This might be interesting, I wonder if anyone has the ability to work out what the significance of the first opened box has on the winning amount of each player.

i.e how often does a blue first box result in a blue win and a red in a red etc..

Interesting question. Here's some quick calculations based on the 689 games broadcast so far.

Mean win of all 689 players: £16,827.12

Mean win of all 348 players who have started by revealing a red amount: £15,521.69
Mean win of all 341 players who have started by revealing a blue amount: £18,159.35

Actually, the difference there is a little wider than I'd have anticipated.

The difference can be accounted for by the number of shows that have seen a Power 5 amount opened first.

This is an interesting thought. Statistically, I doubt it has too much of an influence, but it may well do psychologically, at the very least. There used to be a thread somewhere about people who hit £250k in the first box and what they ultimately won - the best example is perhaps Gaz who knocked it out in his first box, and no dealt all the way to £100k.

Some more detailed stats:

LIST OF MEAN AMOUNTS WON, CATEGORISED BY VALUE OF FIRST BOX OPENED

FIRST BOX OPENED -- MEAN WIN
1. £5 -- £23,094.98
2. £1 -- £22,976.67
3. £50 -- £20,338.20
4. £500 -- £19,562.19
5. £3000 -- £18,818.04
6. £10 -- £18,743.14
7. £1000 -- £18,629.04
8. £5000 -- £18,354.26
9. 50p -- £18,213.93
10. 1p -- £18,182.64
11. £50,000 -- £17,454.25
12. £75,000 -- £15,336.14
13. £750 -- £15,018.22
14. £35,000 -- £14,959.96
15. £250,000 -- £14,911.37
16. £250 -- £14,819.42
17. 10p -- £14,787.75
18. £15,000 -- £14,500.05
19. £100 -- £14,261.46
20. £100,000 -- £13,945.58
21. £20,000 -- £13,436.98
22. £10,000 -- £12,123.15

Looking at that, it's better to reveal the quarter million in the first box than it is to reveal the 10p!

Haha wow, great stuff. The difference between £5 and £10,000 is staggering though! So when that first box is £10,000 and they say that's ok, maybe it ain't!

Crikey...

Let me guess, Laura's first box was £5...*checks*...ooh no! It was £1. Close enough.

It seemed that everyone who opened the 1p first went on to have a really awful game, so the fact that it's as high as 10th surprised me at first, but then I remembered Jennifer and Lance.

It seems as if everyone that finds the £250,000 first box have had a really good game, or not, according to the stats.

Thanks MisterAl, this has always made me think.

this is interesting because now as you watch every game when you see the first box opened you'll be able to guess the amount of money the player will get at end, roughly!