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).
| Deal or No Deal | |
|---|---|
| Created by | John de Mol Jr. |
| Original work | Miljoenenjacht (The Netherlands) |
| Owner | Banijay Entertainment[1] |
| Years | 2000–present |
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
editThe 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 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.[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 4–5% depending on how many amounts are in the game.
International versions
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Legend:
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- Upcoming season
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| Country | Name | Hosts | Channel | Premiere date | End date | Top prize | Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | گنجینه Ganjina |
|
Tolo TV | May 30, 2010 | May 14, 2013 | ؋1,000,000 | Boxes |
| Albania Kosovo |
Kutia | Enkel Demi | TV Klan | September 2004 | December 2011 | €5,000 €10,000 €20,000 €25,000 |
Boxes |
| Dilema Deal or No Deal | Eno Popi | Top Channel | October 14, 2018 | 2020 | L1,000,000 L2,000,000 (Sundays only) |
Cases | |
| Algeria | ادي ولا خلي Éddi Ouela Kheli |
Sofiane Dani | Echourouk TV | June 17, 2015 | 2019 | د.ج 5,000,000 د.ج 10,000,000 |
Boxes |
| Arab Maghreb | الصندوق Al Sandouk |
Moez Toumi | Nessma TV | November 14, 2012 | 2013 | Boxes | |
| Arab world | الصفقة Al Safqa |
Amir Karara | MBC1 | September 14, 2004 | 2004 | US$1,000,000 | Questions/Cases |
| Deal or No Deal | Michel Sanan | LBC | April 1, 2005 | 2006 | US$250,000 | Boxes | |
| Argentina | Trato Hecho | Julian Weich | Telefe | July 13, 2003 | March 2006 | AR$250,000 | Questions/Cases |
| Lizy Tagliani and Roberto Moldavsky | May 9, 2021 | January 29, 2022 | AR$2,000,000 | Cases | |||
| Armenia | Դիլ կամ Նո Դիլ Dil kam No Dil |
Hovhannes Tovmasyan | Armenia TV | November 2006 | 2008 | ֏ 100,000,000 | Cases |
| Australia | Deal or No Deal | Andrew O'Keefe | Seven Network | July 13, 2003 | October 4, 2013 | A$2,000,000 (2003) A$200,000 (2004–2013) |
Questions/Cases (2003–2006) Cases (2007–2013) |
| Grant Denyer | Network 10 | January 29, 2024 | present | A$100,000 | Cases | ||
| Deal or No Deal Celebrity Jackpot | July 22, 2024 | present | A$250,000 | ||||
| Austria | Deal or No Deal | Rainhard Fendrich | ORF | 2005 | unknown | €250,000 | Questions/Cases |
| Azerbaijan | Davam Ya Tamam | Idris Cafarov | Space TV | 2010 | 2011 | ₼10,000 | Boxes |
| Murad Dadashov | Azad Azerbaijan TV | October 31, 2016 | August 6, 2017 | ₼30,000 | Cases | ||
| Belgium | Miljoenenjacht | Walter Grootaers | Vtm | October 16, 2004 | 2005 | €1,000,000 | Questions/Cases |
| Te Nemen of Te Laten | Felice | VijfTV | August 21, 2006 | 2009 | €200,000 | Boxes | |
| Brazil | Topa ou Não Topa | Silvio Santos Roberto Justus Patricia Abravanel |
SBT | August 6, 2006 | June 28, 2020 | R$1,000,000 | Cases |
| Bulgaria | Сделка или не Sdelka ili ne |
Rumen Lukanov | Nova Television | September 19, 2005 | January 7, 2018 | лв. 75,000 (2005–2006) лв. 100,000 (2006–2016) 1 kg of gold (2017–2018) |
Boxes |
| Nencho Balabanov | September 4, 2023 | present | лв. 100,000 | Boxes | |||
| Cambodia | ព្រម ឬមិនព្រម Prom Rer Min Prom |
Ith Setha | CTN | 2009 | 2009 | ៛10,000,000 | Cases |
| Canada | Deal or No Deal Canada | Howie Mandel | Global | February 4, 2007 | March 1, 2007 | CA$1,000,000 | Cases |
| Le Banquier | Julie Snyder | TVA | January 24, 2007 | May 21, 2017 | CA$500,000 | Cases | |
| Chile | Trato Hecho | Don Francisco | Canal 13 | October 19, 2004 | 2006 | CL$120,000,000 | Cases |
