Deal or No Deal

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Deal or No Deal
Created by Dick de Rijk[1]
Country of origin Netherlands
Original language(s) Various
Production
Running time 30–120 minutes (with commercials, varies depending on versions)
Production company(s) Endemol
Release
Original network TROS
RTL 4
Original release 25 November 2000 (2000-11-25) –
present
External links
[{{#property:P856}} Website]
Production website

Deal or No Deal is the name of several closely related television game 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) containing certain sums of money. The player chooses a case or a box to knock an amount of money off the board.

Gameplay

The 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 predetermined number of cases have been opened, the banker offers the contestant an amount of money and/or prizes to quit the game, the offer based roughly on the amounts remaining in play and the contestant's demeanor, 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 unselected 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. 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.[2] 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 reasonable (4–5% depending on how many amounts are in the game).

Deal or No Deal around the world

Countries with their own version (as of April 2015)
     Currently airing franchise
     Currently not airing, but will return airing in the future
     Franchise no longer in production
Country Name Host Station Language Premiere Top Prize
 Afghanistan گنجینه
Ganjina		 Rahim Mehrzad
Mukhtar Lashkari		 Tolo TV Persian May 30, 2010 Af.1,000,000
 Albania Kutia Enkel Demi TV Klan Albanian 2004 €25,000
 Algeria ادي ولا خلي
Éddi Ouela Kheli		 Sofiane Dani Echourouk TV Arabic June 17, 2015
October 31, 2015		 DA10,000,000
DA5,000,000/10,000,000
Arab Maghreb الصندوق
Al Sandouk		 Moez Toumi Nessma TV Arabic November 24, 2012 د.ت.500,000‎or
د.ج.25,000,000 or
د.م.2,500,000
Arab League Arab world الصفقة
Al Safqa		 Amir Karara MBC1 Arabic September 14, 2004 US$1,000,000
Deal or No Deal Michel Sanan LBC Arabic April 1, 2005 US$250,000
 Argentina Trato Hecho Julian Weich Telefé Spanish 2003–2006 AR$500,000
 Armenia Դիլ կամ Նո Դիլ
Dil kam No Dil		 Armenia TV Armenian 2005 դր.50,000,000
 Australia Deal or No Deal Andrew O'Keefe Seven Network English July 13, 2003 A$2,000,000 (2003)
A$200,000 (2004–2013)[3]
 Austria Deal or No Deal Rainhard Fendrich ORF1 German 2005 €250,000
 Azerbaijan Davam Ya Tamam Space TV Azerbaijani 2010 10,000 AZN
 Belgium Miljoenenjacht Walter Grootaers Vtm Dutch 2004 €1,000,000
Te Nemen Of Te Laten Felice VijfTV Dutch 2007 €200,000
 Belize Tek It Or Leave It Angela Gegg Channel 5 English 2008 BZ$5,000–15,000
 Brazil Topa ou Não Topa Silvio Santos
Roberto Justus		 SBT Portuguese August 6, 2006
August 28, 2010		 R$1,000,000
 Bulgaria Сделка или не
Sdelka ili ne		 Rumen Lukanov Nova Television Bulgarian September 19, 2005 100,000лв
 Cambodia ព្រម ឬមិនព្រម
Prom Rer Min Prom		 Ith Setha CTN Khmer 2009 10,000,000 KHR
 Canada Deal or No Deal Canada Howie Mandel Global English February 4, 2007 CA$1,000,000
Le Banquier Julie Snyder TVA French January 24, 2007 CA$500,000
 Chile Trato Hecho Don Francisco Canal 13 Spanish 2004 CL$120,000,000
¡Allá Tú! Julián Elfenbein Chilevision Spanish 2007 CL$10,000,000
 China 动感秀场
Dong Gan Xiu Chang		 Cheng Qian BTV-8 Mandarin 2007 1,000,000 points
爱唱才会赢
Ai Chang Cai Hui Ying		 Chen Huan, Tian Yue, Zuo Yan, Huang Ziwen ZJSTV Mandarin 2008 CN¥100,000
 Colombia[4] ¡Hay Trato! Julio Correal
Carlos Calero		 Canal Caracol Spanish July 16, 2005 COL$210,000,000
 Costa Rica Trato Hecho Gustavo Rojas Teletica Spanish April 10, 2012 ₡25,000,000
 Croatia Uzmi ili ostavi Željko Pervan
Mirko Fodor
Mario Petreković		 HRT 2 Croatian 2006 500,000Kn
 Czech Republic Ber nebo neber Pavel Zuna TV Prima Czech 2007 5,000,000Kč
