Deal or No Deal

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/Chase for Millions).

The centerpiece of this format is the final round (a.k.a. the "case game" or "main game") which is played with up to 26 cases (or, in some versions, boxes), each containing randomly assigned sums of money. After the player for the case game is determined, this contender claims 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 sell back their case and end the game, being asked the titular question, "Deal or No Deal?" If the contestant rejects every deal and eliminates all the other cases, the player keeps the money that was in their case. While almost all contestants win money, a winning outcome is dependent 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

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. This was the format used by the Dutch show "Miljoenenjacht" (Hunt/Chase for Millions) which initiated the "Deal or no Deal" game (originally the Dutch show was based on a German format called "Die Chance deines Lebens" (The Chance of your Lifetime) which was based on trivia questions and did not have the briefcase element at all). 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 their 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. 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

Top prize winners

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

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! Country !! Name(s) !! Date !! Amount won !! Previous offer !! Other amount !! Notes

|rowspan=3 | Afghanistan گنجین/Ganjina || Mohammad Easa Sediqi || Prior to October 25, 2010 || Af.1,000,000 ($23,240) || Box Swap (declined) || Af.2,500 ($58.10) || 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) || The banker first offered Af.311,000, then Af.342,000, then a chance to swap the boxes. 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.

|rowspan=2 | Algeria ادي ولا خلي/Eddi Ouela Kheli || Mohamed Meziane || July 7, 2015 || 10,000,000DA ($100,450) || 3,200,000DA ($32,144) || 200DA ($2.01) ||

| Khemisti Mohammed bin Sayeh || March 15, 2016 || 5,000,000DA + 1,000,000DA ($45,117 + $9,023) || 177,000DA ($1,597) || 10,000DA ($90.23) || Won 5,000,000DA from the box along with a 1,000,000DA bonus.

|Arab League Deal or No Deal

|Abbas Hussein

|May 5, 2006

|$250,000

|$71,000

|$25,000

| Argentina Trato Hecho || Martín || October 3, 2021 || AR$2,000,000 ($20,262) || AR$1,000,000 ($10,131) || AR$400,000 ($4,052) ||

| rowspan="6" | Australia Deal or No Deal

|| Dean Cartechini || June 17, 2004 || A$200,000 ($137,384) || A$102,500 ($70,409) || A$5 ($3.43) || First top prize winner.

| Anh Do (celebrity) || September 19, 2007 || A$200,000 ($167,238) || A$125,000 ($104,524) || A$75,000 ($62,714) || Second top prize winner. Money went to home viewer. The second celebrity (since David Graham) and the first to actually win the prize.

| Leanne Benbow || June 2, 2010 || A$200,000 ($166,630) || A$115,000 ($95,812) || A$100,000 ($83,315) || The first woman (and the third) to win the top prize. Had the "Dream Finish" – the last 2 cases were the highest 2 in the game.

| Chris Doyle || August 23, 2011 || A$200,000 ($208,014) || A$130,000 ($135,209) || A$100,000 ($104,007) || Last winner of the top prize before the series ends in 2013. Also had the "Dream Finish" – the last 2 cases were the highest 2 in the game.

|Zali Muscatello

|February 26, 2025

|A$100,000 ($63,310)

|A$50,000 ($31,655)

|A$5,000 ($3,166)

|First top prize winner of the Channel 10 reboot.

|Sandra Sully (Celebrity)

|June 30, 2025

|A$100,000 ($65,288)

|A$37,000 ($24,157)

|A$2,500 ($1,632)

|Second top prize winner of the Channel 10 iteration, and the second celebrity overall to win the top prize. The winnings went to charity.

