm Springs - Dec. 28)
	$3,418		(Trip to Huntington Beach - Jun. 21)

Total one bids above $3,000	34

Least expensive prizes	$500		(Polar GPS Watch - Dec. 19)
	$505		(7 Hamilton Beach Small Appliances - May 2)
	$515		(Nintendo Switch - Mar. 4)

Highest one bid totals for one episode	$16,836		(Oct. 9)
	$16,569		(Oct. 12)
	$16,398		(Oct. 11)

Highest one bid totals for one episode	$13,319		(Dec. 28)
(Excluding Big Money Week)	$13,017		(Sep. 17)
	$12,575		(Dec. 31)

Lowest one bid totals for one episode	$5,184		(May 6)
	$5,825		(Mar. 18)
	$5,878		(May 13)

SHOWCASE SHOWDOWN

Male spinners	482
Female spinners	705
(Contestants played in groups on Dec. 24, Feb. 14, Mar. 25,
Apr. 22-23 & May 10)

First spinner won	111		29.21%	(Season 29-46 percentage: 30.17%)
Second spinner won	136		35.79%	(Season 29-46 percentage: 33.81%)
Third spinner won	133		35.00%	(Season 29-46 percentage: 36.02%)

Contestant went over $1.00	290
First two contestants went over $1.00	11		(Oct. 5, Oct. 30, Nov. 20, Jan. 8, Jan. 25, Feb. 14 x2, Feb. 19, Apr. 22, Jun. 7, Jun. 12)

$1,000 winners	96		($1.00 spins were worth $2,000 on Oct. 8 & Oct. 12)
$11,000 winners	12		(Nov. 2, Nov. 8, Nov. 21, Dec. 7, Dec. 11, Dec. 24, Jan. 18, Feb. 12, May 6, May 16,
			May 23, Jul. 4)
$26,000 winners	6		(Oct. 9, Nov. 7, Nov. 19, Dec. 14, Feb. 18, Feb. 26) (Spin was worth $52,000 on Oct. 9)
Total winnings	$412,000

At least one $1,000+ winner in each Showcase Showdown	7		(Sep. 25, Oct. 16, Oct. 26, Nov. 8, Nov. 9, May 10, May 23)

Spun $1.00 in one spin	55
Spun $1.00 in two spins	56
Spun $1.00 in a spin-off spin	3		(Oct. 12, Oct. 23, Mar. 18) (Oct. 23 was a 3-way spin-off)

Amounts spun most often in a bonus spin	80		(12 Times)
	35		(11 Times)
	15		(7 Times)
	65		(7 Times)

2-person spin-offs	40
2-person $1.00 spin-offs	11		(Oct. 26, Nov. 8, Nov. 9, Nov. 26, Dec. 14, Jan. 11, Feb. 7, Feb. 18, Feb. 28, Apr. 25,
			May 31)

Spin-off ties	2		(Nov. 12, Mar. 27)

Spin-offs in both Showcase Showdowns	0

3 person spin-offs	2		(Oct. 23, Jun. 6)
3 person $1.00 spin-offs	0

Spun a total of 10 cents in two spins	4		(Nov. 21, Dec. 7, May 23, Jun. 14)
Spun a total of $1.90 in two spins	1		(Nov. 9)

Spins under one revolution	34		(3 spun $1.00 afterwards - Sep. 25, Oct. 17 & Oct. 26)
			(2 by the same contestant on Jan. 25 & May 16)
Puny spins in a bonus spin	2		(Oct. 1, May 8)

Assisted spins	12		(2 on Oct. 24, Nov. 21, Jan. 25, Feb. 21, Apr. 15 & Jul. 4)
Spun $1.00 in an assisted spin	1		(Apr. 15)
Won the Showcase Showdown	3		(Oct. 24, Jan. 25, Apr. 15)

