Hello, and welcome to Deal or No Deal: Jumpin' Jackpot Edition, an update to an old classic that I'm sure you'll enjoy.

Joining us today at the Pound Table for our first episode is Ben, a veteran of many games. Welcome, Ben. Great to have you with us.

Now, it goes without saying that everyone knows how our game is played, but here on JJE, things are a bit different. For years, this show has offered a top prize of £250,000, but that changes right now. In our updated format, we play with a variable jackpot, and here's how you determine how much money you'll be playing for.

Ben, you see before you six lettered boxes. Each one contains an amount from £250,000 to £1 million inclusive. Before we begin the game, I'd like you to pick one of those boxes, and then we'll open it up to determine the value of the jackpot for your game.

Choose wisely, because if you pick the million-pound box, you could be playing for up to £2 million.

A

B

C

D

E

F

I'll go with D, please.

Let's reveal what's in box D.

The first-ever game of JJE will be played for...

A

B

C

£700K

E

F

Nice! You'll be playing for £700,000, and you'll be doing it with Box 9, which our randomizer has chosen for you. Let's see what the other boxes held.

£450K

£250K

£1 Mill

£700K

£850K

£600K

Here is your board for this game:

£1
£2
£5
£10
£25
£50
£75
£100
£250
£500
£750
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£1,000
£3,000
£5,000
£10,000
£20,000
£35,000
£50,000
£75,000
£100,000
£400,000
£700,000

I think you know how it works from here on in, so let's have your selections for the first round, please.

1, 3, 5, 7, and 11 to start, please.

Right, let's open those first five boxes.

[1] - £1,000
[3] - £20,000
[5] - £5,000
[7] - £250
[11] - £5

More reds than blues taken out in the opening round, but the Power Five is still intact, which is great.

And now, it's time for you to give us your prediction for the first offer to win the right to use the Offer Button. You know how this goes, but there's one small change to explain. If you're lucky enough to get the offer exactly right, you'll win a bonus of £1,000.

If there's one thing we know about you, it's that you're either spot on or just a few hundred pounds off when you make your predictions in the daily game commentary threads. That's a pretty good track record.

Right now, you've registered £24,000 as your prediction for the first offer. The actual retail price offer is...

BANKER'S OFFER

£24,000

You hit it right on the nose, meaning that you've earned a Banker's Bonus of £1,000! Nicely done!

Now, as good as that offer might be, is it enough to get you to stop?

Deal or No Deal?

Definitely NO DEAL.

13, 15, and 17, please.

Before we get to those next selections, you've gained access to the Offer Button, so I'll post one selection at a time, and you indicate whether or not you'd like to activate the button.

Round Two starts with...

[13] - £35,000

Button or box?

There's NO WAY I'm using the button before 8 box, so open both 15 and 17, please.

Good to know. Next two boxes coming up!

[15] - £50,000
[17] - £100

Two more sizable reds gone, but the top three are still up for grabs.

Here comes the offer.

BANKER'S OFFER

£35,000

Deal or No Deal?

Goos offer, but there's a lot more to squeeze out of the board with the average being over £91,000, so NO DEAL

21, 22, and 20, please (and please open them all at once).

Moving into the even numbers now, are we? Let's see if that pays off.

[20] - £3,000
[21] - £750
[22] - £400,000

Aside from losing one of the big amounts, that was an okay round. Hopefully you can pull off an all-blue round with your next three boxes.

But before we get there, you have this to mull over:

BANKER'S OFFER

£35,000

He's stuck. Interesting move there. But which way will you sway?

Deal or No Deal?

Very generous of the Banker to stick there, but I came for six figures, so thank you Mr. Banker but NO DEAL.

18, 16 and 14, please.

And away we go with another round of three, with the Offer Button still available.

[18] - £10,000
[16] - £1
[14] - £500

Not an all-blue round, but a good recovery after the previous one. The Banker thinks he can get you out with this:

BANKER'S OFFER

£48,000

Deal or No Deal?

That round was worth more than a 37% uplift in the offer, so definitely NO DEAL.

12, please.

One selection means a press of the button is imminent. We shall see.

[12] - £10

That's a great start. What would you like to do now, press the button or open another box?

BUTTON, please.

>>>BUTTON<<<

The Banker believes he can halt your progress with this offer:

BANKER'S OFFER

£89,000

You can take this offer, or open the next two boxes. Totally up to you.

Deal or No Deal?

WOW, I was not expecting that.

Thank you for that ultra-generous offer, Mr Banker, and it's a DEAL.

Boxes 10 and 8 would've completed this round, followed by 6, 2, and finally 4.