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Deal Or No Deal UK


Noel EdmundsThe UK version of Deal Or No Deal of the TV Game, has twenty two red boxes each with the number 1 – 21 displayed, the contents of the box are not known either by Noel Edmunds, the contestants or the banker.

At the beginning of the shows, there are 22 contestants each stand behind a box, one of these players are usually selected by random to start the game. As the programme is only on for around 50 minutes, it normally takes 15 to 25 shows before they are selected to play.

Once the game starts, they choose one of the remaining 21 boxes to open, the aim is to eliminate the small amounts in the game, hoping of course they have a huge amount in theirs. Each of the box contestants will provide advice and some banter to make the show interesting.

There are in total six rounds in Deal Or No Deal UK , five boxes can be opened in the first and then three in all the other rounds. After a number of boxes are opened the banker will offer an amount to buy the players box. The amount is normally reflective of what is still available, so if a few large amounts have been removed the amount offered by the banker is low. The player choose whether or not to deal or no deal.

If the contestant deals then the game is over, but for the interest of viewers, the game is continued to see whether the play may have got a better deal if they had continued. If the player say no deal then they keep their box and proceed to the next round.

£250,000 Box

After the 6 rounds, there should only be two boxes remaining, one in play and the one the contestant has. If the player chooses to continue the game, they must take the cash amount which is left in their own box. The banker will give a last attempt deal, to swap the players box with that still in play. The swap is always offered when the top prize of £250,000 is still available.

Sometimes if a player has taken a deal early in the Deal or No Deal Game, they will be offered a chance known as the ‘bankers gamble’ to give back the amount the banker offered and open their box and winning whatever remained. This has happened controversially with the second highest winner in Deal Or No Deal UK where Alice Munday who had been dealt £17,500 previously and then won £250,000 when the banker offered the gamble.