SHOWCASE

Female/Female Showcases	64
Male/Male Showcases	27
Female/Male Showcases	93	(	42	were won by females)
(Excludes Dec. 24, Feb. 14, Mar. 25, Apr. 22-23 & May 10)		(	44	were won by males)

Top winner bid on the first Showcase	66		34.74%
Bid on a Showcase that ended with a car	56
Bid on a Showcase that ended with a trip	9
Bid on a Showcase that ended with a boat	1		(Apr. 16)

Top winner passed the first Showcase	124		65.26%
Passed on a Showcase that ended with a car	63		(	29	offered a car in the second Showcase)
Passed on a Showcase that ended with a trip	35
Passed on a Showcase that ended with a boat	26


The top winner won the Showcase	78		41.05%
Bid on the first Showcase	34
Bid on the second Showcase	44

The runner up won the Showcase	98		51.58%
Bid on the first Showcase	69
Bid on the second Showcase	29

The most expensive Showcase was won	82
The least expensive Showcase was won	94
(Excludes Double Showcase wins)

Showcase #1 was the most expensive	91		47.89%
Showcase #2 was the most expensive	99		52.11%

The top winner bid on the most expensive Showcase	103		54.21%
The top winner bid on the least expensive Showcase	87		45.79%

One contestant overbid	71
Double Overbids	14		(Oct. 16, Nov. 13, Jan. 2, Jan. 23, Jan. 29, Mar. 5, Apr. 1, May 1, May 7, May 21,
			May 29, Jun. 7, Jun. 25, Jul. 16)
Double Showcase Winners	0

Showcase winner was not the biggest winner of the episode	6		(Sep. 17, Dec. 17, Jan. 10, Jan. 11, Apr. 11, May 27)

Showcase ended with a car	248	(	124	were won)
Showcase ended with a trip	79	(	33	were won)
Showcase ended with a boat	53	(	19	were won)

Neither Showcase offered a trip	0
Showcases that offered at least three trips	23		(Sep. 20, Oct. 4, Oct. 9, Oct. 24, Nov. 6, Nov. 28, Dec. 20, Jan. 7, Jan. 15, Jan. 29,
			Jan. 30, Feb. 5, Mar. 12, Mar. 29, Apr. 1, Apr. 26, May 3, May 9, May 20, May 24,
			Jun. 6, Jun. 13, Jun. 21)
Showcases that offered less than three prizes	41

Both Showcases offered a car	60
Neither Showcase offered a car	2		(Mar. 6, Apr. 3)

Showcases that offered more than one car	1		(Feb. 14)

Median Showcase value	$29,599
Median value of Showcases won	$29,583

Showcases worth more than $40,000	32
Showcases worth less than $22,000	28

Most expensive Showcases	$58,949		(May 27)
	$53,917		(Oct. 1)
	$53,822		(Apr. 22)

Most expensive Showcases won	$53,742		(Dec. 28)
	$48,350		(Sep. 17)
	$46,983		(Nov. 9)

Least expensive Showcases	$20,264		(Mar. 25)
	$20,318		(Mar. 18)
	$20,350		(May 15)

Least expensive Showcases won	$20,350		(May 15)
	$20,768		(May 8)
	$20,995		(Mar. 12)

Most expensive Showcases (combined)	$101,443		(Dec. 28)
	$97,876		(Nov. 9)
	$96,365		(Oct. 11)

Least expensive Showcases (combined)	$42,659		(May 15)
	$44,091		(Jan. 29)
	$44,397		(May 8)

Largest difference between Showcase values	$26,689		(May 27)
	$24,793		(Feb. 4)
	$16,713		(Feb. 12)

Smallest difference between Showcase values	$574		(Dec. 3)
	$678		(Jan. 24)
	$705		(May 23)

Bids closest to the actual retail price	$251		(Feb. 1)
	$260		(May 27)
	$269		(Mar. 7)

Closest bids for a contestant that did not win their Showcase	$1,590		(Dec. 10)
	$1,650		(Feb. 4)
	$1,942		(Jan. 30)

