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Deal or No Deal is the name of several closely related televisiongame shows, the first of which (launching the format) was the Dutch Miljoenenjacht (Hunt for Millions) produced by Dutch producer Endemol. It is played with up to 26 cases (or, in some versions, boxes), each containing randomly assigned sums of money. The player claims (or is assigned) one case or a box at the start of the game, without its contents being revealed. The contestant then chooses the other cases or boxes, one at a time, to be immediately opened and removed from play. Throughout the game, the player is offered an amount of money or prizes to quit, being asked the titular question, 'Deal or no deal?' If the contestant rejects every deal and eliminates all the other cases or boxes, the player keeps the money that was in the original case or box. Thus, the contestant 'wins' depending on whether the player should have taken one of the deals or should have held onto the original case or box until the very end.

Gameplay[edit]

The gameplay of the show differs from country to country. In some countries, there is a preliminary contest in which the studio audience is whittled down to one final contender by several trivia question rounds, this final contender then proceeds to the main game. There are also some versions with the number of players equal to the number of cases, each player receives one case. Via a short trivia round or a random selection, one player is selected to be the contestant for the main game with his case. In other countries, there is only one preselected contestant who will play the main game without any preliminary contest.

The main game revolves around the opening of a set of numbered briefcases, each of which contains a different prize (cash or otherwise). The contents (i.e., the values) of all of the cases are known at the start of the game, but the specific location of any prize is unknown. The contestant claims (or is assigned) a case to begin the game. The case's value is not revealed until the conclusion of the game.

The contestant then begins choosing cases that are to be removed from play. The amount inside each chosen case is immediately revealed; by process of elimination, the amount revealed cannot be inside the case the contestant initially claimed (or was assigned). Throughout the game, after a predecided number of cases have been opened, the 'Banker' offers the contestant an amount of money and/or prizes to quit the game; the offer is based roughly on the amounts remaining in play and the contestant's demeanor, so the bank tries to 'buy' the contestant's case for a lower price than what's inside the case. The player then answers the titular question, choosing:

• 'Deal', accepting the offer presented and ending the game, or
• 'No Deal', rejecting the offer and continuing the game.

This process of removing cases and receiving offers continues, until either the player accepts an offer to 'deal', or all offers have been rejected and the values of all unchosen cases are revealed. Should a player end the game by taking a deal, a pseudo-game is continued from that point to see how much the player could have won by remaining in the game. Depending on subsequent choices and offers, it is determined whether or not the contestant made a 'good deal', i.e. won more than if the game were allowed to continue.

Since the range of possible values is known at the start of each game, how much the banker offers at any given point changes based on what values have been eliminated (i.e. the offer increases if lower values are eliminated and decreases if upper values are eliminated). To promote suspense and lengthen games, the banker's offer is usually less than the expected value dictated by probability theory, particularly early in the game.^[1] Generally, the offers early in the game are very low relative to the values still in play, but near the end of the game approach (or even exceed) the average of the remaining values.

Only a few people have ever won the top prize on any version of the show (see table below). For a contestant to win the top prize the player would have to select the case containing the top prize and reject every offer the banker makes during the game. The chances of a player selecting the top prize are 4–5% depending on how many amounts are in the game.

International versions[edit]

The first German version 'Die Chance deines Lebens' hosted by Kai Pflaume did not have the case game as the final round (they played a trivia game instead), however this was the show the original 'Deal or No Deal' version (the Dutch 'Miljoenenjacht' hosted by Linda de Mol) was actually based on. Miljoenenjacht started in November 2000 and introduced the case game in December 2002 after a 15-month hiatus of the show.

Véronique Landry is the only model to appear on more than one version of the show, on both the French and English Canadian versions.^{[citation needed]}Howie Mandel, Héctor Sandarti, and Linda de Mol each have hosted multiple versions of the show: Mandel, with the American English and Canadian English versions, Sandarti with both the American Spanish and Mexican Spanish versions, and de Mol with both the Netherlands Dutch and German (in 2004) versions of the show. In the UK version Deal Or No Deal helped relaunch Noel Edmonds's career.

Top prize winners[edit]

All amounts below the prizes are their equivalents in United States dollars at the time of their win.

1. ^Arno Woesthoff was on Miljoenenjacht when the bonus round consisted of seven questions that could add up to 10,000,000 guilders (based on the German game show 'Die Chance deines Lebens') instead of the case game, which is why there were no other amounts.
2. ^Most recent top prize winner in the Deal or No Deal franchise to date.

At the other end of the spectrum, in the UK edition broadcast on 7 December 2009, a contestant named Corinne opened her box to reveal (and thus win) 1p, having turned down first an offer of £88,000 and then an offer to swap boxes, which would have given her the top £250,000 prize. A similar event occurred on the U.S. version on August 25, 2008, where contestant Koshka Blackburn won $5,000 which was in her case after turning down the banker's offer of $530,000 and then the option to switch cases, which would've made her the first $1,000,000 winner. Also in the U.S. on September 22, 2006, Michelle Falco kept in $750,000 and $1,000,000 in play all the way to the end, she turned down the biggest offer of $880,000 and refused to switch her case, in her case was $750,000. She also would have been the first $1,000,000 winner had she switched cases. And again, in the U.S. on October 22, 2008, contestant Richie Bell won $1 which was in his case after rejecting the final offer of $416,000 and the option to switch cases, which would've made him the second $1,000,000 winner. Richie also won an additional $10,000 after completing the 'Banker's Challenge' minigame, thus making his total winnings $10,001. Had he had switched, he would have won $1,010,000. Many other contestants around the world would have won the top prize if they had swapped their box/case.