 Denmark Deal or No Deal Casper Christensen TV 2 Danish August 28, 2006 Kr2,000,000
 Dominican Republic Trato Hecho con Nestle Frank Perozo
Mía Taveras		 Antena Latina Spanish 2008 RD$3,000,000
 Ecuador Trato Hecho Roberto Angelelli Teleamazonas Spanish 2006 US$100,000
El Familión Nestlé Trato Hecho Daniel Sarcos Gama TV and
Red Telesistema		 Spanish 2010 US$100,000
 Egypt لعبة الحياة
Lebet el Hayat		 Razan Maghrebi Al-Hayat TV Arabic August 24, 2009 ج.م.‎ 250,000
ج.م.‎ 500,000
ديل أور نو ديل: الإختيار
Deal or no deal: El Ikhtiyar		 Maya Diab Al-Nahar TV May 27, 2012 ج.م.‎ 250,000
 El Salvador Trato Hecho Daniel Rucks TCS Spanish 2011 US$50,000
 Estonia Võta või jäta Alari Kivisaar TV3 Estonian 2007 1,000,000 krooni
(app. €63,900)
March 8, 2013 €100,000
 Finland Ota tai jätä Pauli Aalto-Setälä Nelonen Finnish 2007 €500,000
 France À prendre ou à laisser Arthur TF1 French January 12, 2004 €500,000
À prendre ou à laisser Julien Courbet D8 October 8, 2014 €100,000/200,000
€150,000/300,000 (Miss France 2015 special)
 Georgia ვა-ბანკი
Va-Bank		 Misha Mshvildadze (2008)
Duta Skhirtladze (2009)		 Rustavi 2 Georgian November 11, 2008 50,000 ლარი
 Germany Die Chance deines Lebens Kai Pflaume Sat.1 German 2000 DM10,000,000
Der Millionen-Deal Linda de Mol Sat.1 German 2004 €2,000,000
Deal or No Deal – Die Show der Glücksspirale Guido Cantz Sat.1 German 2005 €250,000
Deal or No Deal Wayne Carpendale Sat.1 German July 30, 2014 €250,000
 Greece Deal (weekdays) Christos Ferendinos ANT1 Greek 2006
2010		 €200,000
€150,000
Super Deal (weekends) 2006 €500,000
 Honduras Trato Hecho Erick Chavarría Televicentro Spanish April 19, 2015 Lps.1,000,000
 Hong Kong 一擲千金
Deal or No Deal		 Michael Hui TVB Jade Cantonese October 29, 2006 HK$3,000,000
Alfred Cheung April 22, 2007
 Hungary Áll az alku Gábor Gundel Takács
Áron Kovács		 TV2 Hungarian 2004
2009		 50,000,000 / 100,000,000 Ft
21,000,000 Ft
 India Deal Ya No Deal R. Madhavan/
Mandira Bedi/
Rajeev Khandelwal		 SET Hindi, English November 23, 2005 ₹10,000,000
Deala No Deala Rishi Sun TV Tamil 2009 ₹5,000,000
Deal or No Deal Mukesh Surya TV Malayalam 2009
Deal or No Deal Sai Kumar Gemini TV Telugu 2009
Deal or No Deal Sai Kumar Udaya TV Kannada 2009
Deal or No Deal Ronit Roy &TV Hindi, English September 5, 2015 ₹10,000,000
 Indonesia Deal Or No Deal Indonesia Tantowi Yahya RCTI Indonesian May 19, 2007 Rp.2,000,000,000
Deal or No Deal Deddy Corbuzier antv Indonesian December 1, 2011 Rp.1,000,000,000
Deal Or No Deal Indonesia Cak Lontong Global TV Indonesian October 20, 2014 Rp.500,000,000
 Iran تمام یا دوام
Tamam Ya Davam		 Sina Valiollah FARSI1 Persian January 16, 2012 US$20,000
 Ireland Deal or No Deal Keith Barry TV3 English November 13, 2009 €250,000
 Israel הדיל הגדול
Hadil Hagadol		 Moran Atias Channel 10 Hebrew 2005 ₪1,500,000
דיל או לא דיל
Dil o Lo Dil		 2006
 Italy Affari Tuoi Paolo Bonolis (2003-2005)
Pupo (2005-2006)
Antonella Clerici (2006)
Flavio Insinna (2006-2008; 2013-)
Max Giusti (2008-2013)		 Rai 1 Italian 2003 €500,000[5]
 Jamaica The Digicel Deal or No Deal Simon Crosskill TVJ English 2009 JM$3,000,000
 Japan ザ・ディール
Za Dīru		 Shinsuke Shimada TBS Japanese September 8, 2006 ¥10,000,000
 Lebanon Deal or No Deal Michel Sannan Murr Television Arabic October 20, 2009 ل.ل.‎ 200,000,000
 Lithuania Taip arba Ne Marijonas Mikutavičius TV3 Lithuania Lithuanian March 31, 2007 500,000Lt.
 Macedonia Земи или остави
Zemi ili ostavi		 Igor Dzambazov ALFA TV Macedonian November 3, 2007 MKD6,000,000
Се или нешто
Se ili nešto		 Lila Stojanovska Sitel Macedonian December 18, 2011 MKD1,000,000
 Malaysia Deal or No Deal Malaysia Aanont Wathanasin ntv7 English November 3, 2007 RM100,000
一擲千金
Yi zhi qian jin		 Goh Wee Ping
Owen Yap		 ntv7 Mandarin March 12, 2007 RM100,000
 Malta Deal or No Deal Malta Paulo Micallef TVM Maltese October 1, 2007 €25,000
 Mexico Vas o No Vas Héctor Sandarti Televisa Spanish 2005 MX$1,000,000
MX$5,000,000