Bids furthest from the actual retail price	$25,022		(Apr. 22)
	$22,291		(May 20)
	$22,273		(Nov. 19)

Biggest miss from a contestant that won the Showcase	$14,730		(Oct. 24)
	$13,867		(Dec. 28)
	$13,115		(Dec. 14)

Median Showcase difference (excluding overbids)	$4,735

Smallest overbids	$2		(Jan. 3)
	$25		(Mar. 13)
	$47		(Jan. 29)

Largest overbids	$15,398		(Oct. 9)
	$13,747		(Oct. 8)
	$12,730		(Jan. 2)

Median overbid value	$2,268

Smallest margins of victory	$17		(Dec. 10)
	$159		(Jun. 20)
	$287		(Jun. 14)

Largest margins of victory	$19,838		(May 20)
	$19,498		(Oct. 1)
	$18,689		(May 27)


OVERALL

Male Showcase winners	73
Female Showcase winners	111
(Contestants played in groups on Dec. 24, Feb. 14, Mar. 25,
Apr. 22-23 & May 10)

Both car games were won	24		(Sep. 19, Sep. 21, Sep. 26, Oct. 8, Oct. 31, Nov. 7, Nov. 9, Nov. 20, Jan. 4, Jan. 15,
			Jan. 18, Feb. 1, Mar. 1, Mar. 27, Mar. 29, Apr. 9, Apr. 15, Apr. 16, Apr. 23, May 27,
			May 29, Jun. 20, Jun. 21, Jun. 24) (Excludes May 31)

Contestants that won more than one car	11		(Oct. 23, Nov. 20, Dec. 13, Dec. 31, Jan. 3, Jan. 25, Feb. 14, Apr. 5, May 31, Jun. 10,
			Jul. 4)

Episodes where no cars were won	41
Episodes where more than two cars were won	22

All three Pricing Games played in the first half were won	15		(Sep. 19, Oct. 8, Nov. 5, Nov. 20, Dec. 14, Dec. 17, Jan. 18, Feb. 4, Feb. 28, Mar. 15,
			Apr. 2, Apr. 18, Apr. 23, Apr. 29, Jun. 10)
All three Pricing Games played in the second half were won	19		(Oct. 1, Oct. 10, Oct. 31, Nov. 2, Nov. 13, Nov. 15, Feb. 1, Mar. 4, Mar. 11, Mar. 25,
			Apr. 5, Apr. 8, Apr. 16, Apr. 22, May 9, May 27, Jun. 24, Jun. 25, Jun. 28)

6/6 Pricing Games won	0
5/6 Pricing Games won	9		(Oct. 1, Oct. 8, Oct. 31, Jan. 18, Feb. 4, Apr. 16, Apr. 23, May 27, Jun. 24)
4/6 Pricing Games won	44
3/6 Pricing Games won	53
2/6 Pricing Games won	52
1/6 Pricing Games won	28
0/6 Pricing Games won	4		(Oct. 3, Oct. 25, Feb. 21, May 15)

All games were at least partially won	6		(Nov. 8, Nov. 28, Feb. 28, Apr. 16, Apr. 18, May 10)
Winless Shows	3		(Oct. 3, Feb. 21, May 15)

Pricing Games won more often tan lost (record above .500)	31
Pricing Games played in all six slots	18

Episodes with no grocery product Pricing Games	6		(Jan. 30, Feb. 1, Apr. 9, May 13, Jun. 14, Jun. 25)
Episodes with more than one grocery product Pricing Game	1		(Oct. 12)

Episodes with no small prize Pricing Games	14		(Oct. 17, Oct. 18, Dec. 18, Jan. 18, Jan. 22, Jan. 29, Feb. 7, Feb. 12, Feb. 26, Mar. 5,
			Apr. 4, Apr. 30, May 17, Jun. 24)
Episodes with more than one small prize Pricing Game	3		(Oct. 12, Feb. 14, Apr. 24)

