Weekly Comments (November-December)

Comments for the Week of October 31-November 4
Biggest winners this week: Michael Pittman ($73,713) (November 2) - 3rd biggest winner so far this season Janet Roberts ($64,017) (October 31) Corey Davis ($52,537) (November 4) Roy Phillips ($50,495) (November 3) Janet (October 31) and Michael (November 2) became the first two contestants this season to win more than one car. Monday ended a streak of four straight seasons where Rat Race was played on the Halloween episode. The middle price (third most expensive) in Gas Money was right for only the ninth time in its history and for the first time since October 15, 2014 (25 playings ago). This was also the first time ever where the car was won in Gas Money when the middle price was right. The car was won in Gas Money for the second time this season. Season 37 (2 wins) and Season 40 (3 wins) are the only other seasons where Gas Money was won more than once. Sonia underbid on the Aspercreme pain reliever by $6.99 in Check-Out (mostly to compensate for a high bid on a previous product). That is the largest miss for a single product in this game since February 27, 2009 ($6.00 bid on a $14.09 box of Capzasin). The only two Pricing Games won on Tuesday's episode where the two car games (Lucky $even and Vend-O-Price). Previous time that's occurred: October 19, 2015 (the only time it happened last season). Marcio got three numbers exactly right in Lucky $even. That's only happened two other times since Season 30: November 14, 2002 and October 13, 2014. The loss in Swap Meet was the first time this season a four-prize game was lost. Prior to this week, these games (Danger Price, Race Game, Shopping Spree, Swap Meet, Take Two) had gone 7-0 to start the season. Michael won three cars on Wednesday's episode (one car in Cover Up and two cars in the Showcase). Previous times a contestant has won more than two cars: December 21, 2014 (Triple Play win), September 19, 2011 (Race Game for 4 cars win), February 14, 2011 (Three cars won in the Showcase from a Double Showcase win). Coincidentally, the Showcases offered on Wednesday's Double Showcase win wound up being, combined, the cheapest Showcases offered so far this season. Clock Game has now been won 10 straight times, a streak that dates back to December 10 of last season. This is the longest winning streak for this game since it was won 11 straight times in Season 41. Pass the Buck was played in the first half for the first time since May 19, 2015. Based on the available information, Five Price Tags was played for the 700th time in daytime history this week. Five Price Tags is the 27th Pricing Game to reach this milestone. That leaves Bonus Game as the only Pricing Game that premiered in Season 1 (and is still active) that has not been played at least 700 times. Bonus Game is currently at 674 playings, so it should hit 700 sometime in the next 2-3 seasons. The "danger price" was the second least expensive prize in Danger Price this week. That ended a streak of 14 straight playings (dating back to June 9, 2015) where Danger Price had been set up as "don't pick the second most expensive prize". It has still been a long time since the "danger price" was the least expensive prize (February 12, 2014) or the most expensive prize (June 14, 2013). Danger Price was also played sixth for the first time since February 11, 2015. Pathfinder was the 100th Pricing Game to be fully won this season. It took 35 episodes to hit 100 wins this season, compared to 34 episodes in Season 44.

Comments for the Week of October 31-November 4

Biggest winners this week:

Michael Pittman ($73,713) (November 2) - 3rd biggest winner so far this season
Janet Roberts ($64,017) (October 31)
Corey Davis ($52,537) (November 4)
Roy Phillips ($50,495) (November 3)

Janet (October 31) and Michael (November 2) became the first two contestants this season to win more than one car.

Monday ended a streak of four straight seasons where Rat Race was played on the Halloween episode.

The middle price (third most expensive) in Gas Money was right for only the ninth time in its history and for the first time since October 15, 2014 (25 playings ago). This was also the first time ever where the car was won in Gas Money when the middle price was right.

The car was won in Gas Money for the second time this season. Season 37 (2 wins) and Season 40 (3 wins) are the only other seasons where Gas Money was won more than once.

Sonia underbid on the Aspercreme pain reliever by $6.99 in Check-Out (mostly to compensate for a high bid on a previous product). That is the largest miss for a single product in this game since February 27, 2009 ($6.00 bid on a $14.09 box of Capzasin).

The only two Pricing Games won on Tuesday's episode where the two car games (Lucky $even and Vend-O-Price). Previous time that's occurred: October 19, 2015 (the only time it happened last season).

Marcio got three numbers exactly right in Lucky $even. That's only happened two other times since Season 30: November 14, 2002 and October 13, 2014.

The loss in Swap Meet was the first time this season a four-prize game was lost. Prior to this week, these games (Danger Price, Race Game, Shopping Spree, Swap Meet, Take Two) had gone 7-0 to start the season.

Michael won three cars on Wednesday's episode (one car in Cover Up and two cars in the Showcase). Previous times a contestant has won more than two cars: December 21, 2014 (Triple Play win), September 19, 2011 (Race Game for 4 cars win), February 14, 2011 (Three cars won in the Showcase from a Double Showcase win).

Coincidentally, the Showcases offered on Wednesday's Double Showcase win wound up being, combined, the cheapest Showcases offered so far this season.

Clock Game has now been won 10 straight times, a streak that dates back to December 10 of last season. This is the longest winning streak for this game since it was won 11 straight times in Season 41.

Pass the Buck was played in the first half for the first time since May 19, 2015.

Based on the available information, Five Price Tags was played for the 700th time in daytime history this week. Five Price Tags is the 27th Pricing Game to reach this milestone.

That leaves Bonus Game as the only Pricing Game that premiered in Season 1 (and is still active) that has not been played at least 700 times. Bonus Game is currently at 674 playings, so it should hit 700 sometime in the next 2-3 seasons.

The "danger price" was the second least expensive prize in Danger Price this week. That ended a streak of 14 straight playings (dating back to June 9, 2015) where Danger Price had been set up as "don't pick the second most expensive prize".

It has still been a long time since the "danger price" was the least expensive prize (February 12, 2014) or the most expensive prize (June 14, 2013).

Danger Price was also played sixth for the first time since February 11, 2015.

Pathfinder was the 100th Pricing Game to be fully won this season. It took 35 episodes to hit 100 wins this season, compared to 34 episodes in Season 44.

