Comments for Season 46

  • Approximate winnings: $14,776,000 ($151,000 more than last season)
  • Pricing Game winning percentage: 498-642 (43.68% - 11 fewer wins than last season)
  • Car Game winning percentage: 129-257 (33.42% - 14 fewer wins than last season)
  • Top Ten biggest winners:
    • #1 Jody Jarmuzek ($204,195) (February 23) ($200,000 Pay the Rent win)
    • #2 Stephanie Nelson ($99,949) (October 10) (Gridlock! Dream Car Week win)
    • #3 Robert Nixon ($85,021) (October 9) (Gas Money Big Money Week bailout + Showcase win)
    • #4 Austin Collins ($73,439) (December 19) (Golden Road win)
    • #5 Katelin Flook ($72,603) (February 19) (Dream Car Week Pick-A-Number (car) + Showcase win)
    • #6 Jennifer Montanez ($68,412) (April 26) (2 for the Price of 1 + $1,000 Showcase Showdown + Mercedes-Benz Showcase win)
    • #7 Amira Azimi ($67,776) (October 30) (Squeeze Play + Showcase win)
    • #8 Timothy Hill ($67,556) (February 26) (Bonus Game + Double Showcase win)
    • #9 Barbara & Michael Sanchez ($67,364) (May 11) (Cover Up + $11,000 Showcase Showdown + Showcase win)
    • #10 Jordan Duke ($66,066) (February 23) (Big Money Week Squeeze Play + $21,000 Showcase Showdown + Showcase win)
  • Number of episodes where more than $100,000 in cash and prizes was won: 24 (3 fewer than last season)
  • Number of episodes where less than $40,000 in cash and prizes was won: 6 (3 fewer than last season)
  • Average one bid value: $1,439 ($66 higher than last season)
  • One bids with a value of $3,000 or more: 22 (13 more than last season)
  • Most common one bid values: $1,299 (15 times) $540 (15 times), $850 (13 times), $2,000 (13 times)
  • Most frequent bid: $1,200 (250 times), $1 (211 times), $1,000 (158 times)
  • Most common amount spun on the Big Wheel): 30¢ (138 times), 50¢ (129 times), 75¢ (128 times)
  • Most common amount spun in a bonus spin: 20¢ (8 times), 30¢ (8 times), 80¢ (8 times)
    (10¢ was never spun)
  • Average Showcase value: $31,703 ($648 higher than last season)
  • Showcases over $40,000: 40 (12 more than last season)
  • Showcases under $22,000: 6 (4 fewer than last season)
  • Double Showcase winners: 8 (3 more than last season)
  • Showcase double overbids: 12 (5 fewer than last season)
  • Most frequently played Pricing Games: Lucky $even (29 times), Squeeze Play (29 times), Money Game (28 times)
  • Least frequently played Pricing Games: Golden Road (4 times), 3 Strikes (4 times), Triple Play (4 times)
  • Pricing Games with the biggest increase in play over last season: Balance Game (+3 playings), Bonus Game (+3 playings), Bullseye (+3 playings), Gas Money (+3 playings), 2 for the Price of 1 (+3 playings)
  • Pricing Games with the biggest decrease in play over last season: Card Game (-4 playings), Line em Up (-4 playings), Pocket ¢hange (-4 playings)
  • Pricing Games most often played...
    • First: Cover Up (9 times)
    • Second: Double Prices (9 times)
    • Third: Plinko (8 times)
    • Fourth: Bargain Game (8 times)
    • Fifth: Squeeze Play (9 times)
    • Sixth: Squeeze Play (7 times)
  • Pricing Games played more times this season than in any other season: Balance Game (20 times - previous high was 18)
  • Pricing Games with .800+ records: Race Game (7-1; 87.5%), Cliff Hangers (16-3; 84.2%), Hole in One (5-1; 83.3%), Shopping Spree (8-2; 80.0%)
  • Pricing Games with the most wins: Bargain Game (18 wins), Double Prices (17 wins), Cliff Hangers (16 wins), Do the Math (16 wins), Push Over (16 wins)
  • Car games with the most wins: Card Game (11 wins), Lucky $even (10 wins), Money Game (9 wins)
  • Pricing Games with the highest total winnings: Plinko ($253,943), Pay the Rent ($245,000), Card Game ($234,467)
  • Winless Pricing Games: 6 (Gas Money, Grocery Game, It's in the Bag, Temptation, 3 Strikes, Triple Play)
    (Gas Money, It's in the Bag and Temptation did have partial wins.)
