can anyone let me know how many times the quarter million box has lasted to the end of the game and how many of those times it has been on one of the wings (as opposed to being the box brought to the table) i'm sure i didn't need to add that bit in brackets but you never know with some of you!

I'm intrigued as to why you need to know this so urgently!

when i need to know something i need to know it yesterday, i'm a nightmare apparently and ******* irritating. i'm trying to decide if your post counts as time wasting........... probably but i love you anyway just cos you took the time to notice my topic. x

From the way you asked, I got the feeling that somebody's life was at stake or something!

Anyway, in the first 1000 games, the £250k has been in the final two 92 times. 51 times it was the box still on the wings and 41 times it was the box on the table. (1 of those 41 times was due to a it being brought to the table in a mid-game swap.)

Thank you for your love.

How many were there where the contestant hadn't already dealt?

thank you for your reply, i'm impressed by your speed.... david appears to be pondering.

Jennifer -- game 17
Germaine -- game 108
Kirsty -- game 132
Morris -- game 160
David -- game 289
Claudine -- game 331
Laura -- game 351
Bunney -- game 372
Graeme -- game 452
Rodney -- game 484
Maria -- game 507
Theresa -- game 539
Matt -- game 697
Andy -- game 876
Billy -- game 914
Lisa -- game 1000

In addition to that, there have been three occasions when it was present as part of a Banker's Gamble.

i don't know the answer to this but i have often found seven to be the answer to a lot of questions. i hope this helps. x

who is simon F?

Noel Edmonds' son.

Surely that's Simon E?

Me.

excellent! pleased to meet you.

Thanks. I'm someone who has followed DOND from the beginning (originally on a website called Bother's Bar). I have a degree in mathematics which is why I tend to often view the game statisically and therefore am in the "less likely to gamble" part of the forum.

Not sure that those necessarily go together? I also have a maths degree and as a result tend to look at offers in a statistical manner... but anything below the mean potentially has a rational reason for no-dealing in mathematical terms and that applies to 99.9% of offers. I'm sure KP and others would say I was the most Wakeyistic of the "analyst" people on here... and that's because if I was on the show (and I'd probably want a guaranteed £250k to make me appear on national TV so it's all hypothetical) I'd want to take a shot at the life-changing money and so even generous offers on a bad board I'd probably go on in most cases.

There are probably some cases where I'd be inclined to gamble too if the implied odds were good enough.

I wouldn't be surprised if he were pondering as to your sanity.

Why does that even matter though? They're only avid fans of the way the show works

my sanity!? i'm not the one here that sits around in the nuddy, i would at the very least wear some shockingly sensible lady pants.