| ¡Allá Tú! | Julián Elfenbein | Chilevisión | April 16, 2007 | December 28, 2007 | CL$10,000,000 | Boxes | |
| China | 动感秀场 Dong Gan Xiu Chang |
Cheng Qian | BTV-8 | 2007 | 2007 | 1,000,000 points | Cases |
| 爱唱才会赢 Ai Chang Cai Hui Ying |
Chen Huan Tian Yue Zuo Yan Huang Ziwen |
ZJSTV | November 15, 2008 | October 31, 2010 | CN¥ 100,000 | Cases (2008–2009) Questions/Cases (2009–2010) | |
| Colombia | ¡Hay Trato! | Julio Correal Carlos Calero |
Caracol Televisión | July 16, 2005 | 2006 | COL$210,000,000 | Cases |
| Costa Rica | Trato Hecho | Gustavo Rojas | Teletica | April 10, 2012 | 2014 | ₡25,000,000 | Cases |
| Croatia | Uzmi ili ostavi | Željko Pervan Mirko Fodor Mario Petreković |
HRT 2 | 2006 | 2007 | kn 500,000 | Boxes |
| Czech Republic | Ber nebo neber | Pavel Zuna | TV Prima | February 11, 2007 | December 27, 2008 | 5,000,000 Kč | Questions/Cases |
| Denmark | Deal or No Deal | Casper Christensen | TV 2 | August 28, 2006 | November 22, 2007 | kr. 2,000,000 | Cases |
| Dominican Republic | Trato Hecho con Nestlé | Frank Perozo Mía Taveras |
Antena Latina | July 2008 | 2009 | RD$3,000,000 | Cases |
| Ecuador | Trato Hecho | Roberto Angelelli | Teleamazonas | April 9, 2006 | 2007 | US$100,000 | Cases |
| El Familión Nestlé Trato Hecho | Daniel Sarcos | Gama TV and Red Telesistema |
January 26, 2010 | 2010 | US$100,000 | Cases | |
| Egypt | لعبة الحياة Le'bet el Hayah |
Razan Maghrebi | Al-Hayah TV | August 24, 2009 | 2010 | E£250,000 E£500,000 |
Boxes |
| ديل أور نو ديل: الإختيار Deal or no deal: El Ikhtiyar |
Maya Diab | Al-Nahar TV | May 27, 2012 | 2012 | E£250,000 | Boxes | |
| El Salvador | Trato Hecho | Daniel Rucks | TCS | May 1, 2012 | 2014 | US$50,000 | Cases |
| Mario Sibrian | September 6, 2020 | September 5, 2021 | US$15,000 | ||||
| Estonia | Võta või jäta | Alari Kivisaar | TV3 | 2007 | 2010 | 250,000 krooni 1,000,000 krooni |
Cases |
| March 8, 2013 | 2015 | €100,000 | Cases | ||||
| Finland | Ota tai jätä | Pauli Aalto-Setälä | Nelonen | January 10, 2007 | November 29, 2007 | €500,000 | Cases |
| France | À prendre ou à laisser | Arthur | TF1 | January 12, 2004 | June 3, 2010 | €500,000 €1,000,000 |
Boxes |
| Julien Courbet | D8 | October 8, 2014 | October 30, 2015 | €100,000 | Boxes | ||
| Cyril Hanouna Valérie Bénaïm[n 1] Bernard Montiel[n 2] Christophe Dechavanne |
C8 | May 18, 2020 | June 25, 2021 | Jackpot (starts from €250,000)[n 3] | Boxes | ||
| Georgia | ვა-ბანკი Va-Bank |
Misha Mshvildadze (2008) Duta Skhirtladze (2009) |
Rustavi 2 | November 11, 2008 | June 23, 2009 | ₾50,000 | Cases |
| Germany | Der MillionenDeal | Linda de Mol | Sat.1 | May 1, 2004 | June 12, 2004 | €2,000,000 | Cases |
| Deal or No Deal – Die Show der Glücksspirale | Guido Cantz | June 23, 2005 | December 20, 2008 | €250,000 | Cases | ||
| Deal or No Deal | Wayne Carpendale | July 30, 2014 | August 5, 2015 | €250,000 | Cases | ||
| Greece Cyprus |
Deal | Christos Ferentinos | ANT1 | January 23, 2006 | 2008 | €200,000 | Boxes |
| 2010 | March 4, 2011 | €150,000 | |||||
| Alpha TV | October 3, 2016 | July 9, 2023 | €60,000 | ||||
| Giorgos Thanailakis | September 23, 2024 | present | €70,000 | ||||
| Super Deal (weekends) | Christos Ferentinos | ANT1 | 2006 | 2008 | €500,000 | Cases | |
| Honduras | Trato Hecho | Erik Chavarría | Televicentro | April 19, 2015 | 2015 | L 1,000,000 | Cases |
| Hong Kong | 一擲千金 Deal or No Deal |
Michael Hui | TVB Jade | October 29, 2006 | January 21, 2007 | HK$3,000,000 | Cases |
| Alfred Cheung | April 22, 2007 | February 17, 2008 | Cases | ||||