Yoo si voy Raul Araiza Spanish 2009 MX$2,500,000
 Moldova Da sau Nu Dan Negru Prime Romanian 2010, 2014 250,000 lei
 Myanmar Deal or No Deal Kaung Htet Zaw MRTV-4 Burmese January 5, 2015 2,000,000 Ks
 Netherlands Miljoenenjacht
(original version) and season		 Linda de Mol TROS, Tien, RTL4 Dutch November 25, 2000 €5,000,000
Deal or No Deal
(direct version) small program		 Beau van Erven Dorens Tien, RTL5 Dutch 2006 €250,000
 New Zealand Deal or No Deal Jeremy Corbett TV3 English June 7, 2007 NZ$200,000
 Nigeria Deal or No Deal Nigeria John Fashanu M-Net Africa English July 7, 2007 US$100,000
 Norway Deal or No Deal Sturla Berg-Johansen TV2 Norwegian 2006 3,000,000Kr
 Panama El Familion Nestle Nelson Bustamante Telemetro Spanish unknown US$125,000
Deal or No Deal 2010 US$50,000
 Peru Trato Hecho Adolfo Aguilar ATV Spanish 2005 S/.1,000,000
 Philippines Kapamilya, Deal or No Deal Kris Aquino ABS-CBN Filipino (English) June 5, 2006 ₱1,000,000–4,000,000
Luis Manzano February 25, 2012 ₱2,000,000
February 9, 2015 ₱1,000,000
 Poland Grasz czy nie grasz Zygmunt Chajzer Polsat Polish October 1, 2005 1,000,000zł
 Portugal Pegar ou Largar Rui Unas SIC Portuguese January 28, 2006 €300,000
 Romania Da sau nu Virgil Ianţu/ Mihai Dobrovolschi Prima TV Romanian 2005 150,000lei
Accepţi sau nu Gabriel Coveşanu Kanal D 2008 100,000lei
 Russia Пан или пропал
Pan ili Propal		 Nikolay Fomenko Channel One Russian September 20, 2004 3,000,000руб.
Сделка
Sdelka		 Alexei Veselkin REN TV Russian April 17, 2006 3,000,000 руб
 Serbia Uzmi ili ostavi Milorad Mandić Manda B92 Serbian May 7, 2007 1,500,000din.
 Singapore Deal or No Deal Adrian Pang MediaCorp TV Channel 5 English May 13, 2007 S$250,000
 Slovakia Ruku na to Peter Šarkan Novák STV Slovak 2005 5,000,000 Sk
 Slovenia Vzemi ali pusti Bojan Emeršič POP TV Slovene 2007-2010 15,000,000 SIT
(app. €62,500)
2011-2012 €70,000
 South Africa Deal or No Deal Ed Jordan M-Net English February 4, 2007 R1,000,000
Doen met 'n Miljoen! Casper de Vries kykNET Afrikaans October 19, 2007 R1,000,000
 South Korea Yes or No Shin Dong-Yeob tvN Korean 2006-July 2007 ₩100,000,000
 Spain ¡Allá tú! Jesús Vázquez
Silvia Jato
Arturo Valls		 Telecinco Spanish 2004 - 2008 €300,000
€600,000
€1,000,000 (specials in 2007)
Jesús Vázquez Cuatro 2011 €300,000
 Sri Lanka Gando Nogando Mahendra Perera SirasaTV Sinhalese ₨2,500,000
 Sweden Deal or No Deal Martin Timell TV4 Swedish March 25, 2006 5,000,000Kr
MiljonJakten [6] Renée Nyberg TV3 March 4, 2012 10,000,000Kr
Deal or no Deal med Miljonjakten TV4 November 18, 2014
  Switzerland Deal or No Deal – Das Risiko Roman Kilchsperger SF 1 German 2004 SFr250,000
 Taiwan 齊天大勝
Who's the Winner
Topic: The Deal 孤注一擲		 Jacky Wu TTV Mandarin March 17, 2007 NT$1,000,000–1,500,000
平民大富翁
Yes or No		 Dennis Nieh
Jacky Wu		 CTS September 12, 2009 NT$500,000–1,000,000
 Thailand เอาหรือไม่เอา Dom Hetrakul ThaiTV 3 Thai 2005 ฿1,000,000
 Tunisia دليلك ملك
Dlilek Mlek		 Sami El Fihri Tunisie 7 Tunisian Arabic 2005 1,000,000 د.ت.
El Hiwar Ettounsi June 29, 2014 500,000 د.ت.
June 18, 2015 1,000,000 د.ت.
 Turkey Trilyon Avı Zafer Ergin aTV Turkish 2003 YTL1,000,000
Büyük Teklif Halit Ergenç Kanal D Turkish 2006 YTL500,000
Var mısın? Yok musun? Acun Ilıcalı Show TV Turkish September 10, 2007 YTL500,000
Asuman Krause Fox Turkish November 8, 2011 TL500,000
Ahmet Çakar Show TV Turkish September 11, 2013 TL500,000
 Ukraine Граєш чи не граєш?
Hrayesh chy ne hrayesh?/		 Dmitriy Shepelev TRK Ukrayina Ukrainian March 7, 2010 ₴1,000,000
 United Kingdom Deal or No Deal Noel Edmonds Channel 4 English 31 October 2005 £250,000/500,000
 United States Deal or No Deal Howie Mandel NBC English December 19, 2005 US$1,000,000–6,000,000
Syndication September 8, 2008 US$500,000
Vas o No Vas Héctor Sandarti Telemundo Spanish October 8, 2006 US$250,000
 Vietnam Đi tìm ẩn số Thanh Bạch HTV7 Vietnamese June 19, 2005 100,000,000Đ
Ần số vàng Chí Trung H1 Vietnamese 2006 50,000,000Đ