| rowspan="2" |Azerbaijan Davam Ya Tamam

|Sevda

|March 26, 2017

|30,000AZN ($17,595)

|15,000AZN ($8,798)

|1AZN ($0.59)

|Rashad

|July 9, 2017

|30,000AZN ($17,627)

|11,030AZN ($6,481) (Case swap accepted)

|1,500AZN ($881)

| Belize Tek It or Leave It

|| Valerie Stevens || March 3, 2009 || BZ$15,000 ($7,615) || (Unknown) || (Unknown) ||

| Brazil Topa ou Não Topa || Paulo || April 2007 || R$1,000,000 ($490,000) || R$444,000 ($218,000) || R$100 ($49) ||

|rowspan=6 | Bulgaria Сделка или не Sdelka ili ne || Veneta Raykova (Венета Райкова) (celebrity) || May 15, 2006 || 75,000BGN ($46,000) || (unknown) || (unknown)||

| Tsveta from Gaitaninovo (Цвета от Гайтаниново) || December 8, 2006 || 100,000BGN ($67,986) || (unknown) || 5,000BGN ($3,399) ||

| Niki Kitaetsa (Ники Китаеца) (celebrity) || September 18, 2007 || 100,000BGN ($70,871) || 40,000BGN ($28,348) || 1,000BGN ($709) ||

| Sevil Saliev (Севил Салиев) || December 22, 2008 || 100,000BGN ($71,179) || (unknown) || (unknown) ||

| Mariela Pepeldzhiyska (Мариела Пепелджийска) || January 23, 2012 || 100,000BGN ($65,862) || Box Swap (accepted) || 2,500BGN ($1,647) ||

| Plevenchaninat Iskren (Плевенчанинът Искрен) || January 24, 2013 || 100,000BGN ($67,988) || 25,000BGN ($16,997) || 0.20BGN ($0.14) ||

| rowspan=2 | Cambodia ព្រម ឬមិនព្រម Prom Rer Min Prom || (Unknown) || February 2009 || 10,000,000KHR ($2,410) ||(unknown) || (unknown) ||

| (Unknown) || February 2009 || 10,000,000KHR ($2,405) || (unknown) || 750,000 KHR ($181)||

| rowspan=2 | 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) ||

| Ecuador Trato Hecho || (unknown) || 2006 || $100,000 || (unknown) || $2,500 ||

| rowspan=3 | Egypt لعبة الحياة Lebet el Hayat || Amal Mohammad || Prior to November 16, 2009 || ($45,825) || (unknown) || ($0.09) ||

| Sameh || Prior to April 15, 2010 || ($45,323) || (unknown) || ($0.09) ||

| Marwa Ali || Prior to September 3, 2010 || ($87,660) || Box Swap || ($43.83) ||

| Egypt ديل أور نو ديل: الإختيار Deal or no deal: El Ikhtiyar || Sibai Wahba || September 12, 2012 || ($41,037) || Box Swap (accepted) || ($1,641) ||

| rowspan="10" | France À prendre ou à laisser || Mylène || March 4, 2004 || €500,000 ($609,850) || Box Swap (declined) || €100,000 ($121,970) ||

| Éric || March 29, 2004 || €500,000 ($605,900) || €240,000 ($290,832) || €10,000 ($12,118) || The banker also offered box swap and €200,000.

| Françoise || April 6, 2004 || €500,000 ($604,500) || €375,000 ($453,375) || €250,000 ($302,250) ||

|Pascal Olmeta

|July 17, 2004

|€620,000 ($704,320)

|CD or €1,000,000 (CD or $1,923,200)

|Pascal dealt at €620,000. This was a celebrity edition that was only hold for Saturday evenings, the jackpot was €1,000,000

| Fred || February 28, 2005 || €500,000 ($662,850) || (unknown) ||(unknown) ||

| Sabrina || November 29, 2005 || €500,000 ($590,030) || €350,000 ($413,021) || €75,000 ($88,505) || The banker also offered €200,000, €300,000 and €350,000; it is very rare for a contestant to have more than one or offers after a single round.

|Vincent

|May 25, 2006

|€500,000 ($568,000)

|Box swap (declined)

|€250 ($284)

|The joker box was a top prize of €630,000 ($715,680) The joker box would originally have €10,000 per correct answer, But on the date of this episode, the joker box would be €30,000 for every correct answer, and 21 out of got it right.

