Joan's game today.

Noel says there is a great atmosphere in the dream factory at the moment, after the past 2 days games where courage was rewarded.

Wahey, touch down on planet Joan!!! Please make it three days in a row luck!

Joan has box 15 today. Noel says he is really looking forward to this (holding his head in his hands )

Noel is already in stiches as Joan puts her box on totally the wrong place on the table. After putting it right, he races off stage and says hope you have a nice game, you are on your own Joan is a retired nurse, and Noel asks was the retirement voluntary, or not

Noel asks Joan about a story at the hotel where someone was banging on her hotel door!!! Noel asks was he banging to get out, or to get in

Joan has her daughter in the audience for support today.

Noel asks the audience for the maximum support for him

Here we go...

Round 1

2 - £500

There is a BIG pause as Joan looks around the contestants, and Noel asks her what she is looking for... She says she is looking for box 2

11 - £750

16 - £20,000

19 - £1

5 - £10,000

Banker time

Joan asks how many she can have now, and Noel replies "As many as you want" Then whispers that she has had 5 boxes, and then Joan calls out box 6

The banker calls and says he will offer £250,000 not to talk to Joan

The banker wants to make the next offer to the whole audience!!!

Banker offers

SWAP

Noel asks Joan if there is a box that would mean anything to her, and she replies box 10...


Joan says

SWAP

Joan now has box 10

Haha Joan's a legend!

Stats after Round 1
Offer: SWAP
Mean: £31,436.21
Offer (%): N/A
Fair Deal: £11,458.61
Volatility: 0.88
Redometer: 1

Board
1p
10p
50p
£5
£10
£50
£100
£250
£1,000
£3,000
£5,000
£15,000
£35,000
£50,000
£75,000
£100,000
£250,000

That's the first mid-game swap that's been offered since PJ back on May 13th... and we all know what happened there! Is that new music they played after the swap offer? Oh and Noel, we've been through this many times before... the box with the higher numbers are lighter because less red ink is used.

Next round

6 - £100,000

Noel tells Joan that the banker will now always use box 15 against her...

21 - £5 Newbie Maggie

Noel calls a break now, but asks Joan if she would like a drink, and she asks for a glass of water with a sweet in

We're back and it's viewer competition time.

Today is box 2 containing £10,000


Back to Joan's game...

Last box before the banker...

4 - £15,000

Banker time

Stats after Round 2
Offer: £5,000
Mean: £29,957.90
Offer (%): 16.69%
Fair Deal: £9,699.78
Volatility: 1.48
Redometer: -7 (↓8)

Board
1p
10p
50p
£10
£50
£100
£250
£1,000
£3,000
£5,000
£35,000
£50,000
£75,000
£250,000

It's an interesting shape to the game now says Noel... Ground control would like to talk to planet Joan Joan says the banker sounds very frustrated, and all he needs to do is send around a cheque for her and he can go Joan hangs up, and Noel has to call back!! He tries 1471, but it's number withheld

Banker offers

£5,000

Joan says

NO DEAL

Next round

13 - £1,000

9 - £250,000

This is now a £75,000 game says Noel

3 - £100

Banker time

Joan tries to pick another box, until Noel stops her... The banker says that the £250,000 would have been far to big a cheque to shove under her door

Banker offers

£5,000

Stats after Round 3
Offer: £5,000
Mean: £15,300.96
Offer (%): 32.68%
Fair Deal: £5,792.62
Volatility: 0.80
Redometer: -15 (↓8)

Board
1p
10p
50p
£10
£50
£250
£3,000
£5,000
£35,000
£50,000
£75,000

Joan says

NO DEAL

Next round

22 - £250

1 - £3,000

Noel asks Joan if she is tempted to find out what is in box 15, and Joan replies that she is, but we will have to wait until after the break to find out....

This seems like a hoot. Gameplay-wise, I would probably be working on a central tendency of getting two of those three to five-box then running. Assuming moderate offers, which is about as safe an assumption as assuming that I could bench-press more than anyone else in the Dream Factory - despite being under nine and a half stone.