| Hungary | Áll az alku | Gábor Gundel Takács | TV2 | April 4, 2004 | September 29, 2006 | 50,000,000 Ft | Questions/Cases |
| October 2, 2006 | December 31, 2006 | 100,000,000 Ft | Cases | ||||
| Áron Kovács | May 4, 2009 | June 4, 2010 | 21,000,000 Ft | Cases | |||
| Gábor Gundel Takács | August 28, 2017 | October 6, 2017 | 50,000,000 Ft | Cases | |||
| February 5, 2018 | April 27, 2018 | Cases | |||||
| July 15, 2019 | August 23, 2019 | Cases | |||||
| India | Deal Ya No Deal | R. Madhavan Mandira Bedi Rajeev Khandelwal |
SET | November 23, 2005 | July 26, 2006 | ₹10,000,000 | Cases |
| Deala No Deala | Rishi | Sun TV | October 31, 2009 | March 3, 2012 | ₹5,000,000 | Cases | |
| Deal or No Deal | Mukesh | Surya TV | November 7, 2009 | March 3, 2012 | Cases | ||
| Suraj Venjaramoodu | December 25, 2016 | August 20, 2017 | Cases | ||||
| Sai Kumar | Gemini TV | November 7, 2009 | March 3, 2012 | Cases | |||
| Ronit Roy | &TV | September 5, 2015 | November 29, 2015 | ₹10,000,000 | Cases | ||
| Indonesia | Deal Or No Deal Indonesia | Tantowi Yahya | RCTI | May 19, 2007 | December 18, 2008 | Rp 2,000,000,000 | Cases |
| Deal or No Deal | Deddy Corbuzier | antv | December 1, 2011 | February 3, 2012 | Rp 1,000,000,000 | Cases | |
| Deal or No Deal Indonesia | Cak Lontong | Global TV | October 20, 2014 | January 29, 2015 | Rp 500,000,000 | Cases | |
| Iran | تمام یا دوام Tamam Ya Davam |
Sina Valiollah | Farsi1 | January 16, 2012 | April 27, 2012 | US$20,000 | Cases |
| Ireland | Deal or No Deal | Keith Barry | TV3 | November 13, 2009 | March 12, 2010 | €250,000 | Boxes |
| Israel | הדיל הגדול Hadil Hagadol דיל או לא דיל Dil o Lo Dil |
Moran Atias | Channel 10 | March 16, 2005 | 2006 | ₪1,500,000 | Questions/Cases |
| Italy | Affari tuoi | Paolo Bonolis (2003–2005) Pupo (2005–2006) Antonella Clerici (2006) Flavio Insinna (2006–2008; 2013–2017) Max Giusti (2008–2013) Amadeus (2023–2024) Stefano De Martino (2024–present) |
Rai 1 | October 13, 2003 April 16, 2023 |
March 17, 2017 present |
€500,000 €1,000,000 €300,000 |
Boxes |
| Affari tuoi – Viva gli sposi! | Carlo Conti | December 26, 2020 | February 6, 2021 | €300,000 | |||
| Affari tuoi – Formato Famiglia | Amadeus and Giovanna Civitillo | February 19, 2022 | March 26, 2022 | ||||
| Jamaica | Digicel Deal or No Deal | Simon Crosskill | TVJ | September 23, 2009 | 2009 | J$1,000,000 | Cases |
| Japan | ザ・ディール Za Dīru |
Shinsuke Shimada | TBS | September 8, 2006 | April 5, 2007 | ¥10,000,000 | Cases |
| Kazakhstan | Удачная Сделка Udachnaya sdelka |
Shah-Kerim Karmenov | Khabar | April 3, 2020 | November 20, 2020 | ₸3,000,000 | Boxes |
| Қолда я Жолда Qolda ya Jolda |
March 1, 2021 | July 2, 2021 | |||||
| Lebanon | Deal or No Deal | Michel Sanan | Murr Television | October 20, 2009 | June 7, 2010 | ل.ل 200,000,000 | Cases |
| Lithuania | Taip arba Ne | Marijonas Mikutavičius | TV3 Lithuania | March 31, 2007 | 2010 | 500,000 Lt (2007–2010) 200,000 Lt (2010) |
Cases |
| Malaysia | Deal or No Deal Malaysia | Aanont Wathanasin | ntv7 | November 3, 2007 | 2009 | RM100,000 | Questions/Cases |
| 一擲千金 Yi zhi qian jin |
Goh Wee Ping Owen Yap |
March 12, 2007 | 2008 | Questions/Cases | |||
| Malta | Deal or No Deal Malta | Paulo Micallef | TVM | October 1, 2007 | 2010 | €25,000 | Boxes |
| Mexico | Vas o No Vas | Héctor Sandarti | Televisa | 2005 | 2007 | Mex$1,000,000 Mex$5,000,000 |
Cases |
| Yoo si vooy | Raul Araiza | September 2009 | 2010 | Mex$2,500,000 | Cases | ||
| ¿Te la juegas? | Luis García | TV Azteca | August 12, 2019 | November 27, 2020 | Mex$1,000,000 | Boxes | |