Comments for the Week of November 7-11
Biggest winner this week: Antonio Mata ($48,466) (November 8) At least one trip was offered in 8 out of the 30 Pricing Games played this week. Prior to this week's $400 bid, the smallest check written in Check Game between Seasons 30 and 44 was $1,000 on December 26, 2008 and April 29, 2002. Check Game was lost by having a total under $7,000 for the first time since May 15, 2015. Overall, out of the 28 losses that have occurred since the winning range was increased to $7,000-$8,000, 7 have come from contestants being under the range. Previous time Check Game was the only Pricing Game that was lost on an episode: February 12, 2014. Monday's first Showcase, worth $20,591, was the first sub $21,000 Showcase offered this season. Cliff Hangers was lost on the first small prize for the first time since May 14, 2015 ($200 bid on a $177 sound machine). Hole #37 (Row 4, Column 7) was selected in Punch a Bunch for the first time since February 11, 2014. Prior to this week, it was the hole that had gone the sixth longest without being selected. Do the Math was lost for the first time this season, which emded a nine game winning streak dating back to May 23 of last season. This ended the longest winning streak in Do the Math's history. Its previous best was five straight wins in October-December of Season 44. Hi Lo was won for the second time this season, which already matches the total number of wins it had in Season 44 (2-10 record). Thursday's total winnings ($29,821) was the lowest total so far this season and the lowest since $23,957 was won on the November 4, 2014 episode. It took 34 episodes before Bonus Game, Golden Road and 2 for the Price of 1 were played for first time this season: It has never taken this long for Bonus Game to get its first playing (excluding Seasons 3 and 36). The previous worst was 6 weeks in Seasons 19 and 26. It also took eight weeks for Golden Road to get its first playing in Seasons 38 and 40. It has never taken this long for 2 for the Price of 1 to get its first playing (excluding Season 18). The previous worst was 7 weeks in Seasons 30 and 38. 2 for the Price of 1 has now been lost eight straight times when a contestant asks to reveal the first number for free. The previous win occurred on November 16, 2010. 2 for the Price of 1 was also played fifth for the first time since October 3, 2014. Now...or Then was lost for first time since September 22, 2015, which ended an eight game winning streak for this game. This ties another eight game winning streak at the start of Season 42 for the longest winning streak in this game since the start of Season 32. 1/2 Off has now been won in 9 out of the 19 instances where the money was placed in Box #8. That is the second best conversion rate. Only box #7 (6 wins in 8 instances) has a better conversion rate. Previous time the first spinner chose to spin again on 75 cents: May 5, 2015. (That contestant also went over.) We have now had a double overbid in back to back episodes for the second straight season (and for the third time in four seasons). It also occurred on the February 26 and 29 episodes in Season 44 and the March 13 and 27 episodes in Season 42 (aired out of order).

Comments for the Week of November 7-11

Biggest winner this week: Antonio Mata ($48,466) (November 8)

At least one trip was offered in 8 out of the 30 Pricing Games played this week.

Prior to this week's $400 bid, the smallest check written in Check Game between Seasons 30 and 44 was $1,000 on December 26, 2008 and April 29, 2002.

Check Game was lost by having a total under $7,000 for the first time since May 15, 2015. Overall, out of the 28 losses that have occurred since the winning range was increased to $7,000-$8,000, 7 have come from contestants being under the range.

Previous time Check Game was the only Pricing Game that was lost on an episode: February 12, 2014.

Monday's first Showcase, worth $20,591, was the first sub $21,000 Showcase offered this season.

Cliff Hangers was lost on the first small prize for the first time since May 14, 2015 ($200 bid on a $177 sound machine).

Hole #37 (Row 4, Column 7) was selected in Punch a Bunch for the first time since February 11, 2014. Prior to this week, it was the hole that had gone the sixth longest without being selected.

Do the Math was lost for the first time this season, which emded a nine game winning streak dating back to May 23 of last season. This ended the longest winning streak in Do the Math's history. Its previous best was five straight wins in October-December of Season 44.

Hi Lo was won for the second time this season, which already matches the total number of wins it had in Season 44 (2-10 record).

Thursday's total winnings ($29,821) was the lowest total so far this season and the lowest since $23,957 was won on the November 4, 2014 episode.

It took 34 episodes before Bonus Game, Golden Road and 2 for the Price of 1 were played for first time this season:

It has never taken this long for Bonus Game to get its first playing (excluding Seasons 3 and 36). The previous worst was 6 weeks in Seasons 19 and 26.
It also took eight weeks for Golden Road to get its first playing in Seasons 38 and 40.
It has never taken this long for 2 for the Price of 1 to get its first playing (excluding Season 18). The previous worst was 7 weeks in Seasons 30 and 38.

2 for the Price of 1 has now been lost eight straight times when a contestant asks to reveal the first number for free. The previous win occurred on November 16, 2010.

2 for the Price of 1 was also played fifth for the first time since October 3, 2014.

Now...or Then was lost for first time since September 22, 2015, which ended an eight game winning streak for this game. This ties another eight game winning streak at the start of Season 42 for the longest winning streak in this game since the start of Season 32.

1/2 Off has now been won in 9 out of the 19 instances where the money was placed in Box #8. That is the second best conversion rate. Only box #7 (6 wins in 8 instances) has a better conversion rate.

Previous time the first spinner chose to spin again on 75 cents: May 5, 2015. (That contestant also went over.)

We have now had a double overbid in back to back episodes for the second straight season (and for the third time in four seasons). It also occurred on the February 26 and 29 episodes in Season 44 and the March 13 and 27 episodes in Season 42 (aired out of order).

