I completely agree with this. There was some screaming at the television in my household today.

I think most players on the wings discourage the contestant to pick their box in order to avoid the responsibility of ruining a game but ironically the opposite was the case for Jason. If he had picked them 5 or so people who discouraged him on the 2nd round (because they thought they had a red) the game would be completely different and he would have taken home a decent some of money. It's a random game for goodness sake there is a 50:50 chance of the box being blue yet everyone is convinced they have reds - that's negative thinking!!!!
I actually praise June for having the guts to say "open mine" despite the unfortunate outcome. I don't believe there are 22 pyschic contestants so stop guessing the ruddy boxes and just open the b**gers.

I agree with the above post. Very unfortunate game today. Just wish he had gone for the boxes he wanted without thinking they all knew what they had.

A lesson for everyone who plays the game. Just open the ruddy boxes. It's a game of chance.

Geordie had the right idea! Shame it only got him £20, but still.

i would never dare guess what was in my box if it was a high number i would feel so bad - xxx

That's the major advantage of having a system - even if it's just pre-selected random numbers. It saves having to make the decisions as you go along and relying on "feelings" about boxes.

personally i wouldn't ask anyone what they thought was in their box, or for a sweep or an opinion not cause I would be awkward its just if it went wrong I could only blame myself and not all those other lovely people

yeah same here - besides i know what numbers i would want to pick and in what order so wouldnt need to ask - if it works bonus if not ah well ill get over it - i wouldnt wanna make ppl feel bad xxxx

I needed you there to hold my hand.

It seems like every time they leave their 'lucky' numbers till the end, they always seem to pick off the high reds early and it turns out to be blues in there.

Also, with the state of the board the way it was, £5000 was an extremely good offer and there's no way I wouldn't have dealt then, especially with his luck the way it was going.

Thankyou that's very sweet.My daughter has no idea of money value she just wants to go to school tomorrow and lap up the glory of her photo being on TV.Bless her.

I will be there cheers mate look forward to seeing you for the quiz next week.What time does it start?

Beautiful words that I cannot better.

Love to my 3rd child.

do you think i would of gone home that day if I'd of known you were game 3 of the day they would of had to drag me out screaming I would of demanded a rematch

I wouldn't have, purely because £5,000 isn't life-changing, but £75,000 (which was still there at the time) is. You can win £5,000 just by ringing in - when will you ever get a 1 in 8 shot at £75,000 again? So I didn't think it was a bad decision at all.

I would of played it just the same and I would not of risked that 1p for anything to many men in that phone box already

Sorry. I just can't resist fixing this.

I would have played it just the same and I would not have risked that 1p for anything. Too many men in that phone box already.

Carry on. Don't mind me.

sorry morning can't spell disease

Oh no! I've been at the quiz every Monday for ages but am going to my parent's place in Kent for a fortnight from Wednesday to prepare for my exams so won't be at the quiz. How annoying I'm gutted. Sorry Jason mate. I will buy you that drink one day though!

I'm glad you didn't join the 1p club!