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

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

Country Name(s) Date Amount won Previous offer Other amount Notes
Afghanistan گنجینه/Ganjina Mohammad Easa Sediqi Prior to October 25, 2010 Af. 1,000,000
($23,240)		 Box Swap
(declined)		 Af. 2,500
($58.10)		 [7][8]
First top prize winner in Afghan history
(unknown) Prior to November 28, 2012 Af. 1,000,000
($19,569)		 Af. 342,000
($6,693)		 Af. 10,000
($196)		 [9]
The banker first offered Af. 311,000, then Af. 342,000, then a chance to swap the briefcases. All were declined. Rebroadcast June 5, 2013.
(unknown) Prior to June 6, 2013 Af. 1,000,000
($18,484)		 Af. 355,500
($6,571)		 Af. 30,000
($555)		 The banker first offered Af. 263,300, then Af. 355,500. Both were declined. Rebroadcast June 6, 2013.
Algeria ادي ولا خلي Mohamed Meziane July 7, 2015 10,000,000 DA
($100,450)		 3,200,000 DA
($32,144)		 200 DA
($2.01)
Australia Deal or No Deal Dean Cartechini June 17, 2004 A$200,000
($137,384)		 A$102,500
($70,409)		 A$5
($3.43)
Anh Do (celebrity) September 19, 2007 A$200,000
($167,238)		 A$125,000
($104,524)		 A$75,000
($62,714)
Leanne Benbow June 2, 2010 A$200,000
($166,630)		 A$115,000
($95,812)		 A$100,000
($83,315)
Chris Doyle August 23, 2011 A$200,000
($208,014)		 A$130,000
($135,209)		 A$100,000
($104,007)
Belize Tek It Or Leave It Valerie Stevens March 3, 2009 BZ$15,000
($7,615)		 (Unknown) (Unknown) [10]
Brazil Topa ou Não Topa Paulo April 2007 R$1,000,000
($490,000)		 R$444,000
($218,000)		 R$100
($49)
Bulgaria Сделка или не Sdelka ili ne Veneta Raykova (Венета Райкова)
(celebrity)		 February 2006 75,000 BGN
($46,000)		 (unknown) (unknown)
(unknown) December 8, 2006 100,000 BGN
($67,986)		 (unknown) 5,000 BGN
($3,399)		 [11]
Niki Kitaetsa (Ники Китаеца)
(celebrity)		 September 18, 2007 100,000 BGN
($70,871)		 40,000 BGN
($28,348)		 1,000 BGN
($709)		 [12]
Sevil Saliev
(Севил Салиев)		 December 22, 2008 100,000 BGN
($71,179)		 (unknown) (unknown) [13]
Mariela Pepeldzhiyska
(Мариела Пепелджийска)		 January 23, 2012 100,000 BGN
($65,862)		 Box Swap
(accepted)		 2,500 BGN
($1,647)		 [14]
Plevenchaninat Iskren
(Плевенчанинът Искрен)		 January 24, 2013 100,000 BGN
($67,988)		 25,000 BGN
($16,997)		 0.20 BGN
($0.14)		 [15]
Cambodia ព្រម ឬមិនព្រម Prom Rer Min Prom (Unknown) February 2009 10,000,000 KHR
($2,410)		 (unknown) (unknown) [16]
(Unknown) February 2009 10,000,000 KHR (unknown) 750,000 KHR
($181)
Chile ¡Allá Tú! Mauricio Hermosilla May 4, 2007 CL$10,000,000
($19,050)		 CL$6,500,000
($12,383)		 CL$5,000,000
($9,525)
Farándula August 29, 2007 CL$10,000,000
($19,010)		 Box Swap CL$50,000
($95.05)
Egypt لعبة الحياة
Lebet el Hayat		 Amal Mohammad Prior to November 16, 2009 EGP250,000
($45,825)		 (unknown) EGP0.50
($0.09)
Sameh Prior to April 15, 2010 EGP250,000
($45,323)		 (unknown) EGP0.50
($0.09)
Marwa Ali Prior to September 3, 2010 EGP500,000
($87,660)		 Box Swap EGP250
($43.83)		 [17]
Egypt ديل أور نو ديل: الإختيار
Deal or no deal: El Ikhtiyar		 Sibai Wahba September 12, 2012 EGP250,000
($41,037)		 Box Swap
(accepted)		 EGP10,000
($1,641)		 [18]
France À prendre ou à laisser Mylène March 4, 2004 €500,000
($609,850)		 (unknown) (unknown) [19]
Sabrina November 29, 2005 €500,000
($590,030)		 €350,000
($413,021)		 €75,000
($88,505)		 The banker also offered €200,000 and €300,000;
it is rare for a contestant to have more than one offer after a single round
Marie-Ange Franceschi January 23, 2009 €500,000
($650,280)		 €210,000
($273,118)		 €100,000
($130,056)		 [20]
Sébastien November 25, 2014 €100,000
($124,240)		 €31,000
($38,514)		 €10
($12.42)		 [21]
Georgia (country) ვა-ბანკი Va-Bank Rezo and Archil Arveladze (celebrities) February 3, 2009 50,000 lari
($30,018)		 25,000 lari
($15,009)		 50 lari
($30.02)
