Here are the odds of avoiding the Power 5 (£35,000-£250,000) for every stage of the game up to the final 5 boxes:

First 5 Boxes= 23.5%
First 8 boxes= 7.6%
First 11 boxes= 1.75%
First 14 boxes= 0.21% (in Daniel's and Colleen's game this was achieved)
First 17 boxes= .000379%

To achieve the perfect game up to the final 5 boxes, and not take any of the Power 5 out is a very remote chance. Based upon the current show count it would be statistically likely to happen once in 92 years!

Here are the odds of avoiding the Power 3 (£75,000, £100,000, and £250,000) for every stage of the game up to the final 5 boxes, a more realistic target:

First 5 Boxes= 44.15%
First 8 boxes= 23.6%
First 11 boxes= 10.71%
First 14 boxes= 3.6%
First 17 boxes= 0.6%

To get to the final 5 boxes with the Power 3 still intact is statistically likely to happen just under two times a year!

Rico

Nice stats but it would remiss of me not to link to Mister Al's version from Bother's Bar.

http://www.bothersbar.co.uk/toteboard.htm