deal or no deal
Linda de Mol hosts the original version of Deal or No Deal, entitled Miljoenenjacht
Deal or No Deal is a television game show format owned by Endemol, a Netherlands-based production company known for creating such shows as Big Brother and Fear Factor. The first version of the show was broadcast in the Netherlands as Miljoenenjacht, followed by an Australian version, which was the first version with the Deal or No Deal name.
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Contents
- 1 Format
- 2 International versions
- 3 Game strategy
- 4 Antecedents
- 5 References
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Format
Philippine version of Deal or No Deal.
The basic format of Deal or No Deal consists of a number of cases (usually 26, but varies in some countries), each containing a different amount of money. Not knowing the sum of money in each case, the contestant picks one case which potentially contains the contestant's prize. The contestant then opens the remaining cases, one by one, revealing the money each contains. At predetermined intervals the contestant receives an offer from the bank (run by "The Banker") to purchase the originally chosen case from the contestant, the offer being based on the potential value of the contestant's case. The contestant must then decide whether to take the deal from the bank, or to continue opening cases. If the contestant decides not to take the deal and reveals low value cases, then the next bank offer is likely to be higher (as the contestant's case is proven not to contain these low values). Alternatively, there is risk in revealing higher values, lowering future offers from the bank. The aim of this system is to try to make an exciting and suspenseful game. Each offer from the bank is typically significantly less than the expected value of the player's case, especially early in the game.
The format of Deal or No Deal varies in each country. In the UK version, for example, contestants choose from 22 boxes rather than 26 briefcases which are opened by future contestants[1]. The concept of pitting a contestant against an in-house adversary (in this show, the Banker) is unusual, though not unique, among game shows.
International versions
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The show has many versions that air around the world:
| Flag |
Country |
Name |
Host |
Channel |
Language |
Premiere |
Website |
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Argentina |
Trato Hecho |
Julian Weich |
Telefé |
Spanish |
2004 |
Link |
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Australia |
Deal or No Deal |
Andrew O'Keefe |
Channel Seven |
English |
2003 |
Link |
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Belgium |
Te Nemen of Te Laten |
Walter Grootaers |
VIJFtv |
Dutch |
Unknown |
Link |
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Brazil |
Topa ou Não Topa |
Silvio Santos |
SBT |
Portuguese |
2006 |
Link |
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Bulgaria |
Sdelka ili ne |
Rumen Lukanov |
Nova Television |
Bulgarian |
2005 |
Unknown |
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Canada |
Deal or No Deal |
Howie Mandel |
Global |
English |
2007 |
Link |
| Global & CHTV air the United States English-language version. |
| Le Banquier |
Julie Snyder |
TVA |
French |
2007 |
Link |
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Chile |
Trato Hecho |
Don Francisco |
Canal 13 |
Spanish |
Unknown |
Unknown |
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Croatia |
Uzmi ili Ostavi |
Mirko Fodor |
Croatian Radiotelevision |
Croatian |
2006 |
Link |
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Czech Republic |
Ber nebo neber |
Pavel Zuna |
TV Prima |
Czech |
2007 |
Unknown |
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Denmark |
Deal No Deal |
Casper Christensen |
TV 2 |
Danish |
2006 |
Link |
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Finland |
Ota tai jätä |
Pauli Aalto-Setälä |
Nelonen |
Finnish |
2007 |
Link |
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France |
À prendre ou à laisser |
"Arthur" |
TF1 |
French |
2004 |
Link |
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Germany |
Deal or No Deal - Die Show de GlücksSpirale |
Guido Cantz |
Sat.1 |
German |
2004 |
Link |
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Greece |
Deal (weekdays)
Super Deal (weekends) |
Christos Ferendinos |
ANT1 |
Greek |
2006 |
Deal
Super Deal |
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Hong Kong |
Deal or No Deal/一擲千金 |
Michael Hui |
TVB Jade |
Cantonese |
2006 |
Link |
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Hungary |
Áll az alku |
Gábor Gundel Takács |
TV2 |
Magyar |
2004 |
Link |
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India |
Deal Ya No Deal |
Rajeev Khandelwal |
SET |
Hindi and English |
2005 |
Link |
