Deal Or No Deal

[Hopkirk]

I used to find this programme so simple.

However I only catch it occasionally, and now I can't follow what's going on.

Am I alone?

[chaptazbru2]

It has changed and evolved over the years, but I'm still able to follow it.

[hau kola]

I used to watch it every day for years but, after going to watch it live, I suddenly got bored of it. I put it on the other day as I couldn't find anything to watch and like you didn't have a clue what was going on.

[ummmm]

It's one programme on TV I cannot bare to watch.

[grasscarp]

keep your clothes on ummmm

[trt]

Noel Edmund's must be on a fortune filming 3 episodes of these a day, with a bunch of OTT drama weirdos!

[saintpeter48]

The programme and Noel Edmonds have both run its course, how they make opening 22 boxes last an hour is beyond me, utter tripe!!

[dave50]

It's a game of pure chance that could completed in 15 minutes. The way he goes on about some kind of strategy is ridiculous and embarrassing.

[dustypuss]

Oh! B#um I just won 10p

http://www.nothingtodo.co.uk/view/2012/deal-or-no-deal-uk-version.html

[Old_Geezer]

What is the confusion ? It's basically just a case of how long the player can hold their nerve before they break and grab the undervalued offer. They do tend to tart it up with extra bits to try to keep it interesting. Maybe that's what is throwing you ? Not that I've seen it for months now. Maybe if I did I'd know what you meant.

[barney15c]

its pretty much all luck at the end of the day, the only skill being when to make a deal

[Bazile]

I used to watch it when it was first aired - aint watched it for years now .

How many people have won the top prize ?

Is it still 250k ?

[Baldric]

I've never seen that much Dye in a Beard before!

[ummmm]

Haha!!

It's just a guessing game.

[Old_Geezer]

Not really barny. It takes no skill to decide the offer is good enough for you and opting out. One can not tell the future, so one can not use skill to know when to fold in a particular game for a best result. For players in general, the banker would have paid out the most to them as a group if everyone kept on to the end and opened their own box. But that still means some being unlucky and coming away with little.

[Supermike]

I think Baldric is right, you have been distracted by the weird beard!

[lankeela]

Amazes me how many deal on the advice of their partner and then regret it when they could have won more. You go there with nothing so why not play till the end and see what you would have won. I hate how they take so long deciding which box to open because its all random. I would start at one end and open every box in order.

[Cloverjo]

I always thought this show was tripe, so was surprised when my son said his housemates who are maths students watch it.
They like to work out what is the best thing to do with the information available and deal on offer.