#736185 - 25/05/06 02:57 AM
Re: Deal or No Deal
[Re: Gayle......!]
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old hand
Registered: 27/09/05
Loc: Bristol
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Oh no! This will be me for the next 3 hours then..... I just sold a £750 box for £11000 
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#736187 - 25/05/06 03:37 AM
Re: Deal or No Deal
[Re: maus]
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Toe Poking Bad Boy
Registered: 25/07/04
Loc: Lake District UK
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i beat the banker!!! £250,000 all mine lucky number 7 
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#736188 - 25/05/06 06:43 AM
Re: Deal or No Deal
[Re: Noddy]
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Registered: 24/04/06
Loc: Wales
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haha i went too far and made a big loss...oh well
fab game...endless hours will be spent on there
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#736189 - 25/05/06 06:57 AM
Re: Deal or No Deal
[Re: buggleberry_fairy]
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veteran
Registered: 27/06/05
Loc: My House
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we played this at work, i wrote something on Excel to help the banker.
if you wanna play at work, get 22 boxes, put the ammounts in and ask me for my excel thing
£20,000 box sold for £65,000
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#736191 - 25/05/06 07:41 AM
Re: Deal or No Deal
[Re: Mr_Chutney]
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newbie
Registered: 25/04/06
Loc: Portsmouth uk
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lol what a great game
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#736192 - 25/05/06 07:45 AM
Re: Deal or No Deal
[Re: Mr_Chutney]
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playing the days away
Registered: 19/08/03
Loc: The Middle lands
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I watched this rubbish on tv for the first time the other day, I was mildly ipmressed with the guy who blew 75k and ended up with 1p. I laughed, but it was more at the show not with it. I don't think I'll be watching it again..... So with my vague knowledge of how to play this infernal linked page I can say that I've just played it using the logic of "refuse every offer, make pretty patterns with the boxes I remove" and I won £100,000!! The other had £35k in it  So I played it again and won a fiver  My opinion of this game has now slightly increased, but not by much 
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#736194 - 25/05/06 08:57 AM
Re: Deal or No Deal
[Re: =Flashpoint=]
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old hand
Registered: 01/07/05
Loc: London
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i kept my box and had £100,000 in it
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#736195 - 25/05/06 05:23 PM
Re: Deal or No Deal
[Re: Just_Another_Clown]
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comfortably numb
Registered: 08/07/04
Loc: The countryside
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My friend went on this show and won AUD$24,000. I was very proud of him Great game!
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#736196 - 26/05/06 03:12 AM
Re: Deal or No Deal
[Re: roarfire]
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member
Registered: 14/04/06
Loc: Cardiff/edinburgh
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i have no idea how to play this....is that sad as everyone else seems to be pretty in the know. I just clicked boxes and buttons then thought, "nope, i really dont get it" oh well...
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#736197 - 26/05/06 03:41 AM
Re: Deal or No Deal
[Re: RumpleST]
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Carpal \'Tunnel
Registered: 02/01/04
Loc: Hastings
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Written by: RumpleST
i have no idea how to play this....is that sad as everyone else seems to be pretty in the know. I just clicked boxes and buttons then thought, "nope, i really dont get it" oh well...
You're not the only one - I'm completely clueless too!
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#736198 - 26/05/06 03:47 AM
Re: Deal or No Deal
[Re: RumpleST]
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NYC
Registered: 26/08/01
Loc: NYC, NY, USA
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It amazes me when I watch the show how little people know about the simple concept of "expected value"... I'm sure they pick people who are statistically stupid as it makes the show more fun to watch.
And Shrodinger's Cat will tell you that it doesn't matter how much is in your box if you make a deal before you open it.
My strategy would be to play for a while (might as well right) until you've got 4 or 5 boxes left and then, if you get a deal ANYWHERE close to your expected value than take it.
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#736199 - 26/05/06 04:00 AM
Re: Deal or No Deal
[Re: NYC]
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member
Registered: 14/04/06
Loc: Cardiff/edinburgh
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well, there are no instructions on it, and I have never even seen or heard of it, just boxes, bankers, numbers and a stupid ringing telephone.......