Basis and antecedents[edit]

The game show has attracted attention from mathematicians, statisticians, and economists as a natural decision-making experiment. In 2008 a team of economists analyzed the decisions of people appearing in Dutch, German and U.S. episodes and found, among other things, that contestants are less risk-averse or even risk-seeking when they saw their expected winnings drop.^[56] They went so far as to say that the show, “almost appears to be an economics experiment rather than a TV show.”^[57] They found that contestants behave similarly in different versions of the show, despite large differences in the amounts at stake; amounts appear to be evaluated in relative terms, for example in proportion to the initial average, and not in terms of their absolute monetary value.^[58] The research received a great deal of media attention, appearing on the front page of The Wall Street Journal^[59] and being featured on National Public Radio.^[60] This work was built upon by de Roos and Sarafidis, who analysed the Australian version of the show and determined that the risk-taking behaviour of a number of contestants would be inconsistent within each game (i.e. their aversion to risk would change), depending on the state of play and relative risk aversion of their confidant on the show.^[61]

Australian Deal or No Deal contestants are selected 'on the basis of being 'outgoing', but there is no screening of contestants on the basis of their risk preferences'.^[61] It is thought that other versions may screen contestants for being amicable to risk-taking behaviour.

Despite its air of originality and huge international success—there are more than 60 versions worldwide—there have been, in fact, numerous antecedents to the current run of shows. The first was the It's in the Bag, a New Zealand radio game show invented by Selwyn Toogood which began in the 1950s and which ran for decades after it was later adapted for television (1970s–90s). The show popularized the catch-phrases, 'By hokey,' and 'What will it be, customers--the money or the bag?' in New Zealand. Similarly, in the 1950s, the UK TV show Take Your Pick offered contestants the choice of taking a money offer or risking opening a box. Later, in the 1980s, The Bong Game, a radio call-in show created by UK’s Capital FM, tested contestants by offering them increasing returns in tandem with increasing risk.

Another long-running game show, Let's Make a Deal, involved contestants deciding whether or not to take offers based on what may or may not be behind a curtain/door or inside a box. Let's Make a Deal ran in the U.S. for nearly three decades from 1963 to 1991, during which time Monty Hall was the program's 'Big Dealer,' and has recently been revived with Wayne Brady as the Big Dealer. Also in the U.S., in the 1970s and 1980s, was a game show called Treasure Hunt, hosted by Geoff Edwards and produced by Chuck Barris's company, which featured a similar concept to Deal or No Deal. The show featured contestants selecting a treasure chest or box with surprises inside in the hope of winning large prizes or a cash jackpot. Both game shows, however, also featured worthless or nearly-worthless joke prizes, which Let's Make a Deal called 'zonks' and which Treasure Hunt called 'klunks.' Deal or No Deal does not feature such joke prizes. Finally, from 1997 to 2003, Win Ben Stein's Money pitted contestants against an in-house adversary.

Algorithm used by “The Bank”[edit]

There are several theories concerning the algorithm that “The Bank” uses to determine the appropriate bank offer. This is a secret held by the various publishers around the world, however a number of people have approximated the algorithm with various levels of accuracy.^{[citation needed]} It is a common understanding^[who?] that the Bank does not know the contents of the briefcase, and therefore the Monty Hall Problem does not apply to the probability calculations.^{[citation needed]}

Statistical studies of the US version of the show were undertaken by Daniel Shifflet in 2011, and showed a linear regression of bank offers against expected value.^[62] In summary, Shifflet found that the bank would offer a percentage of the expected value (EV) of the remaining cases, and this percentage increased linearly from approximately 37% of EV at the first offer to approximately 84% of EV at the seventh offer. This version of the program also allowed players to ‘hypothetically’ play out the remainder of the game from the point where they accepted the bank’s offer, and Shiffler noted that the hypothetical bank offers were significantly higher than real bank offers at equivalent points in the game. Keep in mind, that this is for the syndicated 30-minute version of the show.

Video games[edit]

Nbc Deal Or No Deal Game Online

• Innovative Concepts in Entertainment developed and currently sells an arcade redemption adaptation of the show, replacing prize money with redemption tickets.^[63]
• The U.K. version of Deal or No Deal was converted into a mobile game by Gameloft and featured the same rules and format as the TV show. The game was so well-received that versions of it were developed for other countries as well.^[64] Its international success landed it on the top-sellers list.^[65]
• Almost all major formats of the game were converted into games for various gaming consoles, the PC, Macromedia Flash, and even a dedicated handheld made in China.
• Various online gambling and gaming sites have adapted the Deal or No Deal concept for their games.^[66]

Online Gambling[edit]

The Deal or No Deal television game show, based on the original Dutch Miljoenenjacht (Hunt for Millions), was introduced to the world by Endemol. The popular format, which requires the contestant to choose from 26 boxes or cases to reveal cash values, grew in popularity and eventually made its way into the online gambling industry as a result of the 2009 partnership between Playtech’s Virtue Fusion and Endemol Games.