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Israel |
דיל או לא דיל |
Moran Atias |
10 |
Hebrew |
Unknown |
Link |
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Italy |
Affari Tuoi |
Flavio Insinna |
Rai Uno |
Italian |
Unknown |
Link |
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Japan |
Za diiru/The Deal |
Shinsuke Shimada |
TBS |
Japanese |
2006
(One-time special) |
Unknown |
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Malaysia |
Deal or No Deal |
Unknown |
ntv7 |
English |
2007 |
Link |
| 一擲千金 |
Unknown |
ntv7 |
Chinese |
2007 |
Link |
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Mexico |
Vas o No Vas |
Héctor Sandarti |
Televisa |
Spanish |
2005 |
Link |
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Netherlands |
Miljoenenjacht
(original version) |
Linda de Mol |
Tien |
Dutch |
2001 |
Link |
Deal or No Deal
(direct version) |
Beau van Erven Dorens |
Tien |
Dutch |
Unknown |
Link |
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New Zealand |
Prime airs the Australia version. |
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Norway |
Deal or No Deal |
Sturla Berg-Johansen |
TV2 |
Norwegian |
Unknown |
Link |
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Pan-Arab States |
Deal or No Deal |
Michel Sanan |
LBC |
Arabic |
2005 |
Link |
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Philippines |
Kapamilya, Deal or No Deal |
Kris Aquino |
ABS-CBN |
Filipino and English |
2006 |
Link |
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Poland |
Grasz czy nie grasz |
Zygmunt Chajzer |
Polsat |
Polish |
2005 |
Link |
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Romania |
Da sau nu |
Mihai Dobrovolschi |
Prima TV |
Romanian |
Unknown |
Unknown |
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Russia |
Sdelka |
Alexei Veselkin |
REN TV |
Russian |
2006 |
Link |
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Singapore |
Deal or No Deal |
Scheduled to premiere on Channel 5 in June 2007. |
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Slovakia |
Ruku na to |
Scheduled to premiere on STV in 2007. |
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Slovenia |
Vzemi ali pusti |
Leopold Kazimir-Poldi |
POP TV |
Slovenian |
Unknown |
Link |
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South Africa |
Deal or No Deal |
Ed Jordan |
M-Net |
English |
2007 |
Link |
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South Korea |
Yes or no |
Shin Dong-Yeob |
tvN |
Korean |
Unknown |
Link |
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Spain |
¡Allá tú! |
Jesús Vázquez |
Telecinco |
Spanish |
2003 |
Link |
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Sweden |
Deal or No Deal |
Martin Timell |
TV4 |
Swedish |
Unknown |
Link |
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Switzerland |
Deal or No Deal - Das Risiko |
Roman Kilchsperger |
SF 1 |
German |
Unknown |
Link |
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Thailand |
เอาหรือไม่เอา |
Unknown |
ThaiTV 3 |
Thai |
Unknown |
Link |
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Tunisia |
Deal or No Deal |
Unknown |
Tunis 7 |
French |
Unknown |
Unknown |
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Turkey |
Büyük Teklif |
Halit Ergenç |
Kanal D |
Turkish |
Unknown |
Link |
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United Kingdom |
Deal or No Deal |
Noel Edmonds |
Channel 4 |
English |
2005 |
Channel 4
Endemol |
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United States |
Deal or No Deal |
Howie Mandel |
NBC |
English |
2005 |
Link |
| Vas o No Vas |
Héctor Sandarti |
Telemundo |
Spanish |
2006 |
Link |
Game strategy
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Deal or No Deal and its deceptively simple format have attracted attention from mathematicians, statisticians, and economists as a study of decision making under pressure. A team of economists have analyzed the decisions of people appearing in European and US episodes of Deal or No Deal and found, among other things, that contestants are less risk averse or even risk seeking when they have seen their expected winnings tumble.[1] The study received a great deal of media attention, appearing on the front page of The Wall Street Journal on January 12, 2006 as well as being featured on National Public Radio in the United States on March 3, 2006.
Antecedents
- The New Treasure Hunt, a 1970s and 1980s Chuck Barris game show similar in concept to Deal or No Deal
- Let's Make A Deal, a long-running game show involving contestants deciding whether or not take offers based on what may or may not be behind a curtain/box.
- The Bong Game, invented by the London-based radio station Capital FM in the 1980s, also tested contestants by offering them increasing returns in tandem with increasing risk.
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