The answer to the life, the universe, and everything for the Banker is getting another chance to play LEAH! He's only paid out just over £18,000 to her in cash and prizes across three games, which is less than more than one of his opponents' per-game average! But with £455,000 to play for and plenty of bad luck presumably burned in those three prior showings, he ought to be worried... which of these six will be the rules of engagement?

Hopefully we can pick up a little more luck this time around... game 4 please!

The last five games have been played under five different rules, but it's been 14 games since 23 Build came up...



...and the wait goes on, as it's a fifth appearance in 11 games for Prize Boxes!

This one's also due for a big win, the average win on this isn't much higher than yours!

1p
10p
50p
£1
MINI PRIZE
£10
£50
£100
£250
£500
MIDI PRIZE
£1,000
£3,000
£5,000
£10,000
MAXI PRIZE
£20,000
£35,000
£50,000
£75,000
£113,750
£455,000

The Box 23 setup...

DOUBLE
ADD MAXI
ADD MIDI
ADD MINI
NOTHING

You have Box 9 and have to open five. You could undo so many demons in just one game here... GOOD LUCK!

Alright, let's go...
Boxes 17, 8, 12, 7, and 22!

Is the Nissan Leah one of the maxi prizes?

And away we go! Let's bury some demons.

Box 17 - £75,000! Or... maybe not?

Box 8 - MINI PRIZE! Perfect response!

Box 12 - £50,000! Is this going to be yet another scary board in this series?

Box 7 - £3,000...

Box 22 - £5,000 completes a round the Banker will surely have enjoyed!

1p
10p
50p
£1
£10
£50
£100
£250
£500
MIDI PRIZE
£1,000
£10,000
MAXI PRIZE
£20,000
£35,000
£113,750
£455,000

The Banker rings up... and points out that he can't believe his luck! Prize Boxes, the mode he saves money on the most. And Leah, with an even lower average... but not the lowest, he notes, amongst people who've had multiple games!

You need to win under £5,450 for your average to go below Paul's...

BANKER'S OFFER

£5,449.99 + NO-DOWNSIDE 23

Had to get that reference into that offer, but had to add a condition to make it high enough for the board! Deal or No Deal?

High enough for the board? Hmmm... Survey says not quite, but it's not bad by first offer standards
NO DEAL, Boxes 19, 21, and 6!

Of course, the Banker meant high enough for the board to fit in his opening-offer range

Box 19 - £500 will help bump up that second-offer range...

Box 21 - £250 will too! ABR?

Box 6 - £50! ABR!

ABR!

1p
10p
50p
£1
£10
£100
MIDI PRIZE
£1,000
£10,000
MAXI PRIZE
£20,000
£35,000
£113,750
£455,000

It's safe to say he can't offer you £5,449.99 now.

BANKER'S OFFER

£14,000

That is a rather bigger bid! But this board obviously has an awful lot of upside... although you don't need reminding of the downside! Deal or No Deal?

Much better! That said, I don't think I can bail out of a game with the top two still alive this early, and I reckon the banker needs a good scare... NO DEAL!

Boxes 4, 5, and 2 next round.

Well, we know as long as those top two are there he could be in for that kind of scare!

Box 4 - £35,000! Well, the scare's going the other way with that one...

Box 5 - £455,000!! Youch. Just youch.

Box 2 - £10! It's something, I guess?

1p
10p
50p
£1
£100
MIDI PRIZE
£1,000
£10,000
MAXI PRIZE
£20,000
£113,750

He's not making the obvious offer.

BANKER'S OFFER

£5,450.01

Deal or No Deal?

...yeesh.
It's a pretty shaky game right now, but there's still four boxes above the offer. There's a fair bit of room to get the offer back up if I keep the £100k+ alive, and while it'll hurt if I lose it the board will get rather stable and I'll still have a decent chance of getting at least back to this level. NO DEAL!
Boxes 20, 16, and 13 next.

If we can keep all four of those you refer to, that's by no means a bad 8-box!

Box 20 - 1p! Especially with that one out of the way...

Box 16 - MIDI PRIZE! So far, absolutely magnificent...

Box 13 - £113,750!! Oh.

Aww.

10p
£50
£1
£100
£1,000
£10,000
MAXI PRIZE
£20,000

The Banker says that when you and Prize Boxes collide, he literally can't lose!

BANKER'S OFFER

£5 + ALIENWARE LAPTOP

That laptop comes with the latest Intel Core i7-8750H hexa-core processor, nVidia GeForce GTX 1070 GPU, 16GB RAM, and a 17" 1440p screen with a 120Hz refresh rate! It's £2,299.95 and comes courtesy of John Lewis... and you'd get a token fiver to put on Box 23 as well looking for another prize. Deal or No Deal?

I''d be quickly boarding the nope train with that offer. While I'm not against winning prizes, I'd certainly want more than £5 cash to go with it.