|Alexandria

|September 29, 2006

|€1,000,000 ($1,802,000)

|(unknown)

|On September 4, 2006, the jackpot of À prendre ou à laisser was changed from €500,000 to €1,000,000. Alexandria is the highest winner ever of À prendre ou à laisser.

| Marie-Ange Franceschi || January 23, 2009 || €500,000 ($650,280)|| €210,000 ($273,118) || €100,000 ($130,056) ||

| Sébastien || November 25, 2014 || €100,000 ($124,240)|| €31,000 ($38,514) || €10 ($12.42) ||

| Georgia ვა-ბანკი Va-Bank || Rezo and Archil Arveladze (celebrities) || February 3, 2009 || 50,000lari ($30,018) || 25,000lari ($15,009) || 50lari ($30.02) ||

| rowspan=4 | Greece Deal || Georgia Kastrada (Γεωργία Καστράντα) || November 10, 2006 || €200,000 ($256,702) || €80,000 ($102,681) || €1,000 ($1,284) || Received €100,000, another half was received by a text winner

| Giorgos Gkantadakis (Γιώργος Γκανταδάκης) || April 6, 2017 || €60,000 ($63,858) || €47,000 ($50,022) || €40,000 ($42,572) ||

| Argyris (Αργύρης) || December 11, 2018 || €60,000 ($62,709) || €25,000 ($29,800) || €100 ($112) || Argyris declined to buy Box 23, which would have doubled his winnings to €120,000.

| Ioannis (Ιωάννης) || December 13, 2021 || €60,000 ($67,898) || €48,000 ($54,319) || €40,000 ($45,266) ||

| rowspan="3" | Hungary Áll az alku || Szőke Sándor || May 23, 2006 || 50,000,000 Ft. ($238,000) || 13,000,000 Ft. ($61,900) || 6,000,000 Ft. ($28,600) ||

|Bereczki Máté || October 19, 2006 || 100,000,000 Ft. ($469,770) || 9,500,000 Ft. ($44,630) || 25,000 Ft. ($117) ||

| Csorba Árpád || April 26, 2010 || 21,000,000 Ft. ($106,680) || 15,000,000 Ft. ($76,200) || 13,000,000 Ft. ($66,040) ||

| India Deal or No Deal || Ayushmann Khurrana (celebrity) || November 15, 2015 || ₹90,00,000 (₹9,000,000) ($136,445)

| ₹70,00,000 (₹7,000,000) ($106,124)

| ₹50,00,000 (₹5,000,000) ($75,803)

| His briefcase contained the top prize ₹1,00,00,000 but his winnings were reduced by 10% due to answering the final question wrong.

| rowspan=18 | Italy Affari Tuoi || Roberto Pepi || February 4, 2004 || €500,000 ($627,805) || €250,000 ($305,687) || €15,000 ($19,223) ||

| Francesca Madeddu || December 16, 2004 || €500,000 ($671,175) || €300,000 ($402,705) || €25,000 ($33,559) ||

| Clarissa Meneghini || December 19, 2007 || €500,000 ($719,525) || €170,000 ($244,639) || €30,000 ($43,172) ||

| Danilo Anderlini || September 17, 2008 || €500,000 ($714,575) || €170,000 ($242,956) || €30,000 ($42,875) ||

| Francesca Cataldo || October 22, 2008 || €500,000 ($666,895) || €185,000 ($230,408) || €30,000 ($40,014) ||

| Roberto Caterina || November 23, 2008 || €500,000 ($629,450) || €375,000 ($472,088) || €250,000 ($314,725) ||

| Mara Ancelotti || January 1, 2009 || €500,000 ($707,045) || €375,000 ($530,284) || €250,000 ($353,523) ||

| Stefania Menegazzo || February 23, 2010 || €500,000 ($680,020) || €104,000 ($141,444) || Maghetto ||

| Gabriele Calvello || March 17, 2012 || €1,000,000 ($1,317,440) || €313,000 ($412,359) || €0.20 ($0.26) || 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) ||

| Patrizia Montalbano || January 25, 2013 || €500,000 ($668,467) || €350,000 ($467,927) || €250,000 ($334,234) ||

| Pierangela Zaccaria || May 29, 2014 || €500,000 ($682,054) || €172,000 ($234,626) || €100 ($136) || Also won a €1,000 Provaci bonus.