Comments for the Week of November 14-18
Biggest winner this week: Helen Brown ($45,467) (November 18) Clock Game was lost for the first time this season, which ended a 10 game winning streak dating back to December 10, 2015. This ended the longest winning streak for this game since it was won 11 straight times in Season 41. Since the start of Season 44, the pink rat has either finished a Rat Race in the top 3 (11 times) or has failed to finish the race (twice). Monday's episode featured the first instance of the season where at least one contestant bid $1 above a previous contestant in each of the six one bid rounds. (Five out of the six one bids were won by a contestant $1 upping a previous contestant.) The $26.99 Renew Life Ultimate Floral supplement was the most expensive grocery product used in Let 'em Roll since a $29.99 box of Schiff Mega Red supplement appeared on the February 21, 2012 episode. Since the start of Season 32, 29 contestants have rolled exactly one car on their first roll in Let 'em Roll. Including this week, only 5 out of these 29 contestants went on to win the car. It also happened on April 25, 2013, November 29, 2005, October 2, 2004 and February 19, 2004. (During this same span, 4 contestants only rolled cash on their first roll. None of these contestants went on to win the car.) Since the start of Season 32, 7 contestants have quit in Let 'em Roll after the first roll even though they had won two additional rolls. These contestants quit with $5,500 (April 14, 2010), $5,000 (twice), $4,500 (once), $4,000 (twice) and $3,000 (April 12, 2005). Let 'em Roll was also played second for the first time since June 4, 2015 and for only the fourth time since the start of Season 40. Picking the most expensive prize and the third most expensive prize has now been the correct solution in 15 out of the past 20 playings of Take Two. Secret "X" was the only Pricing Game that was not fully won on Tuesday's episode. It has been at least six years since Secret "X" previously ruined a perfect show. 10 Chances was played for the first time on the 42nd episode of the season. This is the longest time it's ever taken for 10 Chances to show up for the first time, ahead of Season 37 (episode 35), Season 12 (episode 21) and Season 43 (episode 18). In all other seasons, 10 Chances was played for the first time sometime in the first three weeks of the season. By winning $11,000, Carrie ended a streak of 14 straight contestants winning less than $10,000 when exactly one additional chip is won in Plinko. The last $10,000+ win occurred on March 2, 2012. (However, during this span, a contestant won $10,000 on December 16, 2014 with only one chip.) Shopping Spree has now been won 10 straight times. It has been over a calendar year (October 9, 2015) since the game was last lost. Unlike Clock Game, can Shopping Spree extend the winning streak to 11? The spending target has been $6,500 in 9 out of the past 11 playings of Shopping Spree, including in all three playings this season. With 10, Kevin tied the record for the most tries attempted in Time i$ Money. So far in the game's history, anyone winning money has managed to get the right combination in seven or fewer tries. One Wrong Price became the first Pricing Game to be played in all six slots at least once this season. One Wrong Price has now been played in every slot at least once in each of the past nine seasons. Helen ($11,650) and Tyrone ($10,754) had the second and third biggest misses (furthest away from the actual retail price of their Showcase) amongst all Showcase winners so far this season. Early on this season: 46.3% of contestants bidding last have won their one bid, which is significantly higher than the win rate of 39.6% between Seasons 29 and 44. The contestant spinning second has won more Showcase Showdowns than the contestant spinning last (35 to 30). The third spinner has had a success rate of 36.3% between Seasons 29-44 and was bested by the second spinner only in Seasons 30, 36 and 40.

Comments for the Week of November 14-18

Biggest winner this week: Helen Brown ($45,467) (November 18)

Clock Game was lost for the first time this season, which ended a 10 game winning streak dating back to December 10, 2015. This ended the longest winning streak for this game since it was won 11 straight times in Season 41.

Since the start of Season 44, the pink rat has either finished a Rat Race in the top 3 (11 times) or has failed to finish the race (twice).

Monday's episode featured the first instance of the season where at least one contestant bid $1 above a previous contestant in each of the six one bid rounds. (Five out of the six one bids were won by a contestant $1 upping a previous contestant.)

The $26.99 Renew Life Ultimate Floral supplement was the most expensive grocery product used in Let 'em Roll since a $29.99 box of Schiff Mega Red supplement appeared on the February 21, 2012 episode.

Since the start of Season 32, 29 contestants have rolled exactly one car on their first roll in Let 'em Roll. Including this week, only 5 out of these 29 contestants went on to win the car. It also happened on April 25, 2013, November 29, 2005, October 2, 2004 and February 19, 2004.
(During this same span, 4 contestants only rolled cash on their first roll. None of these contestants went on to win the car.)

Since the start of Season 32, 7 contestants have quit in Let 'em Roll after the first roll even though they had won two additional rolls. These contestants quit with $5,500 (April 14, 2010), $5,000 (twice), $4,500 (once), $4,000 (twice) and $3,000 (April 12, 2005).

Let 'em Roll was also played second for the first time since June 4, 2015 and for only the fourth time since the start of Season 40.

Picking the most expensive prize and the third most expensive prize has now been the correct solution in 15 out of the past 20 playings of Take Two.

Secret "X" was the only Pricing Game that was not fully won on Tuesday's episode. It has been at least six years since Secret "X" previously ruined a perfect show.

10 Chances was played for the first time on the 42nd episode of the season. This is the longest time it's ever taken for 10 Chances to show up for the first time, ahead of Season 37 (episode 35), Season 12 (episode 21) and Season 43 (episode 18). In all other seasons, 10 Chances was played for the first time sometime in the first three weeks of the season.

By winning $11,000, Carrie ended a streak of 14 straight contestants winning less than $10,000 when exactly one additional chip is won in Plinko. The last $10,000+ win occurred on March 2, 2012. (However, during this span, a contestant won $10,000 on December 16, 2014 with only one chip.)

Shopping Spree has now been won 10 straight times. It has been over a calendar year (October 9, 2015) since the game was last lost. Unlike Clock Game, can Shopping Spree extend the winning streak to 11?

The spending target has been $6,500 in 9 out of the past 11 playings of Shopping Spree, including in all three playings this season.

With 10, Kevin tied the record for the most tries attempted in Time i$ Money. So far in the game's history, anyone winning money has managed to get the right combination in seven or fewer tries.

One Wrong Price became the first Pricing Game to be played in all six slots at least once this season. One Wrong Price has now been played in every slot at least once in each of the past nine seasons.

Helen ($11,650) and Tyrone ($10,754) had the second and third biggest misses (furthest away from the actual retail price of their Showcase) amongst all Showcase winners so far this season.

Early on this season:

46.3% of contestants bidding last have won their one bid, which is significantly higher than the win rate of 39.6% between Seasons 29 and 44.
The contestant spinning second has won more Showcase Showdowns than the contestant spinning last (35 to 30). The third spinner has had a success rate of 36.3% between Seasons 29-44 and was bested by the second spinner only in Seasons 30, 36 and 40.

Comments for the Week of November 21-23 & 28

Biggest winner: Trevor Wilson ($54,286) (November 23)

During this span of four episodes, only one contestant emerged victorious from the blue one bid podium: Darlene on the November 23 episode. (The contestants called down to the blue podium at the start of the November 21, 22 and 28 episodes all failed to win their way up on stage.)

The November 21 Showcase round set several new season highs:

The most expensive Showcase offered ($52,529). This was also the first $50,000+ Showcase since January 19 of last season.
The largest difference between Showcase values ($19,261).
The biggest Showcase miss ($21,529 - a $31,000 bid on the $52,529 Showcase) . It was also the biggest miss since October 7 of last season ($22,396).
The biggest margin of victory ($15,261 - Showcase differences of $21,529 and $6,268). It was also the largest margin of victory since June 8 of last season.

Double Prices was lost for the first time this season, which ended a seven game winning streak for this game. The 7-0 record is Double Price's best start to a season since at least Season 30. (Previous best during that span: 6-0 to start Season 41.)

