Has it now been nearly 6 months since we had a power five win?

And is that the record for longest streak away from the pound table?

6 months since a power 5 box win.

The longest streak for an amount away from the table is Dilys' game to Helen's game. They both had the £1,000.

Yep pathetic isn't it!

Wasn't the gap between 100k Gaz and 75k Lynne bigger? Though I suppose you had Lance in the middle of all that who dealt midway between the two power 5's he had left.

Also it took until Saj's game at the start of it all for the first power 5 win - that was well over 100 shows, so both those gaps could be bigger (I've lost track of the show counts!)

Box win, James - so the former part of your post is indeed correct!

Beggars belief! Nobody has even gambled to open their box and find £35k let alone £250k.

A damning indictment of the state of the show and feebleness of the contestants.

Pitiful.

Saj was show 116, so that was a wait of 116 shows.

£100k Gaz was show 156 and Lynne's was 308, so that's a gap of 152 shows.

Chris B's was show 581, and today's show will be show 704, so it's a gap of 123 shows at the moment.

If a Power 5 box isn't won up to and including show 734, then it'll be a gap of 153 shows and therefore a new record.

There have been some gambles with power 5's in the last pair, but they've all failed!!

Artak, Orry, Shaun. There may be more who I've forgotten!

It's not as simple as you make out. You need a board that is stable enough to no deal to 2 box and a power 5 box with a decent back-up for a power 5 box win. Although I concede we could have had one this week.

And a gap of 123 shows is where it stays after the £35k box win today.

the irony!