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.