In the past week, I got 37 hits in 9 States [AZ, CA29, CO, IL, MN, NY, PA, UT, WI]. Of those hits, 6 were the 2nd hit on the bill and the rest (31) were the initial hit on the bill. Below is a calendar view of the hits throughout the week:
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
| 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 |
| 4 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 |
I came into the week with a 84 day hit streak. I got a hit on every day of this week which extended the streak to 91 days: good for my longest streak all-time. Here's a look at my all-time ten longest hit streaks:
| Rank | Start Date | End Date | Days | Rank | Start Date | End Date | Days | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 05/12/2013 | 08/10/2013 | 91 | 6. | 07/28/2011 | 09/23/2011 | 58 | |
| 2. | 10/07/2012 | 01/02/2013 | 88 | 7. | 09/26/2011 | 11/18/2011 | 54 | |
| 3. | 02/08/2013 | 05/05/2013 | 87 | 8. | 06/24/2012 | 08/16/2012 | 54 | |
| 4. | 12/28/2011 | 03/17/2012 | 81 | 9. | 04/04/2012 | 05/21/2012 | 48 | |
| 5. | 04/13/2011 | 06/30/2011 | 79 | 10. | 01/04/2013 | 02/06/2013 | 34 |
Of the 9 States in which I received hits this past week, 1 was the first hit for that State in 2013: Wisconsin. Overall I've received hits in 42 States in 2013. Here's how that stands towards my goal of 46 States hit:
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The hit in Wisconsin was my first since November of 2012.
The nine "States" (Where's George treats DC as a State, and thus, so do I) in which I haven't received a hit in 2013 are Alaska, Delaware, Indiana, Kentucky, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, and the District of Columbia (heh!). (I was able to guess 5 of the 9: not sure if I should be proud or sadden by that.) I have 6 or less hits in all of those States but Indiana (where I have 12, so it's surprising that I don't have a 2013 hit yet). With over 4.5 months to go, I'd think that I'll certainly get to 46, but it'll be interesting to see which four report in.
Additionally in the past week I received my first hit in 4 counties bringing my total of counties hit to 543. The newly hit counties were Weld CO, Wayne NY, Franklin PA, and Dane WI. I set a goal of 98 new counties hit in 2013, and here's a look at my progress towards that goal:
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Of the bills hit in the past week, the longest active bill from the bunch was re-entered 4 Years 89 Days 11 Hours 56 Minutes after I originally entered it (interestingly, this was the first hit I received on Thursday to break my record for longest hit streak). That bill is now 8th on my all-time longest active list. My top ten longest active bills list is now:
| Rank | Bill Info | Time Active | Last Update | Hits | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | $10 | 2003 | DL947---91A | 4 Years 238 Days 13 Hours 41 Minutes | 03/08/2013 | 2 |
| 2. | $1 | 2003A | L4532---3K | 4 Years 200 Days 22 Minutes | 10/12/2012 | 1 |
| 3. | $1 | 2006 | L2080---0I | 4 Years 166 Days 12 Hours 17 Minutes | 07/06/2013 | 1 |
| 4. | $1 | 2003A | L3475---2C | 4 Years 165 Days 9 Hours 56 Minutes | 02/04/2013 | 2 |
| 5. | $1 | 2006 | L8846---7H | 4 Years 133 Days 59 Minutes | 06/17/2013 | 1 |
| 6. | $10 | 2006 | IB188---86B | 4 Years 103 Days 18 Hours 40 Minutes | 03/20/2013 | 1 |
| 7. | $1 | 2006 | L6816---7G | 4 Years 91 Days 13 Hours 31 Minutes | 06/18/2013 | 1 |
| 8. | $1 | 2006 | L8157---4H | 4 Years 89 Days 11 Hours 56 Minutes | 08/08/2013 | 1 |
| 9. | $1 | 2006 | L5171---3A | 4 Years 88 Days 14 Hours 48 Minutes | 07/27/2013 | 3 |
| 10. | $5 | 2003 | DL906---99C | 4 Years 56 Days 48 Minutes | 09/11/2012 | 1 |
I made predictions regarding bill entries and hits and new bills with hits for 2013. Here's a look at how I'm doing towards those predictions:
| SoYStart of Year | SoWStart of Week | EoWEnd of Week | WΔWeek Change: Number Added this Week | YΔYear Change: Number Added this Year | PPrediction (for Year) | P/WPrediction for Week: A Week's Share of the Total | PtDPrediction to Date: The Portion of the Prediction that should be Completed so Far | WvPWeek versus Prediction: How the Week's Numbers Stack Up Against the P/W | DvPDate versus Prediction: How the Year's Numbers So Far Stack Up Against the PtD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bills Entered | 22920 | 27553 | 27640 | 87 | 4720 | 28920 | 115.1 | 26569 | -28 | +1071 |
| Bills with Hits | 3704 | 4494 | 4525 | 31 | 821 | 5074 | 26.3 | 4537 | +5 | -12 |
| Total Hits | 4330 | 5292 | 5329 | 37 | 999 | 6030 | 32.6 | 5364 | +4 | -35 |
At the current rate I'm entering bills in 2013, I'll end up with 7760 bills entered. To hit my goal of 6000 entries, I'll need to just average 62.7 bills per week for the rest of the year.