Greece Deal Gogo Kastranta November 10, 2006 €200,000
($256,702)		 €80,000
($102,681)		 €1,000
($1,284)		 [22]
Received €100,000, another half was received by a text winner
Hungary Áll az alku Sanyi 2006 50,000,000 Ft
($238,000)		 13,000,000 Ft
($61,900)		 6,000,000 Ft
($28,600)		 [23]
Árpinak April 26, 2010 21,000,000 Ft
($106,680)		 15,000,000 Ft
($76,200)		 13,000,000 Ft
($66,040)		 [24]
India Deal or No Deal Ayushmann Khurrana (celebrity) November 15, 2015 ₹9,000,000
($136,445)		 ₹7,000,000
($106,124)		 ₹5,000,000
($75,803)		 His briefcase contained the top prize ₹10,000,000 but his winnings were reduced by 10% due to answering the final question wrong.
Italy Affari Tuoi Roberto Pepi February 4, 2004 €500,000
($627,805)		 €250,000 €15,000 [25]
Francesca Madeddu December 16, 2004 €500,000
($671,175)		 €300,000
($402,705)		 €25,000
($33,559)		 [26][27]
Clarissa Meneghini December 19, 2007 €500,000
($719,525)		 €170,000
($244,639)		 €30,000
($43,172)		 [28]
Danilo Anderlini September 17, 2008 €500,000
($714,575)		 €170,000
($242,956)		 €30,000
($42,875)		 [28][29]
Francesca Cataldo October 22, 2008 €500,000
($666,895)		 €185,000
($230,408)		 €30,000
($40,014)		 [30]
Roberto Caterina November 23, 2008 €500,000
($629,450)		 €375,000
($472,088)		 €250,000
($314,725)		 [31]
Mara Ancelotti January 1, 2009 €500,000
($707,045)		 €375,000
($530,284)		 €250,000
($353,523)		 [32]
Stefania Menegazzo February 23, 2010 €500,000
($680,020)		 €104,000
($141,444)		 Maghetto [33]
Gabriele Calvello March 17, 2012 €1,000,000
($1,317,440)		 €313,000
($412,359)		 €0.20
($0.26)		 [34]
The top prize was originally €500,000 as usual, but was doubled during the game when the player opened Pacco Matto (crazy box) and found Raddoppia (double).
Mauro Ghiraldini November 21, 2012 €500,000
($640,625)		 €150,000
($192,188)		 €30,000
($38,438)		 [35]
Patrizia Montalbano January 25, 2013 €500,000
($668,467)		 €350,000
($467,927)		 €250,000
($334,234)		 [36]
Pierangela Zaccaria May 29, 2014 €500,000
($682,054)		 €172,000
($234,626)		 €100
($136)		 [37]
Also won a €1,000 Provaci bonus.
Malta Deal or No Deal Malta Maria (Doris) Abela October 17, 2008 €25,000
($33,601)		 €19,500
($26,209)		 €15,000
($20,160)
Mexico Vas o No Vas Elena June 11, 2005 Mex$5,000,000
($460,050) (Saturday)		 (unknown) (unknown)
Luis December 6, 2005 Mex$1,000,000
($95,360) (weekday)		 (unknown) (unknown)
Laura March 2, 2006 Mex$1,000,000
($95,580) (weekday)		 Mex$700,000
($66,906)		 Mex$400,000
($38,232)
Paty June 3, 2006 Mex$1,000,000
($88,130) (weekday)		 Mex$550,000
($48,472)		 Mex$100,000
($8,813)
Malaysia (English) Deal or No Deal Malaysia Timothy Shim March 2, 2008 RM100,000
($31,307)		 RM 50,800
($15,904)		 RM 250
($78.27)
Myanmar Deal or No Deal Min Thu Rein (မင်းသူရိန်) March 16, 2015 2,000,000 Ks
($1,930)		 790,000 Ks
($762)		 200,000 Ks
($193)		 Rebroadcast March 31, 2015.
Netherlands Miljoenenjacht
Deal or No Deal		 Arno Woesthoff[note 1] September 2, 2001 Fl10,000,000
($4,142,220)		 (none) (none) Woesthoff was the biggest winner in worldwide game show history until Brad Rutter overtook this record on May 16, 2014 by claiming $4,370,102 in winnings over thirteen years.
Eelco Schumacher April 2, 2009 €250,000
($331,468)		 €170,000
($225,398)		 €125,000
($165,734)
Philippines Kapamilya, Deal or No Deal Terry Lim Cua December 29, 2006 P2,000,000
($40,740)		 P1,400,000
($28,518)		 P1,000,000
($20,370)
Aiko Melendez and Candy Pangilinan (celebrities) November 25, 2008 P1,000,000
($20,220)		 P345,001
($6,976)		 P10
($0.20)		 Christmas Edition (5 P1,000,000 cases)
Jhaphet Flordeliza December 1, 2008 P1,000,000
($20,400)		 P150,000
($3,060)		 P50
($1.02)
Arnel Pineda (celebrity) December 11, 2008 P1,000,000
($20,570)		 P249,999
($5,142)		 P200
($4.11)
Bearwin Meily (celebrity) March 23, 2015 P1,000,000