| Moldova | Da sau Nu | Dan Negru | Prime | 2010 | 2019 | MDL 250,000 | Cases |
| Myanmar | Deal or No Deal Myanmar | Kaung Htet Zaw | MRTV-4 | January 5, 2015 | 2015 | K 2,000,000 | Cases |
| Netherlands | Postcode Loterij Miljoenenjacht (original version) |
Linda de Mol | TROS, Tien, RTL4, SBS6 | November 25, 2000 | present | €5,000,000 | Questions (2000–2002) Questions/Cases (2002–present) |
| Postcode Loterij Deal or No Deal | Beau van Erven Dorens | Tien, RTL5 | August 27, 2006 | May 15, 2009 | €250,000 | Boxes | |
| Buddy Vedder | RTL4,[n 4] RTL5 | October 3, 2021[n 4] October 4, 2021 |
March 2022 | €200,000 | |||
| New Zealand | Deal or No Deal | Jeremy Corbett | TV3 | June 6, 2007 | December 26, 2007 | NZ$200,000 | Cases |
| Nigeria | Deal or No Deal Nigeria | John Fashanu | M-Net Africa | July 7, 2007 | December 29, 2007 | US$100,000 | Cases |
| North Macedonia | Земи или остави Zemi ili ostavi[3] |
Igor Dzambazov | Alfa TV | 2009 | 2009 | ден 6,000,000 | Boxes |
| Се или нешто Se ili nešto |
Lila Stojanovska | Sitel | December 18, 2011 | present | ден 1,000,000 | Boxes | |
| Norway | Deal or No Deal | Sturla Berg-Johansen | TV2 | September 30, 2006 | 2007 | kr 3,000,000 | Cases |
| Panama | El Familión Nestlé | Nelson Bustamante | Telemetro | 2006 | 2007 | US$125,000 | Questions/Cases |
| Deal or No Deal | March 29, 2010 | 2012 | US$50,000 | Cases | |||
| Peru | Trato Hecho | Adolfo Aguilar | ATV | August 8, 2005 | December 9, 2005 | S/.250,000 | Cases |
| Vas o No Vas | Jesús Alzamora | Panamericana | September 12, 2016 | December 21, 2016 | S/.20,000 | Boxes | |
| Philippines | Kapamilya, Deal or No Deal | Kris Aquino | ABS-CBN | June 5, 2006 | March 27, 2009 | ₱1,000,000 ₱2,000,000 ₱3,000,000 ₱4,000,000 |
Cases |
| Luis Manzano | February 25, 2012 | September 28, 2013 | ₱2,000,000 | Cases | |||
| February 9, 2015 | March 4, 2016 | ₱1,000,000 | Cases | ||||
| Poland | Grasz czy nie grasz | Zygmunt Chajzer | Polsat | October 1, 2005 | August 31, 2007 | 1,000,000zł | Questions/Cases |
| Portugal | Pegar ou Largar | Rui Unas | SIC | January 28, 2006 | April 22, 2006 | €300,000 | Questions/Cases |
| Romania | Da sau nu | Virgil Ianţu Mihai Dobrovolschi |
Prima TV | September 5, 2005 | 2006 | RON 150,000 | Cases |
| Accepți sau nu | Gabriel Coveşanu | Kanal D | March 1, 2008 | 2009 | RON 100,000 | Cases | |
| Batem palma? | Cosmin Seleși | Pro TV | December 12, 2022 | present | RON 100,000 | Boxes | |
| Russia | Пан или пропал Pan ili propal |
Nikolay Fomenko | Channel One | September 20, 2004 | January 5, 2005 | 3,000,000 ₽ | Boxes |
| Сделка Sdelka |
Alexei Veselkin | REN TV | April 17, 2006 | September 22, 2006 | Cases | ||
| Serbia | Uzmi ili ostavi | Milorad Mandić Manda | B92 | May 7, 2007 | June 12, 2008 | din. 1,500,000 | Boxes |
| Singapore | Deal or No Deal | Adrian Pang | MediaCorp TV Channel 5 | May 13, 2007 | January 31, 2008 | S$250,000 | Cases |
| Slovakia | Ruku na to | Peter Šarkan Novák | STV | September 2005 | November 7, 2006 | 5,000,000 Sk | Cases |
| Veľký balík | Marcel Forgáč | JOJ | January 5, 2018 | December 29, 2018 | €250,000 | Boxes | |
| Slovenia | Vzemi ali pusti | Bojan Emeršič | POP TV | 2005 | 2008 | 15,000,000 tolarjev €70,000 |
Boxes |
| South Africa | Deal or No Deal | Ed Jordan | M-Net | February 4, 2007 | 2008 | R 1,000,000 | Cases |
| Doen met 'n Miljoen! | Casper de Vries | kykNET | October 19, 2007 | January 9, 2009 | |||
| Deal or No Deal | Katlego Maboe | SABC 1 (2023–2024) SABC 2 (2024–present) |
March 6, 2023 | present | R 250,000 | Boxes | |
| Deal or No Deal Celebrity | SABC 1 | March 9, 2024 | present | Cases | |||
