Deal or No Deal?!
My sister is the queen of game shows (seriously... Wheel of Fortune really gets her going!), so while she was home over Christmas holidays, she found a new game show on TV hosted by Howie Mandell that was running a one week trial to see how popular it was. The idea was that if it ended up being a big hit, they would keep it running regularly and if it was a total flop, it would be X-ed. So as it turns out people had fun with it (including in my house... it became a 5-day family affair that we all got intensely involved in, not excluding shouting and jumping, etc.) and starting Feb 27 it's going to be running on NBC regularly (or so I'm told). Anyways, the cool thing that my sister just had to call home to tell me today, is that there's an online version so that we can get warmed up! : ) haha The game is called Deal or No Deal and I recommend you try it out! (just click on the picture to get started)
So here's my rough description of how it works... First of all, there are 26 briefcases, all with a different monetary value inside them (these values are listed on either side of the game board). The lowest value is $0.01 and the highest is $1,000,000 and the idea is for you to win as much money as possible (obviously). So you pick your briefcase to start with, and then one by one you eliminate the other briefcases by revealing their value. Then there is a banker who will try to buy your briefcase off you by making an offer based on the values of the remaining briefcases (so it's good to try to get rid of the low value briefcases first to up his offer). If you choose to accept the banker's offer, then that's what you win and the game is over (and they reveal to you what was in your mysterious briefcase so you can see how much you would've won or lost), but if you say "NO DEAL" then the game continues and gets riskier and risker as it goes on as to how much money you may win or lose. It's easy, but if you need more help, just follow the instructions at the bottom of the game screen.
So that's the DEAL ; ) I hope you enjoy it!
P.S. Wheel of Fortune has an online version of the game too for your enjoyment if you please!
posted by Katie @ 9:32 p.m.
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so, i watched deal or no deal last night,
and it was amusing. very frustrating, since these people were so willing to give up a hundred thousand dollars for the chance of winning three hundred thousand! but, i guess you think differently when you're in the moment. one lady was offered $172,000 but left with $5 because she chose "no deal"! craziness.... it looks like a fun game, though. no real skill involved, just riskiness.
:) LOL I know! My sister watched it and told me... she was laughing her butt off. I can't imagine how I would be feeling after that! (perhaps a little too greedy?!) When I watched it on Monday night, they had Donald Trump on as the guest financial advisor... that was pretty cool! The guy ended up making a deal and leaving with $359,000... lucky for him... there was only $10 in his case!
I also saw Howie Mandel on Jimmy Kimmel last night talking about the new show, and they also did a segment about it on ET news... hehe Unfortunately I have to say that Monday was the only day i watched it this week though cause it happens to conflict with American Idol ;) (hmmm... maybe my reality show addiction is becoming embarrassing...)
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