Why are there so many Euro bills entered on leap days?

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salieriFI
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Why are there so many Euro bills entered on leap days?

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The top 3 dates in the number of bills entered are February 29th 2016, February 29th 2012 and February 29th 2008. What causes this? Is it a bug in the statistics tool? Does it count two days as one?
11.12.20 450. note entered
11.12.20 10. hit occured
11.12.20 200. :note-5: entered
11.12.20 100. :note-10: entered
11.12.20 100. :note-20: entered
11.12.20 40. :note-50: entered
21.7.20 3. :note-200: entered
22.5.20 1 year of EBT
14.2.20 1. :note-100: entered
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Re: Why are there so many Euro bills entered on leap days?

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No, it’s not a bug. People like to enter notes on the 29th of February because it’s a rare and special date.
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Re: Why are there so many Euro bills entered on leap days?

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To add to bumboozel's answer, there is a game on the forum where people try to get a hit on each day of the year.
Since leap days only come along once every four years, people enter as many notes as possible, hoping to get a hit.
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Re: Why are there so many Euro bills entered on leap days?

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Because it is only 1 time in 4 years.
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