| South Korea | Yes or No | Shin Dong-Yeob | tvN | 2006 | July 2007 | ₩100,000,000 | Cases |
| Spain | ¡Allá tú! | Jesús Vázquez Silvia Jato Arturo Valls |
Telecinco | January 26, 2004 | 2008 | €300,000 €600,000 €1,000,000 |
Boxes Cases (2006 special) |
| Jesús Vázquez | Cuatro | January 10, 2011 | November 4, 2011 | €300,000 | Boxes | ||
| Telecinco | July 9, 2023 | September 10, 2023 | €250,000 | Boxes | |||
| December 25, 2023 | April 1, 2024 | €150,000 | Boxes | ||||
| Sri Lanka | Gando Nogando[4][5] | Mahendra Perera | Sirasa TV | December 12, 2008 | March 6, 2009 | රු.2,500,000 | Boxes |
| Sweden | Deal or No Deal | Martin Timell | TV4 | March 25, 2006 | December 1, 2007 | kr 5,000,000 | Cases |
| MiljonJakten[6] | Renée Nyberg | TV3 | March 4, 2012 | January 3, 2014 | kr 10,000,000 | Questions/Cases | |
| Deal or no Deal med Miljonjakten | TV4 | November 18, 2014 | December 22, 2014 | Questions/Cases | |||
| Switzerland | Deal or No Deal – Das Risiko | Roman Kilchsperger | SRF 1 | September 1, 2004 | September 29, 2010 | CHF 250,000 | Questions/Cases |
| Thailand | เอาหรือไม่เอา | Dom Hetrakul | ThaiTV 3 | January 3, 2005 | September 26, 2005 | ฿1,000,000 | Cases |
| Tunisia | دليلك ملك Dlilek Mlek |
Sami El Fihri | Tunisie 7 | 2005 | 2007 | د.ت 300,000 د.ت 500,000 د.ت 1,000,000 د.ت 2,000,000 |
Boxes |
| El Hiwar Ettounsi | June 29, 2014 | June 25, 2017 | |||||
| January 29, 2018 | June 2018 | ||||||
| Turkey | Trilyon Avı | Zafer Ergin | aTV | December 9, 2003 | February 3, 2004 | ₺1,000,000 | Questions/Cases |
| Büyük Teklif | Halit Ergenç | Kanal D | June 5, 2006 | 2006 | ₺500,000 | Cases | |
| Var mısın? Yok musun? | Acun Ilıcalı | Show TV | September 10, 2007 | September 16, 2010 | Boxes Cases (December 31, 2007 special) | ||
| Asuman Krause | Fox | November 8, 2011 | March 29, 2012 | Boxes | |||
| Ahmet Çakar | Show TV | September 11, 2013 | 2014 | ||||
| Var Mısınız? Yok musunuz? | İlker Ayrık | Star TV | June 25, 2016 | November 5, 2016 | |||
| Ukraine | Граєш чи не граєш? Hrayesh chy ne hrayesh? |
Dmitriy Shepelev | TRK Ukrayina | March 7, 2010 | December 19, 2010 | ₴1,000,000 | Cases |
| United Kingdom | Deal or No Deal | Noel Edmonds | Channel 4 | October 31, 2005 | December 23, 2016 | £250,000 | Boxes |
| Stephen Mulhern | ITV | November 20, 2023[7] | present | £100,000 | |||
| United States | Deal or No Deal | Howie Mandel | NBC | December 19, 2005 | May 18, 2009 | US$1,000,000 | Cases |
| Syndication | September 8, 2008 | May 28, 2010 | US$500,000 | ||||
| CNBC | December 5, 2018[8] | August 7, 2019 | US$1,000,000 | ||||
| Deal or No Deal Island | Joe Manganiello[9] | NBC | February 26, 2024 | May 13, 2024 | US$13,857,000[n 5] | ||
| January 7, 2025 | TBD | TBD | |||||
| Vas o No Vas | Héctor Sandarti | Telemundo | October 8, 2006 | May 26, 2007 | US$250,000 | ||
| Uruguay | Trato Hecho | Sebastián Abreu Maximiliano de la Cruz |
Teledoce | October 28, 2019 | February 17, 2021 | $U 1,000,000 | Cases |
| Trato Hecho Famosos | Maximiliano de la Cruz | January 14, 2020 | August 12, 2020 | ||||
| Trato Hecho Edición Familias | Lucía Rodríguez and Germán Medina | September 8, 2021 | April 27, 2022 | ||||
| Trato Hecho Edición Parejas | August 3, 2022 | January 4, 2023 | |||||
| July 4, 2023 | April 2, 2024 | ||||||
| Vietnam | Đi tìm ẩn số (part of TFS's Tạp chí Văn nghệ) |
Thanh Bạch | HTV7 | June 19, 2005 | October 8, 2017 | ₫100,000,000 | Questions/Cases |
| Những ẩn số vàng | Chí Trung | H1 | September 10, 2006 | 2008 | ₫50,000,000 |
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.