1/2 Off was the only Pricing Game that was fully won on Tuesday's episode - the first time during Drew's tenure where this game saved a show from being winless.

The cash was also placed in Box #7 for the first time since April 15, 2013. Box #7 was by far the box that had gone the longest without containing the cash. Box #6 (March 4, 2015) and Box #13 (February 7, 2014) are now the only two boxes that have not contained the cash at least once in the past two seasons.

1/2 Off has now been won five straight times and has an overall record of 7-2 when the cash is placed in Box #7.

Bonkers was played second for the first time since November 24, 2014.

By being played sixth on November 22, That's Too Much! became the second Pricing Game to be played in all six slots at least once this season. That's Too Much! has achieved this feat for the sixth straight season (or for the eighth time in the past nine seasons).

For the second straight playing, Cliff Hangers was lost on the very first small prize. (This time with a miss of $73 - the largest since the $177 miss on the May 14, 2014 episode.) Season 38 was the last time a season had 2 losses on the first prize. A third loss of this nature would be the most since at least Season 29.

Line em Up was won for the third time this season - and in all three instances the other car game played on that episode was also won (Money Game, Card Game and Dice Game). Pretty impressive, considering both car games were won on only nine episodes so far this season.

Based on the available information, Cliff Hangers was played for the 800th time in daytime history on the November 23 episode. Cliff Hangers is the 22nd Pricing Game to reach this milestone.

The $5,599 refrigerator was the most expensive prize offered in One Wrong Price since a $6,500 pool table was offered on the November 7, 2013 episode.

The $2,299 difference between the wrong price ($2,696) and the right price ($4,955) of the electric bicycle was also the largest variance in One Wrong Price since the May 23, 2013 episode ($2,551).

So far this season, 16% of contestants bidding $1 went on to win their one bid (7 out of 44 $1 bids). That success rate is currently the lowest since the start of Season 29 (the current low is 20% in Season 39). The overall win rate since Season 29 is 25%.

Results of the past four Cyber Monday specials:

Season	Pricing Games	Wheel	Total Won	Biggest Winner
42	5 won	$1,000	$86,490	Mitzi - $37,239
43	5 won	$1,000	$103,393	Danny - $39,036
44	3 won	$1,000	$90,757	Jacob - $33,083
45	1 won + 2 partial	$0	$51,550	Shyreen - $35,345

After 49 episodes, slightly more has been won this season ($4.074 million) compared to last season ($4.064 million). However, there have been fewer Pricing Game wins (136, compared to 143 in Season 44.)

Comments for the Week of December 5-9
Biggest winner this week: John Prado ($59,173) (December 5) Approximately $289,871 in cash and prizes were won this week. That is the lowest total this season and the first time less than $300,000 was won in a week featuring five new episodes. It's also the lowest total since $282,740 was won during the week of March 7-10 & April 29 in Season 44. Monday's episode featured the first $1,000 bailout in It's in the Bag since September 29, 2009. Since Season 29, 11 contestants have quit with $1,000 in It's in the Bag. Out of these 11 contestants, 10 made the right choice to quit because they had the $2,000 bag wrong. Only the contestant on the January 18, 2002 episode could have won more money ($2,000). By being played third on Monday's episode, Squeeze Play became the third Pricing Game this season to be played in all six slots at least once. Squeeze Play has achieved this feat every season since Season 36, with the exception of Season 42. With total winnings of $24,487 on Tuesday's episode, Chelsea became the smallest Showcase winner this season. It was only the fifth time in the past two seasons where a Showcase winner won less than $25,000. On Wednesday, Lucky $even became the first Pricing Game to be played 10 times this season. This is nothing new - Lucky $even was the most frequently played game in Season 43 (29 playings) and the second most frequently played game in Season 42 (35 playings) and Season 44 (29 playings). The combination has now been 5-7-0 or 7-5-0 in each of the past four Safe Crackers playings, or in 5 out of the last 6. Spelling Bee was played fourth for the first time in its history. By comparison, how often have the small prize car games been played fourth since Drew became host in Season 36? Five Price Tags: 3 times, Master Key: 4 times, Pathfinder: 8 times, Rat Race: 6 times, Switcheroo: 2 times. Since Season 32, Card #23 has been chosen in Spelling Bee 29 times. This was the first time where Card #23 was revealed to be one of the "CAR" cards. Card #5 was selected in Spelling Bee for the first time since May 23, 2014. It had been one of the four cards that had gone over two seasons since last being picked. By placing her free "X" in the top right corner, Tiffany ended a streak of seven straight playings (dating back to May 5 of last season) where contestants placed their free "X" in the top left corner. Secret "X" has now been won twice this season when the hidden "X" was placed in top row. Prior to this season, Season 40 had been the last time where Secret "X" was won more than once in playings where the secret "X" was placed in the top or bottom rows. Emma was $115 away from the winning range in Card Game. That is the closest loss in this game since a $64 loss on February 3, 2015. The 3 of diamonds was also drawn in Card Game for the first time since October 14, 2014. In order to win Time I$ Money, Jennifer had to place three grocery products on the same shelf. Previous time that's happened: May 18, 2015. Overall the game has been set up in this manner 6 times since returning to the Pricing Game rotation in Season 43. Out of these 6 playings, only one contestant managed to win money (April 23, 2015 - $18,674). Approximately $18,217 was won on Friday's episode, which is the least won in an episode since March 5, 2014 ($16,569). It was also only the fourth time in the past three seasons where less than $30,000 was won. Double Cross was the only Pricing Game that was fully won on Friday's episode. This was the fourth time in the game's history where it saved an episode from not having a Pricing Game win. (It also occurred on August 17, 2012, January 29, 2013 and March 4, 2013.) For the first time in its short history, Vend-O-Price was lost when contestants had to pick the middle row in order to win the game. Prior to this week, Vend-O-Price had an overall record of 7-0 when the middle shelf was right. Kristen picked the yellow rat in Rat Race for the first time since February 2, 2015. This ended a streak of 19 straight playings where contestants failed to put their faith in the yellow rat. Kristen also underbid on the humidifier by $56 in Rat Race, which is the biggest miss for the two-digit prize in the game's history. (Previous high $55 on February 16, 2015) A car was not offered in either of Friday's Showcase. That ended a streak of 26 straight episodes that offered at least one car in the Showcase.

Comments for the Week of December 5-9

Biggest winner this week: John Prado ($59,173) (December 5)

Approximately $289,871 in cash and prizes were won this week. That is the lowest total this season and the first time less than $300,000 was won in a week featuring five new episodes. It's also the lowest total since $282,740 was won during the week of March 7-10 & April 29 in Season 44.

