And here's how it went!
Returning Contestant:
Lakisa Bright!
Chosen case: 17
The board: $5/$50/$100/$200/$1,000/$5,000/$10,000/$500,000/$750,000/$1,000,000
Banker's offer:
$48,000!
NO DEAL!
Round Four: Three Cases:
8: $200
24: $100
4: $5,000
Banker's offer:
$175,000!
NO DEAL!
Round Five: Two Cases:
18: $5!
2: $750,000!!
The Banker decides to give Lakisa a two-part offer!
First the cash and the other is something her husband wants, a hair transplant! Yes, the Banker has arranged Lakisa's husband to a top hair doctor for the implants! The prize is valued at over $15,000!
Banker's offer:
$134,000 and "Hair Plugs"!
With that creative offer, Lakisa decides...
NO DEAL!
Round Six: One Case:
26: $50
Banker's offer:
$263,000!
NO DEAL!
Round Seven: One Case:
14: $10,000
Banker's offer:
$357,000!
NO DEAL!
Round Eight: One Case:
20: $500,000!
Banker's offer:
$215,000!
DEAL!
Lakisa has won a huge $215,000! While clearly not the best deal possible, we can see if she has still at least beaten The Banker with the prove-out!
20: $1,000
The final two would of been $400 or $1,000,000!
Prove-out offer:
$500,000!
Did Lakisa have the big one? Howie opens Case 17 and shows us that she had...
17: $1,000,000!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YES! LAKISA HAD THE MILLION DOLLAR CASE THE WHOLE TIME!!!! A first on American DoND! Lakisa is devastated but still quite happy with her winnings!
To prove it: 10: $400
Peak offer: $500,000
Case value: $1,000,000
Prize won: $215,000
Result: Outright Banker Win
Next contestant:
Allyson Thadeus!
Fast facts: Allyson had Cystic Fibrosis growing up but a double lung transplant cured Allyson of the disease and is totally healthy!
Allyson will be choosing numbers in an unusual way. Allyson brought with her a sack filled with numbered balls. She will choose which case to open by randomly grabbing a ball from the sack and going with what ever the number is! But she already had a case in mind to be hers...
Chosen case: 25
Round One: Six Cases:
15: $10,000
13: .01¢!!!
16: $1!!
8: $500
22: $1,000
11: $200
Banker's offer:
$29,000!
NO DEAL!
Round Two: Five Cases:
5: $25
10: $400,000
9: $400
2: $10
19: $5!
Banker's offer:
$66,000!
Allyson will decide to deal or no deal her offer... FRIDAY!
And there you have it!
-Joe R.