Making his third appearance, our biggest winner so far from that first one but fresh off a stinker of a second... it's BEN!

Any of these six could be heading your way...



...and £290,000 is the jackpot available, at least in five of them! Time to pick a number and determine our rules of engagement for this Banker battle...

Option 3, please.

Number 3...

So, it's a second appearance tonight for this one. The board is standard...

1p
10p
50p
£1
£5
£10
£50
£100
£250
£500
£750
£1,000
£3,000
£5,000
£10,000
£15,000
£20,000
£35,000
£50,000
£75,000
£100,000
£290,000

...but Box 23 very much isn't. It starts off with MONEY BACK, HALF, and NOTHING... but you get the chance to build on that by getting up to three positive options added on! You get three predictions at any point in the game, and every time you get within 10% of the Banker's offer, you get a positive option added in. If you get within 5%, you'll even get a choice of two - or three if you're ever on the nose!

No risk in the predictions, you can't make 23 any worse, and if it all goes wrong then the good news is that Box 23 is always optional unless you take an offer which forces its use. Or lack of use, for that matter.

Obviously you'll want to do better than Archie. You've got a higher box number than him on the table, anyway, it's Box 21. For whatever that's worth. Anyway, five on the wings to open and then it's the first offer. Good luck!

1, 3, 5, 7 and 9 to start, please.

Away we go!

Box 1 - £750, nice.

Box 3 - £10, another blue!

Box 5 - £15,000. OK?

Box 7 - £250. OK!

Box 9 - 1p! You won't get many starts better than that!

An excellent start, but it's just that, a start...

10p
50p
£1
£5
£50
£100
£500
£1,000
£3,000
£5,000
£10,000
£20,000
£35,000
£50,000
£75,000
£100,000
£290,000

Are you going to use one of your three predictions here?

I think I will:

PLAYER'S PREDICTION

£9,900

Good call?

BANKER'S OFFER

£9,500

GOOD CALL! It's within 5% and that means you get a choice of two handy Box 23 options...

TRIPLE
+£35,000

Wow, what a decision so early! Two of the best options on the board have come out to play, but you have to pick just one... and then decide, at £9,500, Deal or No Deal?

Super easy decision for me to make. I highly doubt I'll be risking above £17,500 on Box 23 unless it gets two more major upgrades, so I'll choose +£35,000.

Oh yes, and NO DEAL to the offer, of course.

OK! We've got three more boxes, and then we'll see how this goes...

11, 13 and 15, please.

Box 11 - £290,000 It will roll over again...

Box 13 - £500, good reply...

Box 15 - £1,000. Banker will enjoy the jackpot going, but that's about all he's enjoyed so far...

...because this is your board, and look how unstable it isn't!

10p
50p
£1
£5
£50
£100
£3,000
£5,000
£10,000
£20,000
£35,000
£50,000
£75,000
£100,000

Two predictions left. Is this the time for one of them?

No prediction here.

BANKER'S OFFER

£7,500

A modest drop after a round where the jackpot went but two disposable amounts joined it... Deal or No Deal?

With this being a nearly perfect £100k board, a third of the average definitely isn't going to cut it. NO DEAL.

17, 21 and 22, please.

No messing, on we go...

Box 17 - £100,000! Not a near-perfect £100k board now... but it is a near-perfect £75k board...

Box 21 is on the table, so on to 22... and that's £35,000! Ouch... one more to open...

20, please.