Monday's episode featured the first $1,000 bailout in It's in the Bag since September 29, 2009.

Since Season 29, 11 contestants have quit with $1,000 in It's in the Bag. Out of these 11 contestants, 10 made the right choice to quit because they had the $2,000 bag wrong. Only the contestant on the January 18, 2002 episode could have won more money ($2,000).

By being played third on Monday's episode, Squeeze Play became the third Pricing Game this season to be played in all six slots at least once. Squeeze Play has achieved this feat every season since Season 36, with the exception of Season 42.

With total winnings of $24,487 on Tuesday's episode, Chelsea became the smallest Showcase winner this season. It was only the fifth time in the past two seasons where a Showcase winner won less than $25,000.

On Wednesday, Lucky $even became the first Pricing Game to be played 10 times this season. This is nothing new - Lucky $even was the most frequently played game in Season 43 (29 playings) and the second most frequently played game in Season 42 (35 playings) and Season 44 (29 playings).

The combination has now been 5-7-0 or 7-5-0 in each of the past four Safe Crackers playings, or in 5 out of the last 6.

Spelling Bee was played fourth for the first time in its history.

By comparison, how often have the small prize car games been played fourth since Drew became host in Season 36? Five Price Tags: 3 times, Master Key: 4 times, Pathfinder: 8 times, Rat Race: 6 times, Switcheroo: 2 times.

Since Season 32, Card #23 has been chosen in Spelling Bee 29 times. This was the first time where Card #23 was revealed to be one of the "CAR" cards.

Card #5 was selected in Spelling Bee for the first time since May 23, 2014. It had been one of the four cards that had gone over two seasons since last being picked.

By placing her free "X" in the top right corner, Tiffany ended a streak of seven straight playings (dating back to May 5 of last season) where contestants placed their free "X" in the top left corner.

Secret "X" has now been won twice this season when the hidden "X" was placed in top row. Prior to this season, Season 40 had been the last time where Secret "X" was won more than once in playings where the secret "X" was placed in the top or bottom rows.

Emma was $115 away from the winning range in Card Game. That is the closest loss in this game since a $64 loss on February 3, 2015.

The 3 of diamonds was also drawn in Card Game for the first time since October 14, 2014.

In order to win Time I$ Money, Jennifer had to place three grocery products on the same shelf. Previous time that's happened: May 18, 2015. Overall the game has been set up in this manner 6 times since returning to the Pricing Game rotation in Season 43. Out of these 6 playings, only one contestant managed to win money (April 23, 2015 - $18,674).

Approximately $18,217 was won on Friday's episode, which is the least won in an episode since March 5, 2014 ($16,569). It was also only the fourth time in the past three seasons where less than $30,000 was won.

Double Cross was the only Pricing Game that was fully won on Friday's episode. This was the fourth time in the game's history where it saved an episode from not having a Pricing Game win. (It also occurred on August 17, 2012, January 29, 2013 and March 4, 2013.)

For the first time in its short history, Vend-O-Price was lost when contestants had to pick the middle row in order to win the game. Prior to this week, Vend-O-Price had an overall record of 7-0 when the middle shelf was right.

Kristen picked the yellow rat in Rat Race for the first time since February 2, 2015. This ended a streak of 19 straight playings where contestants failed to put their faith in the yellow rat.

Kristen also underbid on the humidifier by $56 in Rat Race, which is the biggest miss for the two-digit prize in the game's history. (Previous high $55 on February 16, 2015)

A car was not offered in either of Friday's Showcase. That ended a streak of 26 straight episodes that offered at least one car in the Showcase.

Comments for the Week of December 12-16
Biggest winners this week: Amber Encalade ($54,181) (December 14) and Brette Humphrey ($52,651) (December 13) The grocery product games went a perfect 5-0 this week (Let 'em Roll, Pass the Buck, Pick-a-Pair, Hole in One and Now....or Then). Previous time that's happened: The week of April 20-24 in Season 37 (Check-Out, Hi Lo, Grand Game, Pick-a-Pair, Bullseye). (There have been a handful of 3-0 and 4-0 weeks in between these 5-0 weeks.) 19 Pricing Games were fully won this week, which is the best result since the final week of Season 42 (also 19-11). (With a result of 21-9, the week of February 18-22 in Season 41 was the last time there was a week with 20+ Pricing Game wins.) All five episodes this week featured at least one dollar spinner in a Showcase Showdown. It has been at least Season 40 since that's happened. (Season 41 did have two 5-episode streaks and a 6-episode streak, but these streaks spanned over two weeks.) On Monday, 30 cents was spun in a bonus spin for the first time this season. That leaves 35 cents and two of the bonus spaces (5 and 100) as the only amounts that have not been spun in a bonus spin this season. Conversely, contestants have landed on 75 cents in a bonus spin six times this season (including once this week) - which is double the next closest amount (10, 50, 55 - three times). On Tuesday, Brette spun a dollar with her one "free spin" after the first two contestants went over. Previous time that's happened: September 21, 2015. The $21,195 Chevrolet Trax was the most expensive car offered in Pass the Buck since it was played for a $24,630 Nissan Frontier on the March 3, 2015 episode. By being played fifth and sixth on Wednesday, Money Game and 1/2 Off became the fourth and fifth Pricing Games to be played in all six slots at least once this season. 1/2 Off has achieved this feat for the fourth time in its existence. Money Game has achieved this feat for the fourth straight season. With a 5-2 record, 1/2 Off already has as many wins this season as it did in all of Season 44 (5-14). With the win, 1/2 Off's overall record has improved to 5-20 when the cash is placed in Box #14. (Box #14 is also the box that has most frequently contained the cash.) Gift totals in the three playings of Temptation this season: $5,831, $5,830, $5,818. Pretty consistent! Temptation was also played second for the first time since May 20, 2015. On Thursday, Frank became only the sixth contestant since the start of Season 39 to putt from one of the three lines closest to the hole in Hole in One. (Only the December 15, 2015 playing - from Line 4 - was lost.) 2 for the Price of 1 was won for the first time this season and for the first time since January 11, 2016. The win snapped a six game losing streak for this game. That was the longest losing streak for this game since the end of Season 41 and the start of Season 42 (another six game losing streak.) One Wrong Price was played for the tenth time, and is now tied with Lucky $even as the most frequently played game this season. This is unchartered territory for One Wrong Price - Season 41 (7th) is the closest this game has ever come to being the most frequently played. In fact, One Wrong Price has always been played less than Most Expen$ive, but right now it has a healthy 10 to 6 advantage. Speaking of Most Expen$ive, the game entered the season as the most frequently played Pricing Game in daytime history (1564 playing to Double Prices' 1562). However, with Double Prices being played nine times this season compared to Most Expen$ive's six playings, Most Expen$ive has conceded this title, at least for now. Should the second spinner spin again on a 60 if they have the lead? In the past four seasons, 6 out 19 contestants won when they stayed on 60, including both instances this season. By comparison, during the same time span, only 2 out 15 contestants spinning first won when they chose to stay on 60. On Friday, Kristy's guess in Freeze Frame ($9,752) was $4,466 away from the actual price of $5,286, which is the biggest miss in this game since May 2, 2013 ($4,648).