| Alberto Bindi || May 17, 2016 || €500,000 ($564,512) || €375,000 ($423,384) || €250,000 ($282,256) ||

| Alessandro Corona || February 22, 2017 || €500,000 ($528,650) || €200,000 ($211,460) || €100,000 ($105,730) ||

| Luca and Sara Sartori || May 17, 2024 || €300,000 ($326,037) || €150,000 ($163,019) || €75,000 ($81,509) ||

| Ornella Falla and Giuseppe Colella || September 26, 2024 || €300,000 ($333,921) || €250,000 ($278,268) || €200,000 ($222,614) ||

| Francesca Atorino || October 2, 2025 || €300,000 ($352,003) || €200,000 ($234,669) || €100,000 ($117,334) ||

| Angelo Russo || October 3, 2025 || €300,000 ($351,754) || €150,000 ($175,877) || €50,000 ($58,626) || For the first time ever, the top prize was won by the contestants in two consecutive episodes.

| Malta Deal or No Deal Malta || Maria (Doris) Abela || October 17, 2008 || €25,000 ($33,601) || €19,500 ($26,209) || €15,000 ($20,160) ||

| rowspan=4 | 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) ||

| rowspan=2 | Mexico ¿Te la juegas? || María || June 13, 2020 || Mex$1,000,000 ($44,940) || Mex$725,000 ($32,582) || Mex$500,000 ($22,470) ||

| Javo || July 4, 2020 || Mex$1,000,000 ($44,670) || Mex$303,000 ($13,535) || Mex$50,000, Mex$250,000 and 1 other Mex$1,000,000 ($2,234, $11,168 and $44,670) ||

| Malaysia 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 || Ks.20,00,000 ($1,930) || Ks.7,90,000 ($762) || Ks.2,00,000 ($193) || Rebroadcast March 31, 2015.

| rowspan=2 | Netherlands Miljoenenjacht Deal or No Deal || Arno Woesthoff || September 2, 2001 || fl.10,000,000 (€4,537,802) ($4,142,220) ||colspan="2" style="background:silver"|Format not yet introduced || Woesthoff was the biggest winner in worldwide game show history at the time of the show's airing; he would hold the record for almost 13 years until it was broken by Brad Rutter in 2014.

| Eelco Schumacher || April 2, 2009 || €250,000 ($331,468) || €170,000 ($225,398) || €125,000 ($165,734) ||

|Peru Trato Hecho/Vas o No Vas

|Licet

|October 14, 2016

|S/.20,000 ($5,877)

|Box Swap (accepted)

|S/.7,500 ($2,204)

| rowspan="9" | 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) || Cua was the only contestant to win P2,000,000 or more on the Filipino version.

| Aiko Melendez and Candy Pangilinan (celebrities) || November 25, 2008 || P1,000,000 ($20,220) || P345,001 ($6,976) || P10 ($0.20) || rowspan=3 | 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 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 || P1,000,000 ($21,164) || P650,000 ($13,757) || P300,000 ($6,349) ||

| Romania Batem palma?

|| David Neacșu || May 1, 2024 || 100,000lei ($21,464) || 50,500lei ($10,839) || 700lei ($150) ||

| Serbia Uzmi ili ostavi

|| Vidoje || October 19, 2007 || RSD 1,500,000 ($24,475) || RSD 615,000 ($10,035) || RSD 500,000 ($8,158) ||

| South Africa Deal or No Deal

|| Siyabongo Ngqola || March 17, 2023 || R250,000 ($13,616) || R135,000 ($7,352) || R500 ($27.23) ||

| 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) ||

| rowspan=2| 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 an SMS winner.

