Weekend Replay: Exciting Finish to Aussie “Deal or No Deal”
Right as I say we haven’t been covering Australia for some time we manage to get two clips. This comes courtesy of our contributor Mike Klauss, so thanks for the instant message from him. Their daily version of Deal or No Deal has been going strong since 2004. It’s taken a hit due to competitor Millionaire: Hot Seat, but it’s still on and still offering up to $200,000 a day to lucky contestants. As opposed to the more serious and dramatic tone of the British version, the Australian version offers a lighthearted, fun, and energetic half hour. It’s easily comparable to the American syndicated edition. This past Tuesday featured an exciting game. As we join in the board features $50, $3,000; and the top two of $100,000 and $200,000. Can the contestant go all the way and become the fourth top prize winner in the show’s history? Find out below.
Way to show the 3k goes first :)
That’s YouTube’s fault. Nothing Alex could do about it. :)
Play that TPIR clangs & whoops cue. :D
So the perfect game has occurred once again. I suppose the Banker is too stubborn to go half way and make that $150,000 offer. Would it have made a difference? To me it might have, cause it would have been a $50k gamble to double my money. Instead it was a $30k gamble to make $70K more.
Plus he was not afforded the the chance to swap cases at the end.
The big one at the end of the day was claimed for the 4th time. Good on him. He earned it.
WOW! The dream scenario strikes again at 4:44. Talk about a win-win situation.
When you have a board that looks like that with the two final cases remaining why not go for it. Either way it’s still a hell of a lot of money.
Side note: Does anybody think that the graphic used for the $200K should be used on WOF? I loved it.
Unless the player has massive debts, it’s the dream scenario.
Here’s the thing. He has won $100,000. Lock stock and barrel, he’s won that!
Now, reframe the game: The banker is offering $30,000 to refuse an all-or-nothing (within the reframe) coin flip for another $100,000.
Unless the player abjectly needs that extra $30,000 for sure, that’s an easy call to make — the flip is expected value $50,000, and undercutting it makes it a clear No Deal.