Comments for the Week of December 12-16

Biggest winners this week: Amber Encalade ($54,181) (December 14) and Brette Humphrey ($52,651) (December 13)

The grocery product games went a perfect 5-0 this week (Let 'em Roll, Pass the Buck, Pick-a-Pair, Hole in One and Now....or Then). Previous time that's happened: The week of April 20-24 in Season 37 (Check-Out, Hi Lo, Grand Game, Pick-a-Pair, Bullseye). (There have been a handful of 3-0 and 4-0 weeks in between these 5-0 weeks.)

19 Pricing Games were fully won this week, which is the best result since the final week of Season 42 (also 19-11). (With a result of 21-9, the week of February 18-22 in Season 41 was the last time there was a week with 20+ Pricing Game wins.)

All five episodes this week featured at least one dollar spinner in a Showcase Showdown. It has been at least Season 40 since that's happened. (Season 41 did have two 5-episode streaks and a 6-episode streak, but these streaks spanned over two weeks.)

On Monday, 30 cents was spun in a bonus spin for the first time this season. That leaves 35 cents and two of the bonus spaces (5 and 100) as the only amounts that have not been spun in a bonus spin this season.

Conversely, contestants have landed on 75 cents in a bonus spin six times this season (including once this week) - which is double the next closest amount (10, 50, 55 - three times).

On Tuesday, Brette spun a dollar with her one "free spin" after the first two contestants went over. Previous time that's happened: September 21, 2015.

The $21,195 Chevrolet Trax was the most expensive car offered in Pass the Buck since it was played for a $24,630 Nissan Frontier on the March 3, 2015 episode.

By being played fifth and sixth on Wednesday, Money Game and 1/2 Off became the fourth and fifth Pricing Games to be played in all six slots at least once this season. 1/2 Off has achieved this feat for the fourth time in its existence. Money Game has achieved this feat for the fourth straight season.

With a 5-2 record, 1/2 Off already has as many wins this season as it did in all of Season 44 (5-14).

With the win, 1/2 Off's overall record has improved to 5-20 when the cash is placed in Box #14. (Box #14 is also the box that has most frequently contained the cash.)

Gift totals in the three playings of Temptation this season: $5,831, $5,830, $5,818. Pretty consistent!

Temptation was also played second for the first time since May 20, 2015.

On Thursday, Frank became only the sixth contestant since the start of Season 39 to putt from one of the three lines closest to the hole in Hole in One. (Only the December 15, 2015 playing - from Line 4 - was lost.)

2 for the Price of 1 was won for the first time this season and for the first time since January 11, 2016. The win snapped a six game losing streak for this game. That was the longest losing streak for this game since the end of Season 41 and the start of Season 42 (another six game losing streak.)

One Wrong Price was played for the tenth time, and is now tied with Lucky $even as the most frequently played game this season. This is unchartered territory for One Wrong Price - Season 41 (7th) is the closest this game has ever come to being the most frequently played. In fact, One Wrong Price has always been played less than Most Expen$ive, but right now it has a healthy 10 to 6 advantage.

Speaking of Most Expen$ive, the game entered the season as the most frequently played Pricing Game in daytime history (1564 playing to Double Prices' 1562). However, with Double Prices being played nine times this season compared to Most Expen$ive's six playings, Most Expen$ive has conceded this title, at least for now.

Should the second spinner spin again on a 60 if they have the lead? In the past four seasons, 6 out 19 contestants won when they stayed on 60, including both instances this season. By comparison, during the same time span, only 2 out 15 contestants spinning first won when they chose to stay on 60.

On Friday, Kristy's guess in Freeze Frame ($9,752) was $4,466 away from the actual price of $5,286, which is the biggest miss in this game since May 2, 2013 ($4,648).

