Donna asks for advice from the wings but says the £50k is smiling at her. Her son says it's a gamble but Donna says she's here to play the game and is only here once.

Donna says

NO DEAL

Round 6

21 - Kelly £750

9- Dan £15,000

Donna wonders whether to pick her Nanna's favourite number 5 or Eugenia

8 - Eugenia £10

Banker time with 10p and £50,000 left

Hopefully now she will keep to her word and go all the way.

Either way. hopefully a spanking for the first time of the week.

Banker wants to keep 7 and 5 in the offer as otherwise he doesn't think he has a chance

Banker's offer:

£17,500

Donna says someone has to change this group's luck. She asks for advice but most people tell her to do what she wants. Noel says that he notices most people are too scared to give her commital advice.

Donna says

DEAL

Donna's box 7 contains 10p



Al opens box 5 with the £50k

Noel says she almost went to box 5 at the end and would have had an all-blue finish and at last the spell of bad luck has been broken with a spanking on Mother's Day.

Now that's more like it!

A much needed OPW, and we certainly needed one too! Congratulations Donna!

Sorry about the slight blip mid-game. My computer froze for a minute or two.

Can't complain with the result - no very questionable gambles and knew when sensibility had to take over from belief in lucky numbers.

I'm surprised that 2-box offer was so high with such a low blue there but it was well-earned having taken a risk beforhand!

Well played! (And much better than the disaster on Mothers Day last year)

Let's hope this is the start of a good period of Deal, and not just a flash in the pan.

Donna: "I couldn't take the chance."

I don't think many people could with 10p sitting there. I certainly would never do that.

Well you know someone who would.... you only have ONE chance at getting the big money...

Nice to see Mark being consistent with his attitude despite the fact he'd have crashed spectacularly today.

That sort of five-box decision needs that sort of two-box offer generosity to be vindicated and she got it. £7.5k was marginal with moderate generosity (£15k on blue/£50k, £30k on £15k/£50k, and £5k on blue/£15k seemed viable and translate to an EV of £9k, a 20% premium on the offer - which is about my benchmark for justifying a risk there).

Wooo! OPW at last! Couldn't have been done by a better person. That will have uplifted the contestants a lot! Hope she enjoys the money.

Donna! Donna! Donna!

I think she's the first Donna to get a spanking (certainly not the emotional breakdown of her infamous namesake today).

Hurrah! I actually know Donna's son Andrew (or 'Elv' as he's known!), having interviewed him on the radio a few times. His band Filthy Revolution are worth a listen.

Back to the game, and I know I'm a bit biased but I do think Donna played that well. She was honest about her modest ambitions and while her faith in certain numbers helped up her self-belief when the big numbers were going, she also recognised a good offer when she was offered one. A good attitude that was well rewarded. Well done Donna

Thanks for providing the commentary today, Simon!

A brilliant game - though the big money still isn't coming to the table is it?

Thought the Banker pitched the 5 box offer quite cleverly just high enough that the nightmare proveout would secure a spanking - and in the current climate a deal wouldn't have been unexpected on that configuration. Brave no deal by Donna though followed by a sensible deal that thankfully went in her favour

Correct me if I'm wrong here but isn't that the first Spanking since Jess's game - coincidently also the 'mummy' of the group?