  • Pricing Games with the most losses: Lucky $even (19 losses), Money Game (19 losses), Squeeze Play (18 losses), That's Too Much! (18 losses)
  • Pricing Games with the lowest total winnings: Grocery Game ($0), 3 Strikes ($0), Triple Play ($0), Pathfinder ($19,070), Stack the Deck ($19,632)
  • Pricing Games won more often than lost (Record above .500): 32 (9 fewer than last season)
  • Longest winning streaks (within this season only): Bargain Game (8 straight wins), Cliff Hangers (8 straight wins),
    Do the Math (8 straight wins), Flip Flop (8 straight wins),
  • Pricing Games with the best performance since at least Season 29: Do the Math (16-8), Hot Seat (2-12), Rat Race (5-7)
  • Pricing Games with the worst performance since at least Season 29: Gas Money (0-12), Spelling Bee (1-8)
  • Pricing Games played in all six slots this season: 29 (5 more than last season)
  • Non-car games played for a car: 29 times (12-17 record)
    (16 different non-car games were played for a car at least once)
  • Pricing Games played for multiple trips: 17 times (12-5 record)
  • Biggest Pricing Game wins:
    • #1 $200,000 (Pay the Rent) (February 23)
    • #2 $97,950 (Gridlock! - Lexus LC 500) (October 10)
    • #3 $71,540 (Golden Road - Audi A5 Cabriolet)
    • #4 $46,040 (That's Too Much! - Fiat 500C + Cash Equivalent)
    • #5 $39,333 (Plinko for $175,000) (January 3)
    • #6 $35,000 (Gas Money - Big Money Week Bailout) (October 9)
    • #7 $34,030 (Bullseye - Trip to Chiang Mai) (January 12)
    • #8 $31,915 (Cliff Hangers - Volkswagen Golf) (September 18)
    • #9 $30,212 (1/2 Off - Publishers Clearing House Bonus) (January 11)
    • #10 $28,954 (Cover Up - Nissan Frontier S) (February 19)
  • Episode where both car games were won: 24 (3 fewer than last season)
  • Episodes where no cars were won (Pricing Games and Showcases): 29 (2 fewer than last season)
  • Episodes where more than two cars were won (Pricing Games and Showcases): 18 (1 more than last season)
    (5 cars were won on March 22)
  • Most frequently punched holes in Punch a Bunch:
    #13 (Row 2, Column 3) - 3 times ($5,000, $1,000, $250)
    #18 (Row 2, Column 8) - 3 times ($1,000 x2, $100)
    #25 (Row 3, Column 5) - 3 times ($5,000, $1,000 x 2)
    #28 (Row 3, Column 8) - 3 times ($25,000, $2,500, $500)
    #33 (Row 4, Column 3) - 3 times ($1,000, $250, N/A)
    (19 holes were not selected this season.)
  • Cards most often chosen in Spelling Bee: #4 - 3 times (C C R), #12 - 3 times (C C C), #23 - 3 times (C A R), #23 - 3 times (C A A)
    (9 cards were not selected this season.)
  • Best rat race rat: Yellow (4 wins, 11 podium finishes in 12 races)
  • Cards not drawn in Card Game this season: 6 (4♥ Q♥ 7♦ 3♠ 9♠ 3♣)
    (3♣ was last drawn on June 21, 2016)
  • Card drawn most often in Card Game this season: A♦ (4 times)
  • Pricing Game milestones (total playings):
    • Double Prices (1,600th playing on March 6)
    • Most Expen$ive (1,600th playing on January 19)
    • Money Game (1,500th playing on October 27)
    • Range Game (1,500th playing on January 22)
    • Squeeze Play (1,400th playing on April 30)
    • Dice Game (1,100th playing on April 23)
    • Plinko (1,100th playing on May 10)
    • Bullseye (700th playing on May 29)
    • Secret "X" (600th playing on February 14)
    • Freeze Frame (500th playing on August 21)
    • Switcheroo (500th playing on December 13)
    • It's in the Bag (400th playing on September 19)
    • Do the Math (100th playing on November 17)