Episodes where the small prize and the grocery product games were	9		(Sep. 20, Nov. 8, Dec. 28, Jan. 10, Jan. 15, Jan. 23, Mar. 1, Apr. 17, May 14)
played in the same half			(Excludes Oct. 12 and Apr. 24)

Episodes with more than two car games	2		(May 30, May 31)
Episodes with only one car game	1		(Feb. 14)
Episodes with no car games	2		(Oct. 12, Apr. 24)

Episodes with more than one cash game	2		(Oct. 12, Feb. 14)

Episodes where more than one Pricing Game was played for a trip	40
Episodes where no Pricing Games were played for a trip	2		(Oct. 12, May 31)

Episodes with no 1-prize games	7		(Oct. 4, Oct. 12, Nov. 7, Feb. 28, Apr. 18, Apr. 23, Apr. 25)
Episodes with more than two 1-prize games	1		(Oct. 10)

Non-car games played for a car	25		(Sep. 17, Oct. 1, Oct. 10, Oct. 11, Nov. 5, Nov. 16, Dec. 4, Dec. 21, Dec. 24, Dec. 31,
(Balance Game x3, Bargain Game, Check-Out x2, Cliff Hangers x2,			Jan. 23, Feb. 11, Mar. 1, Mar. 14, May 2, May 13, May 27, May 30, May 31 x4,
Double Prices, Grocery Game x2, Hi Lo x2, Pick-a-Number x2, Plinko,			Jun. 5, Jun. 20, Jun. 21)
Push Over, Range Game x3, Secret "X" x2, Squeeze Play, Vend-O-Price,			(11-14 record)
2 for the Price of 1)

Non-cash game played for cash	7		(Oct. 8, Oct. 12 x5, Feb. 14)
(Bonus Game, Bullseye, Check-Out, Cliff Hangers, Hole in One,			(2-5 record)
Pass the Buck, Pick-a-Pair)

Pricing Games played for multiple trips	20		(Oct. 1, Oct. 11, Nov. 7, Nov. 19, Nov. 21, Dec. 24, Jan. 14, Feb. 1, Feb. 18, Mar. 18,
(Bargain Game x6, Do the Math x5, Double Cross, 1 Right Price,			Apr. 12, Apr. 17, Apr. 23, Apr. 25, May 2, May 13, May 16, May 20, May 28, Jun. 20)
Switch? x7)			(15-5 record)

Approximate total winnings	$14,614,807
Average winnings per episode	$76,920
Median winnings per episode	$72,753
Pace (190 episodes)	$14,614,807

Episodes with more than $100,000 in winnings	35
Episodes with less than $50,000 in winnings	31

Biggest winners:	$105,662		(Hannah Williams - Oct. 9)
	$102,479		(Rocco Santangelo - Sep. 17)
	$101,604		(Christopher Kenbeek - Oct. 11)

Median winnings for Showcase winners:	$35,934

Biggest Showcase winners:	$105,662		(Hannah Williams - Oct. 9)
	$101,604		(Christopher Kenbeek - Oct. 11)
	$85,981		(Michael Tacconi - Nov. 7)

Smallest winners:	$505		(Patricia Buell - May 2)
	$520		(Loryn Hill - Sep. 24)
			(Gail Dickson - Jun. 6)
	$530		(Mary Carmen Rodriguez - Dec. 4)
			(Tottianna Powell - Jan. 10)

Smallest Showcase winners:	$21,080		(Robert Knych - May 15)
	$22,727		(Dave Castillo - Feb. 4)
	$23,003		(Justice Dyer - Apr. 25)

Most won in one episode:	$205,879		(Sep. 17)
	$199,278		(Oct. 9)
	$189,402		(Oct. 8)

Least won in one episode:	$14,909		(May 21)
	$15,122		(Jan. 29)
	$22,945		(Jun. 7)