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. The UK version of Deal Or No Deal helped relaunch Noel Edmonds' career.
Unofficial versions
edit| Country | Name | Hosts | Channel | Premiere date | End date | Top prize | Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albania | Kutia 21 | Enkel Demi | ABC | November 1, 2021 | June 17, 2022 | €10,000 | Boxes |
| Brazil | Eu Compro O Seu Televisor[10] | Silvio Santos | SBT | 2004 | 2004 | R$1,000,000 | Questions/Televisions |
| Belize | Tek It or Leave It[11] | Angela Gegg | Channel 5 | December 2, 2008 | February 17, 2009 | BZ$5,000 | Boxes |
| Guyana | Digicel Deal or No Deal[12][13] | Surida Nagreadi Akelo Elliott |
NCN | 2023 | 2023 | GY$2,000,000 | Cases |
| Pakistan | Star Player | Fahim Khan | BOL Entertainment | January 1, 2020 | May 31, 2020 | ₨10,000,000 | Cases |
| Taiwan | 齊天大勝 (孤注一擲) Who's the Winner (Topic: The Deal) |
Jacky Wu | TTV | July 9, 2005 | September 29, 2007 | NT$1,000,000 NT$1,500,000 |
Cases |
| 平民大富翁 Yes or No |
Dennis Nieh Jacky Wu |
CTS | September 12, 2009 | December 12, 2009 | NT$500,000 | Cases |
Top prize winners
editAll 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 گنجین/Ganjina | Mohammad Easa Sediqi | Prior to October 25, 2010 | Af. 1,000,000 ($23,240) |
Box Swap (declined) |
Af. 2,500 ($58.10) |
[14][15] 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) |
[16] 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. | |
| Algeria ادي ولا خلي/Eddi Ouela Kheli | Mohamed Meziane | July 7, 2015 | 10,000,000 DA ($100,450) |
3,200,000 DA ($32,144) |
200 DA ($2.01) |
|
| Khemisti Mohammed bin Sayeh | March 15, 2016 | 5,000,000 DA + 1,000,000 DA ($45,117 + $9,023) |
177,000 DA ($1,597) |
10,000 DA ($90.23) |
[17] Won 5,000,000 DA from the box along with a 1,000,000 DA bonus. | |
| Arab League Deal or No Deal | Abbas Hussein | May 5, 2006 | $250,000 | $71,000 | $25,000 | [18] |
| Argentina Trato Hecho | Martín | October 3, 2021 | AR$2,000,000 ($20,262) |
AR$1,000,000 ($10,131) |
AR$400,000 ($4,052) |
[19] |
| 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. | |
| Azerbaijan Davam Ya Tamam | Sevda | March 26, 2017 | 30,000 AZN ($17,595) |
15,000 AZN ($8,798) |
1 AZN ($0.59) |
[20] |
| Rashad | July 9, 2017 | 30,000 AZN ($17,627) |
11,030 AZN ($6,481) (Case swap accepted) |
1,500 AZN ($881) |
[21] | |
| Belize Tek It Or Leave It | Valerie Stevens | March 3, 2009 | BZ$15,000 ($7,615) |
(Unknown) | (Unknown) | [22] |
| 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) |
[23] | |
| Niki Kitaetsa (Ники Китаеца) (celebrity) |
September 18, 2007 | 100,000 BGN ($70,871) |
40,000 BGN ($28,348) |
1,000 BGN ($709) |
[24] | |
| Sevil Saliev (Севил Салиев) |
December 22, 2008 | 100,000 BGN ($71,179) |
(unknown) | (unknown) | [25] | |
| Mariela Pepeldzhiyska (Мариела Пепелджийска) |
January 23, 2012 | 100,000 BGN ($65,862) |
Box Swap (accepted) |
2,500 BGN ($1,647) |
[26] | |
| Plevenchaninat Iskren (Плевенчанинът Искрен) |
January 24, 2013 | 100,000 BGN ($67,988) |
25,000 BGN ($16,997) |
0.20 BGN ($0.14) |
[27] | |
| Cambodia ព្រម ឬមិនព្រម Prom Rer Min Prom | (Unknown) | February 2009 | 10,000,000 KHR ($2,410) |
(unknown) | (unknown) | [28] |
| (Unknown) | February 2009 | 10,000,000 KHR ($2,405) |
(unknown) | 750,000 KHR ($181) |
[29] | |
| 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 | [30] |
| Egypt لعبة الحياة Lebet el Hayat |
Amal Mohammad | Prior to November 16, 2009 | E£250,000 ($45,825) |
(unknown) | E£0.50 ($0.09) |
|
| Sameh | Prior to April 15, 2010 | E£250,000 ($45,323) |
(unknown) | E£0.50 ($0.09) |
||
| Marwa Ali | Prior to September 3, 2010 | E£500,000 ($87,660) |
Box Swap | E£250 ($43.83) |
[31] | |
| Egypt ديل أور نو ديل: الإختيار Deal or no deal: El Ikhtiyar |
Sibai Wahba | September 12, 2012 | E£250,000 ($41,037) |
Box Swap (accepted) |
E£10,000 ($1,641) |
[32] |
| France À prendre ou à laisser | Mylène | March 4, 2004 | €500,000 ($609,850) |
Box Swap (declined) |
€100,000 ($121,970) |
[33][34] |
| Éric | March 29, 2004 | €500,000 ($605,900) |
€240,000 ($290,832) |
€10,000 ($12,118) |
[35] 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) |
[36] | |
| 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 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) |
[37] | |
| Sébastien | November 25, 2014 | €100,000 ($124,240) |
€31,000 ($38,514) |
€10 ($12.42) |
[38] | |
