From the Christmas trailer

"Christmas gamble...Deal Or No Deal"

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Round 6 (proveout) - part 1

Noel says it took Franny a long time to decide, so that was the right decision for him, and he could still get a banker spanking.

6 - Haz - £100

Banker time

Round 6 (proveout) - part 2

4 - Lyn - £50,000

Banker time

Round 6 (proveout) - part 3

Noel says Franny did make a mistake, but not a massive one.

1 - Harold - £20,000

Banker time with £500 and £10,000 remaining

Not today.

*facepalm* No Noel, it wouldn't have been a banker spanking, even if he had taken out £50,000 straight away, because he'd been offered £25,000 beforehand.

£15,000 was an easy deal for me, being so close to the mean.

Franny has £10,000 in his box 17

Box 22 with H contains the £500

The game is not over yet... the banker phones.

3.9% actually. (You forgot to include the possibility that all five of them are there.)

Noel passes on the banker's message. He says Franny now has the opportunity to take part in a banker's party game. He could double his winnings. A chimney appears on set with a bucket full of snowballs!

Banker's offer:

BANKER'S CHRISTMAS GAMBLE

If Franny says NO DEAL, he keeps £15,000. If he says DEAL, Franny will throw 3 snowballs at the chimney. If he gets one in the chimney, then his winnings double to £30,000. If he misses all 3, then the winnings halve to £7,500.

Double or half as an end game, have I swapped over to Five all of sudden or has Phillip Schofield taken over DOND?

Might as well deal and go for it.

Sure?

The banker phones back and increases the number of balls to 4!

Franny says NO DEAL

He keeps the £15,000

Hypo Gamble!!!

Should have gone for it...

Round 6 (proveout) - part 4 - Banker's Christmas Gamble

We now get to find out what would've happened.

Franny throws the first snowball, and he gets it in!

Franny's winnings would've doubled to £30,000, but he said NO DEAL to the Gamble, so his winnings remain at £15,000.

I'd have no dealt that Gamble and rolled those 4 balls down the walk of wealth then out of protest of a really stupid twist.

Sensible deal taken after a reasonable 8 box gamble taken for a normal player. I still think there is a chance Franny may have been influenced by the Santa/Scrooge twist though.