One surprise was the small number of weekly games involved.
Like other weekly nighttime game shows at that time, this version had no returning champions.
And while only 3.3 percent of high school girls took part in weekly games, that also represented an increase from 2003, when 1.5 percent played.
And one, perhaps only one, is a private club offering a weekly game.
One night, someone new showed up at his weekly game in the storage room of the Union Bar.
Several groups of players assemble in a private home or club for a weekly game that continues year after year.
It was the hope of winning the weekly games that kept me going as a fan.
Buyers would call an 800 number and charge a minimum $5 for five $1 tickets in a weekly game.
He only recently stopped playing in a weekly game after breaking his nose going for a rebound.
In the first week of its new weekly game, Louisiana sold $1.5 million in tickets.