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#736200 - 26/05/06 05:28 AM
Re: Deal or No Deal
[Re: RumpleST]
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old hand
Registered: 27/09/05
Loc: Bristol
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Ok, here's how the game is played:
There are 22 numbered boxes. They each have an amount of money inside (the amounts shown on the board).
First, you pick a box. This is the box you will "play" with-the banker will offer you money to buy the box from you at various points in the game.
Each round you choose a number of boxes, I think it starts with 5, then 3 each round from then on until the end. Each box you choose is opened, and the amount inside is taken out of play.
e.g. you choose boxes 3, 4, and 5. The amounts inside are 50p, £3000 and £250,000. This means none of these amounts can be in your box. The banker will make his offer to you based on what he thinks is likely to be in there.
If you decide to "deal" at any time, you take the cash. You then play on hypothetically just to see what was actually in your box. You could decide not to deal and go home with the amount in your box at the end.
It's all about taking risks and stuff. Annoyingly addictive to watch and play.
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#736201 - 27/05/06 02:20 AM
Re: Deal or No Deal
[Re: NYC]
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Registered: 22/10/02
Loc: UK
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Written by: NYC
And Shrodinger's Cat will tell you that it doesn't matter how much is in your box if you make a deal before you open it.
Actually, poor old Scrodinger's cat won't be able to tell you much since somebody gassed him.
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#736202 - 27/05/06 03:46 AM
Re: Deal or No Deal
[Re: NYC]
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Electro Ponce!
Registered: 26/10/05
Loc: Hull!
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Written by: NYC
And Shrodinger's Cat will tell you that it doesn't matter how much is in your box if you make a deal before you open it.
don't get me started on probabillities and statistics!
from a mathematicians point of view you would never deal, because statistically you should end up with a higher amount. of course probabillity is all [censored]!
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#736203 - 27/05/06 04:14 AM
Re: Deal or No Deal
[Re: Larry]
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member
Registered: 22/10/02
Loc: UK
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From *anybody's* point of view, whether you deal or not depends on the amount that the banker offers you, no?
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#736204 - 29/05/06 09:39 PM
Re: Deal or No Deal
[Re: will_uk]
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Registered: 01/12/05
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yeh, but if you think about it, the more he offers you the better the odds are of you winning more than he offers. Course there's still the chance that he's wrong, cos it's statistics after all.
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#736205 - 30/05/06 07:23 AM
Re: Deal or No Deal
[Re: Larry]
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NYC
Registered: 26/08/01
Loc: NYC, NY, USA
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Written by: Larry
Written by: NYC
And Shrodinger's Cat will tell you that it doesn't matter how much is in your box if you make a deal before you open it.
don't get me started on probabillities and statistics!
from a mathematicians point of view you would never deal,
True, but if someone offered me either 1 million dollars or a coin toss chance at two million dollars, i'd take the 1 million. Then again, someone like my brother would take the coin toss.
That's why I'd deal if it was close to the expected value.
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#736207 - 31/05/06 12:35 AM
Re: Deal or No Deal
[Re: NYC]
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I Doubt, Therefore I Might Be
Registered: 02/05/06
Loc: Horsham
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woooooooooooooooooooo! 250k!!!
number 12! it was in my own box!
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#736209 - 01/06/06 10:09 PM
Re: Deal or No Deal
[Re: NYC]
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member
Registered: 22/10/02
Loc: UK
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Written by: NYC
True, but if someone offered me either 1 million dollars or a coin toss chance at two million dollars, i'd take the 1 million. Then again, someone like my brother would take the coin toss.
That's why I'd deal if it was close to the expected value.
To elaborate on this, its a phernomonen known as the 'non-linear value of rewards'.
According to the mathematics of expectations, a 1% chance of winning a £10,000 reward is equivalent to a 10% chance of winning a £1,000 reward. Humans, however, don't evaluate rewards and probabilities on a linear scale.
As an extreme example look at lotteries: many people would risk a 99.99999% chance of losing £1 (the price of a ticket) for a 0.00001% chance of winning £10,000,000.
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