Deal or no deal

[rov1200]

When there are 2 remaining amounts on the board how does the banker decide what the offer is or would have been? Is there a formula involved?

Tonight's show had two amounts left: �15,000 and �250000. The offer would have been �115,000. The contestant had dealt earlier.

Yet last week a contestant stayed to the end and rather the offer being approx mid point skewed heavily to the smaller amount. Why was this?

[barney1966]

sometimes the banker makes low offers as he thinks he has the measure of the contestant and can get them cheap. When they have dealt early the offers seem to be more generous.

[Caribeing]

Its all a play between the "Banker" and the contestant! Apparently the "Banker" watches for the reaction of the player when he offers an amount! Last week one players wife who was in the audience let it slip that their target was �20,000 and the "Banker" used this to his advantage and didn't offer big amounts! Its all to keep the game varied and interesting as it is the same format everday!!

[puddicat]

There is no skill in involved with this programme is mind numbin!!

[rov1200]

Yes but to offer such a huge amount when the player has dealt previously smacks of deceit as he is not in position to take up this higher offer and therefore it makes the banker look more generous.

[gelda]

I love the programme but all the screaming and kissing when they get a blue is really getting on my nerves.

[ELVIS68]

I agree with you there gelda

There is no set amount which he has to offer, when the first person won �250k she had 3K and 250k left and her offer was �45k

If the same situation happened now the offer would be around 90k