Deal or no Deal, your view?

Question

Game yesterday, £250, 000 at the table, would u have gone on or dealt at £26,000?

Answer 1

dealt at 26!!

Answer 2

Depends what else was still there. £26,000 is a lot of money, I would have dealt

Answer 3

What a mindless game show this is!!!. It panders to the brainless. What is entertaining about someone opening a box?

Answer 4

I would've been tempted to go on.

Answer 5

No deal for me.

26k isn't a life changing sum of money, but the 50k and the 250K are!

Answer 6

I have this discussion with my fiancee whenever we watch it. I say just play all the way without dealing. So what if you lose, it's only a game.

My fiancee says "deal" when I say "no deal"

I didn't see last night's game so can't really comment on it.

Answer 7

in that situation - with another 3 boxes to remove... you have a 60% chance of leaving the $250,000 in play. And an even bigger chance of leaving either the 250,000 OR the 50,000 in play.

Given those odds - I wouldn't have dealt

Answer 8

depends on how many boxes that were left contained more than £26,000 and how many contained less - play the percentages

given the boxes that were left I would have delt - did he do right? I did not see the show.

Answer 9

dealt! £26K is a lot of money for me

Answer 10

No deal. You go there with nothing so whatever you come home with is a bonus. Its a once in a lifetime shot at £250,000.

Answer 11

what other boxes were there?  

Ask me the question Noel!

Well with those boxes i would have to say " Great offer Mr Banker, it is a lot of money! But i am going to sayyyyyyyyy................................

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.NO DEAL!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 12

No deal

Answer 13

The banker's offers are never mathematically fair, whenever I have watched the offers always understate the value of the contestant's position by a factor of between 2 and 3.  So, if you have the nerve, it is generally mathematically best to play to the end.  But, in real life, most people know that "the bird in the hand is worth two in the bush", especially as they will only play once.  The way to see the "deal or no deal" question is to ask yourself "do I really want to gamble that much money at those odds".  With a good offer of £20,000-£30,000, most sensible people of modest means would say "deal", even if the mathematical expectation was £50,000-£60,000 and there was a small chance of £250,000.  I'm sorry when I hear people say "I came with nothing so I don't mind if I leave with nothing", the the offers are real, the contestants really are gambling large sums.  Those who win £250,000 do so because they have a lot of nerve (or they believe fate will smile on them, or they are congenitally greedy) and happen to get lucky.