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daniel123

PostPosted: Wed Jan 24, 2018 10:45 pm    Author: daniel123    Post subject: Season 1: players finding the £250,000 in round 1
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I was interested in finding out how many players took out the £250,000 in their opening round in season 1, and what they went on to win.

There were 49 such players (21% of the total 234) during the show's inaugural season. They're listed in the image below, alongside the date of each individual show's transmission and the amounts they won.

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As you can see, 42 (86%) of the 49 players who knocked out the quarter-million in round 1 actually went on to win £1,000 or more. Only 7 won amounts in the blue range.
The average amount won during season 1 by these players was £13,383, which is only £2,617.68 below the season's overall average win, £16,000.68.

Before I looked into this, I had been under the impression that if you eliminated the highest figure in the opening round, you'd automatically be at a disadvantage in terms of your eventual progress, and that the stats would bear this out. My hypothesis was blown out of the water, as it happened, and it seems that a bit of early bad luck doesn't actually hurt your chances very much at all.

In fact, if you're like Gaz or Saj, it might even be a good thing... :ponder:

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PostPosted: Fri Jan 26, 2018 4:00 am    Author: American Coupon Boy    Post subject: Re: Season 1: players finding the £250,000 in round 1
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It's definitely better to hit the £250,000 in Round 1 than Rounds 3 or 4 (or especially 5 or 6 if you're still in live play) as it's a definite momentum-breaker whenever you hit it and the Banker would likely respond with a punishing offer even if the board is still fairly strong. Of course in Round 1 this hardly hurts you as no one ever takes the opening offer, but hit it in Round 4 and the Banker could easily make a forcing offer (especially with his erratic behavior back then) at a stage where many players would consider dealing if the offer was good for the board.

In fact, here's a follow-up assignment: check the average winnings of people from the 1st series who found the £250,000 in Round 4. I bet it's probably in four figures!

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PostPosted: Sat Jan 27, 2018 12:11 am    Author: daniel123    Post subject: Re: Season 1: players finding the £250,000 in round 1
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Well, B-Rod, the results are IN...

During season 1, a total of 22 players (9.4%) hit the £250,000 in round 4. Of those, only 4 won blue amounts; 18 salvaged red wins. The average amount won by those 22 players was £11,521.41.

In season 2, 43 players found the biggie in the fourth round. They were split into 15 blue winners (35%) and 28 red winners (65%), and on average, they won £12,256.81.

Then came my real challenge, which began at 3pm today and ended just before 11pm (with a few hours in between doing anything other than glaring at a sodding spreadsheet...) - from season 3 until the show's conclusion.

There, I found 313 contestants unlucky enough to knock out the quarter-mill at your stated stage in the game. And, do you know what? Again, most of them didn't do too badly! There were only 76 blue winners (24%) to the 237 who won red amounts (76%). On average, their earning was £11,460.55.

So, putting all that together - for the entirety of Deal or No Deal's eleven years on air...

378 players found the £250,000 in round 4.
Of those, 95 (25%) ended up winning less than £1,000.
This means that 283 (75%) won more than £1,000.
The average winning for players finding the £250,000 in round 4 was £11,552.25.
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 27, 2018 1:18 pm    Author: American Coupon Boy    Post subject: Re: Season 1: players finding the £250,000 in round 1
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Good thing I didn't place any money on that bet, then. :P

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PostPosted: Sat Jan 27, 2018 3:51 pm    Author: daniel123    Post subject: Re: Season 1: players finding the £250,000 in round 1
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Ha, it's definitely a surprising result... :P

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