($22,312)		 P614,000
($13,700)		 P100,000
($2,231)
Ara Mina (celebrity) April 17, 2015 P1,000,000
($22,626)		 P355,000
($8,032)		 P100
($2.26)
Joyce E. Bernal and Bela Padilla (celebrities) August 14, 2015 P1,000,000
($21,656)		 P699,000
($15,138)		 P400,000
($8,662)
Kaye Abad and Nikki Valdez (celebrities) September 7, 2015 P1,000,000
($21,281)		 P510,000
($10,853)		 P50,000
($1,064)
Janine Tugonon (celebrity) January 8, 2016[note 2] P1,000,000
($21,164)		 P650,000
($13,757)		 P300,000
($6,349)
Serbia Uzmi ili ostavi Vidoje October 19, 2007 RSD1,500,000
($24,475)		 RSD615,000
($10,035)		 RSD500,000
($8,158)
South Korea Yes or No Lee Chang-geun (이창근) June 23, 2007 ₩100,000,000
($107,750)		 ₩45,000,000
($48,488)		 ₩30,000,000
($32,325)		 [38]
Spain ¡Allá tú! Gilbert June 19, 2007 €600,000
($804,018)		 €240,000
($321,607)		 €1,500
($2,010)		 Received €300,000, another half was received by a text winner
María del Carmen Bonilla July 25, 2011 €300,000
($431,622)		 €29,999
($43,161)		 €20
($28.77)		 [39]
Taiwan 齊天大勝
Who's the Winner
Topic: The Deal 孤注一擲		 JUNIOR (celebrity) April 14, 2007 NT$1,500,000
($45,250)		 NT$330,000
($9,955)		 NT$1, NT$100, NT$10,000, NT$20,000 and NT$50,000
($0.03, $3.02, $302, $603 and $1,508)		 The host Jacky Wu, who also acted as the banker, decided to give the final offer with 6 out of 16 cases remaining.
Tunisia دليلك ملك Mohamed Mabrouk March 22, 2006 TND300,000
($221,706)		 (unknown) (unknown) [40][41][42]
Each winner shared the prize with an SMS participant
Mohamed Bashir Menchari November 13, 2006 TND500,000
($379,765)		 (unknown) (unknown)
Marbrouk September 13, 2007 TND1,000,000
($792,390)		 (unknown) TND500,000
($396,195)
Turkey Var mısın? Yok musun? Ülkühan Yılmaz October 24, 2009 500,000TL
($339,790)		 128,000TL
($86,986)		 20,000TL
($13,591)
United Kingdom Deal or No Deal Laura Pearce January 7, 2007 £250,000
($482,625)		 £45,000
($86,873)		 £3,000
($5,792)
Alice Munday March 12, 2009 £250,000
($344,678)		 Banker's Gamble 1p
($0.014)		 Alice initially dealt at £17,500 but was dealt the Banker's Gamble when the 1p and £250,000 were remaining. She accepted the gamble going back into live play, she was then offered the swap, she declined and won £250,000.
Suzanne Mulholland May 13, 2011 £250,000
($407,055)		 £165,000
($268,656)		 £100,000
($162,822)		 Suzanne also won an additional prize of a 2-week holiday in Florida as part of "Banker's Birthday" special. Swapped box after final offer.
Tegen Roberts September 22, 2011 £250,000
($387,735)		 £77,000
($119,422)		 £20,000
($31,019)		 Tegen had the strongest board ever after round 3 to the end of the show, a staggering £560,250.60 was still in play after 10 boxes had been opened. She also had the distinction of having the 7th Biggest No Deal of £77,000.
Nong Nig Ham Nam August 5, 2012 £250,000
($390,932)		 £68,000
($106,334)		 £5
($7.82)
Patrick "Paddy" Roberts August 12, 2013 £250,000
($386,700)		 £140,000
($216,622)		 £75,000
($116,010)		 First UK male top prize winner
Roop Singh February 12, 2014 £250,000
($414,528)		 £46,000
($76,273)		 £500
($829)		 Singh declined to buy Box 23 which contained the Double.
Ann Crawford October 15, 2015 £250,000
($387,438)		 £64,000
($99,184)		 50p
($0.77)
United States Deal or No Deal (primetime version) Jessica Robinson September 1, 2008 $1,000,000 $561,000 $200,000 Million Dollar Mission game (5 $1,000,000 cases)
Tomorrow Rodriguez October 29, 2008 $1,000,000 $677,000 $300 and 3x $1,000,000 Million Dollar Mission game (9 $1,000,000 cases)
Vietnam Đi tìm ẩn số Lê Bình (celebrity) October 9, 2011 100,000,000Đ
($4,808)		 75,411,000Đ
($3,626)		 50,000,000Đ
($2,404)		 [43]
Minh Trang July 15, 2012 100,000,000Đ
($4,801)		 40,010,000Đ
($1,921)		 25,000Đ
($1.20)		 [44]
  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