I'm just one hit away from 1000 hits in 2013.
Looking at my goal of increasing the percentage that $1s make up of my entries by 1% (started the year at 87.64% so the goal is 88.64%), my percentage is now 88.23% [+0.59%].
Regarding my goal of increasing my non-San Francisco FRB entries, here's a table of my current progress:
| SoYStart of Year | SoY%Percentage of Overall at Start of Year | SoWStart of Week | SoW%Percentage of Overall at Start of Week | EoWEnd of Week | EoW%Percentage of Overall at End of Week | G%Goal Percentage | GtDGoal to Date: The Numbers Needed to be Entered so Far this Year to be on Track to Meet the Overall Goal | DvGDate versus Goal: How the Year's Numbers So Far Stack Up Against the GtD | #IBNumber of Inserted Bills | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston "A" | 781 | 3.41% | 959 | 3.48% | 964 | 3.49% | 3.51% | 962 | +2 | 81 |
| New York "B" | 1691 | 7.38% | 2072 | 7.52% | 2080 | 7.53% | 7.58% | 2077 | +3 | 73 |
| Philadelphia "C" | 656 | 2.86% | 813 | 2.95% | 814 | 2.95% | 2.96% | 810 | +4 | 44 |
| Cleveland "D" | 819 | 3.57% | 1009 | 3.66% | 1012 | 3.66% | 3.67% | 1007 | +5 | 6 |
| Richmond "E" | 1569 | 6.85% | 1935 | 7.02% | 1939 | 7.02% | 7.05% | 1930 | +9 | 6 |
| Atlanta "F" | 2096 | 9.14% | 2660 | 9.65% | 2673 | 9.67% | 9.64% | 2622 | +51 | 14 |
| Chicago "G" | 1502 | 6.55% | 1867 | 6.78% | 1874 | 6.78% | 6.75% | 1849 | +25 | 6 |
| St. Louis "H" | 740 | 3.23% | 910 | 3.30% | 913 | 3.30% | 3.33% | 912 | +1 | 51 |
| Minneapolis "I" | 602 | 2.63% | 744 | 2.70% | 746 | 2.70% | 2.73% | 745 | +1 | 86 |
| Kansas City "J" | 558 | 2.43% | 691 | 2.51% | 696 | 2.52% | 2.53% | 692 | +4 | 67 |
| Dallas "K" | 953 | 4.16% | 1188 | 4.31% | 1193 | 4.32% | 4.36% | 1188 | +5 | 68 |
At this point in the year, if I've entered 61 bills for a particular FRB than I'm on pace to enter 100 bills for that FRB.
Although I've inserted a "boatload" (86) Minneapolis bills this year, only one of those bills has reported back with a hit. Thankfully, most of the other groups of inserted bills are doing a lot better than that hit-wise.
It was another solid week of hits although definitely slower than last week. Any week that averages five or more hits a day is successful in my book (at least currently - if I were to start averaging six, five wouldn't seem so awesome).
Other than thinking about it, I didn't make any progress towards a formula for giving a numeric rating to a week. I'm currently leaning towards making the rating weighted against recent weeks (perhaps the last 12?) rather than all-time. We'll see if I make any progress on it this week. I think a big problem I need to overcome is when to make a "cool" hit outweigh two "average" hits. For example, would I really prefer to have 49 hits with 48 in California and 1 in Nevada versus 50 hits with all being in California. Likewise, is a second hit on a bill more valuable than two hits that are the initial hit.
As for my quest to increase my slugging percentage to 20%, I'm currently 199 hits behind. Last week I was 218.6 hits behind, so I made up nearly 20 hits this past week. I should continue to make up ground until I have another massive entry week (likely my next trip to Reno probably sometime in September unless I decide to back off from the usual number of $1s that get inserted into slot machines. With roughly twenty weeks left in the year, as long as I don't overdo it on entries, I should easily surpass 20%.
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