Comments for the Week of December 19-23
Biggest winners this week: Danielle Woods, Cassandra Smith & Elaine Kidder ($58,930) (December 22) and Deborah Kidd ($58,095) (December 21). Seven out of the eight Pricing Games played for a trip were won this week. Safe Crackers was the only game that was lost. On Monday, Jeffrey became the first contestant this season (and the first contestant since April 13 of last season) that failed to get their bonus spin all the way around. There has now been at least one puny spin in 8 out of the past 9 seasons. Season 41 is the only season during this span that did not have at least one invalid bonus spin. Monday's episode also featured three $1.00 spinners. That's now happened twice this season (along with the three-way $1.00 spin-off). By comparison, three dollar spinners in one episode only happened once in the previous three seasons (June 26, 2014). The last two numbers were found first in Money Game for the first time since January 14 of last season. Since Season 32, contestants have found the back half of the car first 8 times. In all 8 instances, the contestant wound up winning the car. Money Game was also played for a $24,233 Toyota Tacoma, which was the most expensive car offered in this game since it was played for a $25,441 Ford F-150 on September 25, 2012. Britanny won Bonkers despite trying the same combination twice. Previous time that's happened: March 31, 2009 (It's also the only other time it's happened since Season 32.). Between both playings, Bonkers had been lost all 22 straight times in playings where the same combination was tried more than once. On Tuesday, Golden Road was played in a slot other than first for the first time in daytime history. Bonkers was also played for a $9,576 trip to Grenada, which is the most expensive prize offered in this game since it was played for a $9,693 hot tub on the March 5, 2014 episode. After finishing last season with a 16-5 record, Range Game is continuing its winning ways with an impressive 7-1 start to the season. Not bad for a Pricing Game that was won slightly less than half of the time (48.6%) between Seasons 29 and 44. Hi Lo has been played for a car 13 times since Season 29, but has only been won three times. Besides this week, the only other wins occurred on June 26, 2015 ($14,015 Mitsubishi Mirage) and February 17, 2012 ($28,000 restored 1967 Chevrolet Camaro). Hi Lo also has a record of 4-0 to start the season, which is its best start since it went 8-0 to start Season 36. The $42,682 Showcase, won by Deborah on Wednesday's episode, is the second most expensive Showcase won this season, behind the $46,323 Showcase that was won on the September 21 episode (Watches & Jaguar XE 25t). The $4,499 television was the most expensive prize offered in Most Expen$ive since October 4, 2013 (a $4,995 pool table). The total prize package of $10,775 was also the highest since January 30, 2013 ($11,719). In all six playings of Secret "X" this season, contestants have won both additional Xs. (No one has gotten a small prize wrong.) The six perfect playings is already the most since there were 9 in Season 39. Secret "X" has also been won three times in playings where the hidden X was not placed in the middle row. That's already tied for the second most wins since Season 32. Only Season 33, with 5, had more top and bottom row wins. (It should also be noted that there were zero or one wins in each of the previous four seasons.) Double Prices offered the most expensive prize (a $13,382 trip to Kyoto) since February 18, 2015 (a $14,239 trip to St. Thomas). It also had the largest spread between both choices ($4,111) since April 1, 2013 ($4,761). The $156,314 won on Thursday's episode is the third highest total of the season, behind two episodes from Big Money Week. Five cars were won on Thursday's episode (3 in Triple Play, 1 in Lucky $even, 1 in the Showcase). Previous time four cars were won in the same episode: December 21, 2015 (the previous Triple Play win). Previous time five cars were won in the same episode: September 19, 2011 (Race Game for four cars). May 5, 2003 is the only other episode in daytime history where Triple Play was won, the other car game was won, and a car was won in the Showcase. Triple Play was played for the third time this season. The game now has a very good chance of being played four times in a season for the first time since Season 38. The $17,456 trip to Antigua was the most expensive prize offered in Push Over (excluding cars) since it was played for a $17,572 African Safari on January 18, 2013. Push Over is currently 2-0 this season when played for a 5-digit prize, but 0-4 when played for a 4-digit prize. Push Over has also been played for a trip in 5 out of its 6 playings this season. (Or 10 out of 12 if you go back to May of last season.) Prior to this week, hole #40 (Row 4, Column 10) was last selected in Punch a Bunch on January 29, 2013. It was the hole that had gone the third longest without being punched. Hole #40 contained $10,000 the last four times it was selected (January 29, 2013, March 24, 2004, November 19, 2002 and September 26, 2002). Unfortunately, it contained a much smaller amount this time around. Switch? was lost for the fourth time this season, which already matches the total number of losses it had last season when it went 23-4. It looks like Switch? has some work to do if it wants to replicate the stellar records of 21-15, 21-15, 21-13, 18-9, 22-5 and 23-4 it achieved in the previous six seasons. For the second time this season, there was three perfect guesses in Lucky $even. It's only happened two other times between Seasons 30 and 44: November 14, 2002 and October 13, 2014. For the first time since May 11, 2014, none of the three main prizes in Rat Race were won. It was only the second time in the game's history where a contestant won two rats and wound up picking the two rats that finished off the podium. (It also happened on May 17, 2013.) Rat Race also featured the first perfect bid since December 19, 2014 and the second miss of the 3-digit in the past two seasons. Balance Game has now been lost nine straight times when played for a car. Friday's second Showcase, worth $49,576, was the second most expensive Showcase offered this season (behind a $52,529 Showcase offered on November 21). It resulted in a $14,576 underbid - the biggest Showcase miss so far this season.

Comments for the Week of December 19-23

Biggest winners this week: Danielle Woods, Cassandra Smith & Elaine Kidder ($58,930) (December 22) and Deborah Kidd ($58,095) (December 21).

Seven out of the eight Pricing Games played for a trip were won this week. Safe Crackers was the only game that was lost.

On Monday, Jeffrey became the first contestant this season (and the first contestant since April 13 of last season) that failed to get their bonus spin all the way around. There has now been at least one puny spin in 8 out of the past 9 seasons. Season 41 is the only season during this span that did not have at least one invalid bonus spin.

Monday's episode also featured three $1.00 spinners. That's now happened twice this season (along with the three-way $1.00 spin-off). By comparison, three dollar spinners in one episode only happened once in the previous three seasons (June 26, 2014).

The last two numbers were found first in Money Game for the first time since January 14 of last season. Since Season 32, contestants have found the back half of the car first 8 times. In all 8 instances, the contestant wound up winning the car.

Money Game was also played for a $24,233 Toyota Tacoma, which was the most expensive car offered in this game since it was played for a $25,441 Ford F-150 on September 25, 2012.

Britanny won Bonkers despite trying the same combination twice. Previous time that's happened: March 31, 2009 (It's also the only other time it's happened since Season 32.). Between both playings, Bonkers had been lost all 22 straight times in playings where the same combination was tried more than once.

On Tuesday, Golden Road was played in a slot other than first for the first time in daytime history.

Bonkers was also played for a $9,576 trip to Grenada, which is the most expensive prize offered in this game since it was played for a $9,693 hot tub on the March 5, 2014 episode.

After finishing last season with a 16-5 record, Range Game is continuing its winning ways with an impressive 7-1 start to the season. Not bad for a Pricing Game that was won slightly less than half of the time (48.6%) between Seasons 29 and 44.

Hi Lo has been played for a car 13 times since Season 29, but has only been won three times. Besides this week, the only other wins occurred on June 26, 2015 ($14,015 Mitsubishi Mirage) and February 17, 2012 ($28,000 restored 1967 Chevrolet Camaro).

Hi Lo also has a record of 4-0 to start the season, which is its best start since it went 8-0 to start Season 36.

The $42,682 Showcase, won by Deborah on Wednesday's episode, is the second most expensive Showcase won this season, behind the $46,323 Showcase that was won on the September 21 episode (Watches & Jaguar XE 25t).

The $4,499 television was the most expensive prize offered in Most Expen$ive since October 4, 2013 (a $4,995 pool table). The total prize package of $10,775 was also the highest since January 30, 2013 ($11,719).

In all six playings of Secret "X" this season, contestants have won both additional Xs. (No one has gotten a small prize wrong.) The six perfect playings is already the most since there were 9 in Season 39.

Secret "X" has also been won three times in playings where the hidden X was not placed in the middle row. That's already tied for the second most wins since Season 32. Only Season 33, with 5, had more top and bottom row wins. (It should also be noted that there were zero or one wins in each of the previous four seasons.)

Double Prices offered the most expensive prize (a $13,382 trip to Kyoto) since February 18, 2015 (a $14,239 trip to St. Thomas). It also had the largest spread between both choices ($4,111) since April 1, 2013 ($4,761).