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.[45] They went so far as to say that the show, “almost appears to be an economics experiment rather than a TV show.”[46] 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.[47] The research received a great deal of media attention, appearing on the front page of The Wall Street Journal[48] and being featured on National Public Radio.[49] 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.[50]

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".[50] 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"

There are several theories concerning the algorithm that "The Bank" uses to determine the appropriate bank offer. Naturally, 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. It is a common understanding that the Bank does not know the contents of the briefcase, and therefore the Monty Hall Problem does not apply to the probability calculations.

User 'George Jones' suggested on the NSLog(); blog that a simple approximation could be banker's offer = average value * turn number / 10.[51]

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.[52] 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.

Video games

  • Innovative Concepts in Entertainment developed and currently sells an arcade redemption adaptation of the show, replacing prize money with redemption tickets.[53]
  • 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.[54] Its international success landed it on the top-sellers list.[55]
  • 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.[56]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Dick de Rijk at the Internet Movie Database
  2. ↑ Formula for offers in the NBC online version of Deal or No Deal from the personal website of a former physics and finance student
  3. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. ↑ (Spanish) Gana millones con 'Hay trato' (Earn millions on Have a Deal!), July 13, 2005
  5. ↑ Can be raised to €600,000, see Special
  6. ↑ http://www.tv3.se/miljonjakten/om-programmet/ren%C3%A8e-nyberg-och-martin-lidberg-leder-miljonjakten
  7. ↑ Video on YouTube
  8. ↑ (German)"Deal or No Deal": Glücksspiel auf afghanisch ("Deal or No Deal": Gambling in Afghanistan), October 25, 2010
  9. ↑ Photo from the official Facebook page of Tolo TV, November 28, 2012
  10. ↑ Belize’s First Game Show – “Tek It or Leave It”, March 3, 2009
  11. ↑ (Bulgarian)Video on VBOX7
  12. ↑ (Bulgarian)Ники Китаеца спечели 100 000 лева (Niki Kitaetsa has won 100,000 leva), September 19, 2007
  13. ↑ (Bulgarian)18-годишен спечели 100 000 лв. в „Сделка или не” (18-year-old won 100,000 leva on Deal or No Deal)
  14. ↑ (Bulgarian)24-годишната Мариела Пепелджийска грабна голямата награда в "Сделка или не" (24-year-old Maria Pepeldzhiyska won the grand prize on Deal or No Deal), January 23, 2012
  15. ↑ (Bulgarian)27-годишният Искрен печели 100 000 от "Сделка или не" (27-year-old Iskren won 100,000 on Deal or No Deal), January 25, 2013
  16. ↑ Heng Piseth: Deal or No Deal becomes a famous TV show in Cambodia, March 19, 2009
  17. ↑ Video on YouTube
  18. ↑ Video on YouTube