| María del Carmen Bonilla || July 25, 2011 || €300,000 ($431,622) || €29,999 ($43,161) || €20 ($28.77) ||

|Switzerland Deal or No Deal – Das Risiko

|| Peter Meier || June 9, 2010 || CHF 250,000 ($216,143) || CHF 125,000 ($108,071) || CHF 10,000 ($8,646) ||

| rowspan=4 | Tunisia دليلك ملك

|| Mohamed Mabrouk || March 22, 2006 || TND 300,000 ($221,706) || (unknown) || (unknown) || rowspan=3 | Each winner shared the prize with an SMS participant.

| Mohamed Bashir Menchari || November 13, 2006 || TND 500,000 ($379,765) || (unknown) || (unknown)

| Marbrouk || September 13, 2007 || TND1,000,000 ($792,390) || (unknown) || TND 500,000 ($396,195)

| Aichoucha || June 13, 2017 || TND 2,000,000 ($813,960) || TND 1,100,000 ($447,678) || Joke prize

|The banker also offered 200,000 dinars ($81,396), which was refused. The winner also shared the prize with an SMS participant.

| rowspan=2 | United States Deal or No Deal || Jessica Robinson || September 1, 2008 || $1,000,000 || $561,000 || $200,000 || Robinson was the first top prize winner on the American version. 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 || The final offer of $677,000 (which Rodriguez declined) was given when there were four cases remaining. Million Dollar Mission game (9 $1,000,000 cases)

| Uruguay Trato Hecho Edición Parejas || Natalia Cucurullo and Gastón Saldombide || August 17, 2022 || U$1,000,000 ($24,929) || U$420,000 ($10,470) || U$30,000 ($748) ||

| rowspan="8" | Vietnam Đi tìm ẩn số ||(unknown)|| Before October 2005 || 50,000,000Đ ($3,159) || 25,998,000Đ ($1,643) || 1Đ ($0.0000632) || First Asian winner. The other case contained the lowest value worldwide.

|Thanh Xuân

|February 14, 2010

|100,000,000Đ ($4,808)

|She appeared on a 2012 special episode as the friend of contestant Hồng Hạnh. Her winner was mentioned in this episode.

|Lê Bình (celebrity) || October 9, 2011 || 100,000,000Đ ($4,808) || 75,411,000Đ ($3,626) || 50,000,000Đ ($2,404) ||First known celebrity winner. His last 2 cases were the highest 2 in the game.

| Nguyễn Thụy Minh Trang || July 15, 2012 || 100,000,000Đ ($4,801) || 40,010,000Đ ($1,921) || 25,000Đ ($1.20) || First known female winner.

|(unknown) || 2014 || 100,000,000Đ ($4,671) || ? || ? ||

|(unknown) || August 2015 || 100,000,000Đ ($4,660) || ? || ? ||

| Nguyễn Thị Đào || February 28, 2016 || 100,000,000Đ ($4,459) || 26,100,000Đ ($1,164) || 20,000,000Đ ($892) ||

| Giáng Tiên (celebrity) || September 3, 2017|| 100,000,000Đ ($4,400) || 18,340,000Đ ($807) || 75,000Đ ($3.30) ||Last top prize winner before the series concluded in 2017. Second celebrity winner.

They went so far as to say that the show, "almost appears to be an economics experiment rather than a TV show." 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. The research received a great deal of media attention, appearing on the front page of The Wall Street Journal and being featured on National Public Radio. 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.

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". In summary, Shifflet found that in the syndicated 30-minute version of the show 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 an arcade redemption adaptation of the show, where instead of prize money, players could win tickets.
The British 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. Its international success landed it on the top-sellers list.
Affari tuoi, the Italian version of the format, was converted into a videogame for the Nintendo DS by the same name.
Almost all major formats of the game were converted into games for various gaming consoles, the PC, Macromedia Flash, and even a dedicated electronic handheld game.
Various online gambling and gaming sites have adapted the Deal or No Deal concept for their games.

Online gambling

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.

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

Deal or No Deal

Gameplay

International versions

Top prize winners

Video games

Online gambling

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