The $156,314 won on Thursday's episode is the third highest total of the season, behind two episodes from Big Money Week.

Five cars were won on Thursday's episode (3 in Triple Play, 1 in Lucky $even, 1 in the Showcase). Previous time four cars were won in the same episode: December 21, 2015 (the previous Triple Play win). Previous time five cars were won in the same episode: September 19, 2011 (Race Game for four cars).

May 5, 2003 is the only other episode in daytime history where Triple Play was won, the other car game was won, and a car was won in the Showcase.

Triple Play was played for the third time this season. The game now has a very good chance of being played four times in a season for the first time since Season 38.

The $17,456 trip to Antigua was the most expensive prize offered in Push Over (excluding cars) since it was played for a $17,572 African Safari on January 18, 2013.

Push Over is currently 2-0 this season when played for a 5-digit prize, but 0-4 when played for a 4-digit prize. Push Over has also been played for a trip in 5 out of its 6 playings this season. (Or 10 out of 12 if you go back to May of last season.)

Prior to this week, hole #40 (Row 4, Column 10) was last selected in Punch a Bunch on January 29, 2013. It was the hole that had gone the third longest without being punched.

Hole #40 contained $10,000 the last four times it was selected (January 29, 2013, March 24, 2004, November 19, 2002 and September 26, 2002). Unfortunately, it contained a much smaller amount this time around.

Switch? was lost for the fourth time this season, which already matches the total number of losses it had last season when it went 23-4. It looks like Switch? has some work to do if it wants to replicate the stellar records of 21-15, 21-15, 21-13, 18-9, 22-5 and 23-4 it achieved in the previous six seasons.

For the second time this season, there was three perfect guesses in Lucky $even. It's only happened two other times between Seasons 30 and 44: November 14, 2002 and October 13, 2014.

For the first time since May 11, 2014, none of the three main prizes in Rat Race were won. It was only the second time in the game's history where a contestant won two rats and wound up picking the two rats that finished off the podium. (It also happened on May 17, 2013.)

Rat Race also featured the first perfect bid since December 19, 2014 and the second miss of the 3-digit in the past two seasons.

Balance Game has now been lost nine straight times when played for a car.

Friday's second Showcase, worth $49,576, was the second most expensive Showcase offered this season (behind a $52,529 Showcase offered on November 21). It resulted in a $14,576 underbid - the biggest Showcase miss so far this season.

Comments for the Week of December 26-30
Biggest winners this week: Cassandra Boettcher ($102,164) - 16th biggest winner in daytime history and third $100,000+ winner this season Marie Lyle ($58,357) (December 26) Daniel Wiggins ($54,889) (December 27) Stack the Deck and Check-Out were won for the first time this season. That leaves Check Game (0-4), Shell Game (0-1) and Time i$ Money (0-6) as the only Pricing Games without a win or a partial win this season. Bonus Game was played first for the first time since June 5, 2014. Kelly is the first contestant since at least Season 32 to draw four cards of the same rank in Card Game (the Jack of clubs, diamond, hearts and spades). There have been several three of a kind during this span (most recently on May 26, 2016), but no four of a kind. Tuesday's Showcase featured the second most expensive Showcase offered this season ($49,726), the largest difference between Showcase values this season ($20,354) and the second largest margin of victory this season ($13,854). For the first time this season, no contestant on Wednesday's episode bid $1 higher than a previous bidder in any of the six one bids. One Away now has a record of 14-2 since Season 32 when contestants only get one number right on their first try. During that span, the only losses occurred on January 19, 2004 (Pontiac Vibe) and November 8, 2011 (Chevrolet Camaro). The $3,000 Gucci watches, offered on Thursday's episode, are only the second $3,000+ one bid offered outside of Big Money Week this season. (The other was a $3,099 Kawasaki motorcycle offered on October 6.) (Last season, outside of Big Money Week, no one bid exceeded $2,995.) Switch? has now been lost three straight times, which is the worst slump since a four game losing streak to start Season 42. So far this season, Double Prices has a record of 7-0 when the most expensive price is right, but 1-3 when the least expensive price is right. This is not a new trend. Since Season 32, Double Prices has an overall record of 131-53 (72%) when the most expensive price is right, but 104-109 (49%) when the least expensive price is right. Friday's second Showcase ($38,029) had a price that ended between 000 and 250, which last occurred on June 19, 2015 ($43,243) and April 2, 2013 ($48,224). These are the only three Showcases to end between 000-250 since the start of Season 41.

Comments for the Week of December 26-30

Biggest winners this week:

Cassandra Boettcher ($102,164) - 16th biggest winner in daytime history and third $100,000+ winner this season
Marie Lyle ($58,357) (December 26)
Daniel Wiggins ($54,889) (December 27)

Stack the Deck and Check-Out were won for the first time this season. That leaves Check Game (0-4), Shell Game (0-1) and Time i$ Money (0-6) as the only Pricing Games without a win or a partial win this season.

Bonus Game was played first for the first time since June 5, 2014.

Kelly is the first contestant since at least Season 32 to draw four cards of the same rank in Card Game (the Jack of clubs, diamond, hearts and spades). There have been several three of a kind during this span (most recently on May 26, 2016), but no four of a kind.

Tuesday's Showcase featured the second most expensive Showcase offered this season ($49,726), the largest difference between Showcase values this season ($20,354) and the second largest margin of victory this season ($13,854).

For the first time this season, no contestant on Wednesday's episode bid $1 higher than a previous bidder in any of the six one bids.

One Away now has a record of 14-2 since Season 32 when contestants only get one number right on their first try. During that span, the only losses occurred on January 19, 2004 (Pontiac Vibe) and November 8, 2011 (Chevrolet Camaro).

The $3,000 Gucci watches, offered on Thursday's episode, are only the second $3,000+ one bid offered outside of Big Money Week this season. (The other was a $3,099 Kawasaki motorcycle offered on October 6.)
(Last season, outside of Big Money Week, no one bid exceeded $2,995.)

Switch? has now been lost three straight times, which is the worst slump since a four game losing streak to start Season 42.

So far this season, Double Prices has a record of 7-0 when the most expensive price is right, but 1-3 when the least expensive price is right. This is not a new trend. Since Season 32, Double Prices has an overall record of 131-53 (72%) when the most expensive price is right, but 104-109 (49%) when the least expensive price is right.

Friday's second Showcase ($38,029) had a price that ended between 000 and 250, which last occurred on June 19, 2015 ($43,243) and April 2, 2013 ($48,224). These are the only three Showcases to end between 000-250 since the start of Season 41.

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