  19. ↑ (French) « A prendre ou à laisser » : 500 000 gagnés, March 5, 2004
  20. ↑ (French) À prendre ou à laisser : les 15/24 ans adorent les boites de TF1, January 26, 2009
  21. ↑ (French) À prendre ou à laisser : un candidat repart avec 100.000 euros, November 25, 2014
  22. ↑ (Greek) Η ΧΡΥΣΗ ΝΙΚΗΤΡΙΑ ΤΟΥ DEAL, ΓΩΓΩ ΚΑΣΤΡΑΝΤΑ, ΤΙΝΑΞΕ ΤΗΝ ΜΠΑΝΚΑ ΤΟΥ DEAL, ΚΕΡΔΙΖΟΝΤΑΣ 200.000€, November 10, 2006
  23. ↑ Video on YouTube
  24. ↑ Video on YouTube
  25. ↑ (Italian) Striscia la Notizia - I tarocchi di Affari tuoi
  26. ↑ (Italian) Ho stravinto da Bonolis grazie a mia figlia, December 18, 2004
  27. ↑ (Italian) una cagliaritana i 500mila euro di “Affari tuoi”, December 17, 2004
  28. ↑ 28.0 28.1 (Italian) Affari Tuoi, stasera vincita record di 500 mila euro, September 18, 2008
  29. ↑ (Italian) Affari Tuoi: Danilo Anderlini torna a Spoleto con 500mila euro, September 17, 2008
  30. ↑ (Italian) Una luinese ad "Affari tuoi" si porta a casa il pacco più pesante, October 23, 2008
  31. ↑ (Italian) Il Molise torna a sbancare "Affari tuoi" A Montagano 500 mila euro, November 23, 2008
  32. ↑ (Italian) Inizio anno con il botto per Affari Tuoi: concorrente vince 500mila euro, January 2, 2009
  33. ↑ (Italian) Giovane mamma di Campoformido vince 500 mila euro ad “Affari tuoi”, February 23, 2010
  34. ↑ (Italian) Rai1: vincita da sogno ad “Affari Tuoi”, 1 mln di euro in Puglia, March 18, 2012
  35. ↑ (Italian) Affari Tuoi: vinti 500mila euro da Mauro Ghiraldini, geometra 37enne, November 22, 2012
  36. ↑ (Italian) «Affari Tuoi», ingegnere vince 500 mila euro, January 25, 2013
  37. ↑ (Italian) Affari tuoi, Pierangela Zaccaria vince 500mila euro, May 29, 2014
  38. ↑ (Korean) 머니게임쇼서 ‘1억원 사나이'된 연출가, June 20, 2007
  39. ↑ (Spanish) ¡Mari se lleva 300.000 euros!, July 25, 2011
  40. ↑ (French) Dlilek Mlak : Le gagnant des 300 MD, March 23, 2006
  41. ↑ (French) Dlilek Mlak : Un gagnant des 500 000 dinars, November 13, 2006
  42. ↑ (French) Dlilek Mlak: Un gagnant de 1 million de dinars !, September 13, 2007
  43. ↑ (Vietnamese)Tám “sao” xông đất “Đi tìm ẩn số”, October 9, 2011
  44. ↑ Video on YouTube
  45. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  46. ↑ Quoted in William Poundstone, Priceless, Hill and Wang, 2010, p. 130
  47. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  48. ↑ The Wall Street Journal, January 12, 2006.
  49. ↑ Economists Learn from Game Show 'Deal or No Deal' from the NPR website. March 3, 2006
  50. ↑ 50.0 50.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  51. ↑ Comment by Jones, George (March 7, 2006) at: Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  52. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  53. ↑ ICE games Archived January 6, 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  54. ↑ "Top 50 Mobile Game Downloads in the UK". 2007-1-27. Mobicritic.com. Retrieved 2008-11-06.
  55. ↑ "Non-Stop International Success for Gameloft's 'Deal or No Deal'. 2008-4-07. FindLaw.com. Retrieved 2008-11-06.
  56. ↑ Playing Deal or No Deal Online. Deal or No Deal Online. Retrieved January 31, 2014.

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