| Georgia 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 | Georgia Kastrada (Γεωργία Καστράντα) |
November 10, 2006 | €200,000 ($256,702) |
€80,000 ($102,681) |
€1,000 ($1,284) |
[39] 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) |
[40] | |
| Argyris (Αργύρης) |
December 11, 2018 | €60,000 ($62,709) |
€25,000 ($29,800) |
€100 ($112) |
[41] 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) |
[42] | |
| 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) |
[43] |
| Bereczki Máté | October 19, 2006 | 100,000,000 Ft. ($469,770) |
9,500,000 Ft. ($44,630) |
25,000 Ft. ($117) |
[44] | |
| Csorba Árpád | April 26, 2010 | 21,000,000 Ft. ($106,680) |
15,000,000 Ft. ($76,200) |
13,000,000 Ft. ($66,040) |
[45] | |
| India Deal or No Deal | Ayushmann Khurrana (celebrity) | November 15, 2015 | ₹90,00,000 ($136,445) |
₹70,00,000 ($106,124) |
₹50,00,000 ($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. |
| Italy Affari Tuoi | Roberto Pepi | February 4, 2004 | €500,000 ($627,805) |
€250,000 ($305,687) |
€15,000 ($19,223) |
[46] |
| Francesca Madeddu | December 16, 2004 | €500,000 ($671,175) |
€300,000 ($402,705) |
€25,000 ($33,559) |
[47][48] | |
| Clarissa Meneghini | December 19, 2007 | €500,000 ($719,525) |
€170,000 ($244,639) |
€30,000 ($43,172) |
[49] | |
| Danilo Anderlini | September 17, 2008 | €500,000 ($714,575) |
€170,000 ($242,956) |
€30,000 ($42,875) |
[49][50] | |
| Francesca Cataldo | October 22, 2008 | €500,000 ($666,895) |
€185,000 ($230,408) |
€30,000 ($40,014) |
[51] | |
| Roberto Caterina | November 23, 2008 | €500,000 ($629,450) |
€375,000 ($472,088) |
€250,000 ($314,725) |
[52] | |
| Mara Ancelotti | January 1, 2009 | €500,000 ($707,045) |
€375,000 ($530,284) |
€250,000 ($353,523) |
[53] | |
| Stefania Menegazzo | February 23, 2010 | €500,000 ($680,020) |
€104,000 ($141,444) |
Maghetto | [54] | |
| Gabriele Calvello | March 17, 2012 | €1,000,000 ($1,317,440) |
€313,000 ($412,359) |
€0.20 ($0.26) |
[55] 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) |
[56] | |
| Patrizia Montalbano | January 25, 2013 | €500,000 ($668,467) |
€350,000 ($467,927) |
€250,000 ($334,234) |
[57] | |
| Pierangela Zaccaria | May 29, 2014 | €500,000 ($682,054) |
€172,000 ($234,626) |
€100 ($136) |
[58] Also won a €1,000 Provaci bonus. | |
| Alberto Bindi | May 17, 2016 | €500,000 ($564,512) |
€375,000 ($423,384) |
€250,000 ($282,256) |
[59] | |
| Alessandro Corona | February 22, 2017 | €500,000 ($528,650) |
€200,000 ($211,460) |
€100,000 ($105,730) |
||
| Luca and Sara Sartori | May 17, 2024[note 1] | €300,000 ($326,037) |
€150,000 ($163,019) |
€75,000 ($81,509) |
[60] | |
| 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) |
||
| 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 (in 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 | Ks.20,00,000 ($1,930) |
Ks.7,90,000 ($762) |
Ks.2,00,000 ($193) |
Rebroadcast March 31, 2015. |
| Netherlands Miljoenenjacht Deal or No Deal |
Arno Woesthoff | September 2, 2001 | fl.10,000,000 (€4,537,802) ($4,142,220) |
Format not yet introduced[note 2] | 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) |
[61] |
| 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) |
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 | P1,000,000 ($21,164) |
P650,000 ($13,757) |
P300,000 ($6,349) |
||
| Romania Batem palma? | David Neacșu | May 1, 2024 | 100,000 lei ($21,464) |
50,500 lei ($10,839) |
700 lei ($150) |
[62] |
| 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) |
[63] |
| 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) |
[64] |
| 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) |
[65] | |
| 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) |
[66] |
| Tunisia دليلك ملك | Mohamed Mabrouk | March 22, 2006 | TND 300,000 ($221,706) |
(unknown) | (unknown) | [67][68][69][70] 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.[70] | |
| Turkey Var mısın? Yok musun? | Ülkühan Yılmaz | October 24, 2009 | TL 500,000 ($339,790) |
TL 128,000 ($86,986) |
TL 20,000 ($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) |
Pearce was the first top prize winner on the UK version. |
| Alice Munday | March 12, 2009 | £250,000 ($344,678) |
Banker's Gamble (box swap declined) |
1p ($0.014) |
Munday initially dealt at £17,500 but was offered the Banker's Gamble when the 1p and £250,000 were remaining. She accepted the gamble, which forfeited the offer and brought the game back into live play. | |