Online Bingo licensees of Virtue Fusion, previously acquired by Playtech, introduced DOND themed 75-ball and 90-ball rooms in addition to a slot game based on the game show, scratch cards and the launch of a new bingo brand named after the game show, Deal or No Deal Bingo.

Online gamblers experience the show’s concept when securing a Full House win in the themed bingo rooms. The winner or winners enter a round of negotiations with the banker where they must make the ultimate decision, Deal or No Deal. The sense of community, often embraced by bingo players, is called upon as they assist the winner in determining the best option by commenting in the room’s chat section. The Community Jackpot is divided among the Full House winner (50%) and all game participants (50%).

In February 2016, Playtech announced the renewal of its licensing agreement with Endemol UK, which will see the availability of DOND licensed online products continue for an additional three years. Under this contract, Playtech is granted exclusive rights to deliver these themed games to the UK market.^[67]

The range of DOND games are available at Virtue Fusion powered bingo brands such as bet365, Gala Bingo, Ladbrokes, Mecca Bingo and William Hill.

See also[edit]

Deal Or No Deal Tv Show 2018

• For articles for each of the national editions of the show, see Deal or No Deal (disambiguation)

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44. ^(in Spanish)¡Mari se lleva 300.000 euros!, July 25, 2011
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External links[edit]

• Deal or No Deal on IMDb

Take this deal and you'll be out $20 and minutes of your life you'll never get back.

By Alex Navarro on

Deal or No Deal presents a bit of a conundrum. Yes, it's a fairly accurate PC-game rendition of the uberpopular NBC game show starring Mr. St. Elsewhere himself, Howie Mandel, and yes, it is a budget-priced game. Fans of the game show are likely to squeal with delight at the prospect of being able to play their favorite game at home--but before you run out and drop a twin on this one, stop and think. Think to yourself, why? Why pay for a Deal or No Deal game, when dozens of free flash games with the same formula exist (on NBC's Web site, at that)? Is it for the cheap, lousy minigames included? Is it for the promise of multiplayer action? Is it because you're hopelessly in love with Howie Mandel's soul patch? Ponder these questions as we delve deeper into the enigma that is the value of owning Deal or No Deal.

Deal or No Deal offers the exact game you've probably seen on TV numerous times. In this, the world's most skill-free game show, contestants are offered 26 metal briefcases, each containing a dollar amount. You start the show by picking one, and that one becomes your case. Through of series of rounds, you then begin selecting the other cases on the board. The idea is to try to eliminate all the low amounts currently displayed (though the high amounts tend to disappear as well). At the end of each round, a mysterious 'banker,' who sits in a dark room staring at a computer screen, offers you an amount of money (seemingly based on your play style, and the aggregate average of the amounts still left on the board) to buy your case. From there, it's, 'Deal, or no deal?' Get it? Good. This PC game offers precisely the same game formula, but without the hope of winning real money. Perhaps the one advantage is that this game offers the same pacing of the show, as well as many of Mandel's trademark lines (though not all of them, and the dialogue tends to start repeating after just a few plays), but apart from those bells and whistles, there's not much on offer here to set the game apart from the many, many freeware versions of Deal or No Deal that exist all over the Internet. Why buy the cow when the milk is free just about everywhere?

Tv Show Deal Or No Deal

Hopefully, it isn't for the 'bonus features.' Multiplayer and minigames are also offered in this package, and neither are very good. Minigames consist of little more than a cheap slider puzzle, a memory game, and a three-card monte variant. None of them are fun for more than a single play. The multiplayer is perhaps the most intriguing option, since it futzes with the main game formula a bit and has you and another player trading off turns, trying to make the best deal possible. There's also a 'family-friendly' version of the game, where players can create custom prizes. Some of the default options include household chores and tasks for new parents (changing diapers, feedings, and such). While this might work for the most boring people alive, the rest of you can opt to create your own prizes. Perhaps those with more active imaginations (or, at the very least, filthier minds) can create more-sordid prizes with their significant other(s). Clearly, this is the most useful function the game has to offer.

Deal Or No Deal Online

But is that enough to make Deal or No Deal worth paying for? Hardly. Sure, it's amusing for the first one or two plays, and maybe there's a bit of devious amusement to be had with the custom prize mode, but the fact remains that the necessity of owning a Deal or No Deal game just isn't there. There isn't even that level of trivial skill involved that you tend to get with most game show games, because there's no trivial knowledge required. There's no skill required at all! You're just picking random numbers and hoping for the best. It's all well and good to watch on TV when there's real money involved, and there's nothing wrong with playing something like this for free on the Internet. But actually going to the trouble of paying for a fake-money version of it? That's a poor deal any way you slice it.