| Suzanne Mulholland | May 13, 2011 | £250,000 ($407,055) |
£165,000 ($268,656) (box swap accepted) |
£100,000 ($162,822) |
Mulholland also won an additional prize of a 2-week holiday in Florida as part of "Banker's Birthday" special. | |
| 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. | |
| 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) |
Paddy was the first male top prize winner on the UK version. | |
| Roop Singh | February 12, 2014 | £250,000 ($414,528) |
£46,000 ($76,273) |
£500 ($829) |
Singh declined to buy Box 23, which would have doubled his winnings to £500,000. | |
| Ann Crawford | October 15, 2015 | £250,000 ($387,438) |
£64,000 ($99,184) |
50p ($0.77) |
Crawford declined to buy Box 23, which would have reduced her winnings to £0. | |
| Vikki Heenan | December 23, 2016 | £250,000 ($306,735) |
£66,666 ($81,795) |
£750 ($920) |
The episode that contains Heenan's win was the final episode of the original run of the UK version.[71] | |
| United States Deal or No Deal | Jessica Robinson | September 1, 2008 | $1,000,000 | $561,000 | $200,000 | [72] 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 | [73] The final offer of $677,000 (which Rodriguez declined) was given when there were five 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) |
[74] |
| Vietnam Đi tìm ẩn số [note 3] | (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.[75] |
| 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.[76] | |
| 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.[77] | |
| (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) |
[78] | |
| 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.[79] | |
- ^ Most recent top prize winner in the Deal or No Deal franchise to date.
- ^ 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.
- ^ The Vietnamese version has 10 top prize winners. 7 are shown here. The other 3 were missing.
At the other end of the spectrum, in the UK edition broadcast on December 7, 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 also would have won the top prize if they had swapped their box/case, or if they refused the Banker's Offer instead, which later shown that they had the top prize in their box/case all the time.
Basis and antecedents
editThe 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.[80] They went so far as to say that the show, "almost appears to be an economics experiment rather than a TV show."[81] 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.[82] The research received a great deal of media attention, appearing on the front page of The Wall Street Journal[83] and being featured on National Public Radio.[84] 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.[85]
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".[85] 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 was revived in 2009 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 in the US version but does in many international versions. Finally, from 1997 to 2003, Win Ben Stein's Money pitted contestants against an in-house adversary.
Methodology used by "The Bank"
editSeveral theories concern the methodology "The Bank" uses to determine the appropriate bank offer. This is a secret held by the various publishers around the world, however several people have approximated the algorithm with various levels of accuracy.[citation needed] In most variations of the format, the Bank does not know the contents of the briefcase, and therefore the Monty Hall Problem does not apply to the probability calculations, but this varies from country to country.[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.[86] 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
edit- Innovative Concepts in Entertainment developed an arcade redemption adaptation of the show, where instead of prize money, players could win tickets.[87]
- 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.[88] Its international success landed it on the top-sellers list.[89]
- 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.[90]
Online gambling
editThe 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.[91]
The range of DOND games are available at Virtue Fusion powered bingo brands such as bet365, Gala Bingo, Ladbrokes, Mecca Bingo and William Hill.
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