October 2006 holds the record for having the most first round offers in excess of £10,000, 8 currently. These are the highest first round offers in the history of DOND in chronological offer (Qualification: £9,000 or more) Matt's first offer of £20,000 after he took out 5 blues is currently the highest:

Dec 9th 2005 Kai £9,000 Contestant's Winnings: £7,500 (Deal)
January 28th 2006 Marie £9,000 Contestant's Winnings: £4,000 (Deal)
March 29th Aaron £15,000 Contestant's Winnings: £25,000 (Deal)
April 24th Clare £9,000 Contestant's Winnings: £1,500 (Deal)
April 28th Hilary £10,000 Contestant's Winnings: £50,000 (in box)
May 1st Francesca £9,000 Contestant's Winnings: £20,000 (Deal)
May 3rd Pat M £9,500 Contestant's Winnings: £1,000 (in box)
May 17th Sarah £9,005 Contestant's Winnings: £6,000 (Deal)
May 23rd Lofty £9,400 Contestant's Winnings: £18,000 (Deal)
May 27th Mark £10,000 Contestant's Winnings: £5,000 (in box)
June 3rd Jainie £9,100 Contestant's Winnings: £31,000 (Deal)
June 13th Daz £11,000 Contestant's Winnings: £19,900 (Deal)
June 16th Ron £9,200 Contestant's Winnings: £20,000 (in box)
June 17th Debbie £9,000 Contestant's Winnings: £15,000 (Deal)
June 17th Lee £11,000 Contestant's Winnings: £10,001 (Deal)
June 26th Ryan £12,000 Contestant's Winnings: £15,500 (Deal)
June 27th Melanie £9,100 Contestant's Winnings: £30,000 (Deal)
July 3rd Paul £13,000 Contestant's Winnings: £32,000 (Deal)
July 5th Linda E £14,000 Contestant's Winnings: £20,000 (Deal)
July 10th Pierre £10,000 Contestant's Winnings: £7,000 (Deal)
August 30th Lance £10,000 Contestant's Winnings: £87,000 (Deal)
September 6th Paul £9,000 Contestant's Winnings: £9,500 (Deal)
September 15th Joseph £12,000 Contestant's Winnings: £13,000 (Deal)
September 19th Barbara £10,000 Contestant's Winnings: £13,000 (Deal)
September 20th Khanny £16,000 Contestant's Winnings: £5,000 (in box)
September 25th Billy £11,000 Contestant's Winnings: £50,000 (Deal)
September 26th Matt £20,000 Contestant's Winnings: £5,000 (in box)
September 28th Billy £10,063.79 Contestant's Winnings: £19,990 (Deal)
October 2nd Pat £10,000 Contestant's Winnings: £22,000 (Deal)
October 3rd Mark P £10,000 Contestant's Winnings: £22,000 (Deal)
October 10th Rosy £10,000 Contestant's Winnings: £15,000 (Deal)
October 12th Ray £11,000 Contestant's Winnings: £18,001 (Deal)
October 13th Susannah £10,000 Contestant's Winnings: £8,500 (Deal)
October 17th Peter £11,111 Contestant's Winnings: £3,500 (Deal)
October 20th Lisa £12,000 Contestant's Winnings: £100 (in box)
October 22nd Harry £13,000 Contestant's Winnings: £20,000 (Deal)
October 29th David J £17,000 Contestant's Winnings: £70,000 (Deal)
November 3rd Howard £18,000 Contestant's Winnings: £1 (in box)

As can be seen, the first offers have increased significantly in recent times compared to the early days of Deal Or No Deal.

I made this graph using the ScrewThebanker stats -

Interesting just how uniform the increasing first offers have been:



Edit: grr the graph may not currently fit on smaller screens atm, I've made it smaller in photobucket but that takes a small amount of time to work.

Excellent analysis TicTac, thanks for that!

20 point moving average

I bet that took some time to do!


It does prove quite a big point that the baker is getting more and more generous o first offers which is good in my opinion as that is the bankers job, to buy the box and nobody would do that at the first offer unless it was alot higher than £15,000.

Not really I only had to copy the column of first offers from the Screwthebanker spreadsheet, and stick in a forumula every twenty values to average the last 20 values.

Thanks TicTac - very interesting!

Thats not a moving average then

You should start at 20 and get the average of the first 20 then 21 and do the same apart from the first then 22 and miss out the 1 and 2... etc
I think.

Ah yeh, your right. So the graph isnt quite a true moving average but its quite close. It would just be a similar line just 'oscillating' much more I think.

Glad people foudn it interesting, I'll make some more for the other offers maybe.. .

Yeah it shows the same thing basically!

It is quite intresting just need the graphs for the rest of the offers now

At the time of posting, October 2006 comfortably holds the record for having the most first round offers in excess of £10,000. The figure is 11, well in excess of any previous month. These are the highest first round offers in the history of DOND in chronological offer (Qualification: £9,000 or more) Matt's first offer of £20,000 after he took out 5 blues is currently the highest:

Dec 9th 2005 Kai £9,000 Contestant's Winnings: £7,500 (Deal)
January 28th 2006 Marie £9,000 Contestant's Winnings: £4,000 (Deal)
March 29th Aaron £15,000 Contestant's Winnings: £25,000 (Deal)
April 24th Clare £9,000 Contestant's Winnings: £1,500 (Deal)
April 28th Hilary £10,000 Contestant's Winnings: £50,000 (in box)
May 1st Francesca £9,000 Contestant's Winnings: £20,000 (Deal)
May 3rd Pat M £9,500 Contestant's Winnings: £1,000 (in box)
May 17th Sarah £9,005 Contestant's Winnings: £6,000 (Deal)
May 23rd Lofty £9,400 Contestant's Winnings: £18,000 (Deal)
May 27th Mark £10,000 Contestant's Winnings: £5,000 (in box)
June 3rd Jainie £9,100 Contestant's Winnings: £31,000 (Deal)
June 13th Daz £11,000 Contestant's Winnings: £19,900 (Deal)
June 16th Ron £9,200 Contestant's Winnings: £20,000 (in box)
June 17th Debbie £9,000 Contestant's Winnings: £15,000 (Deal)
June 17th Lee £11,000 Contestant's Winnings: £10,001 (Deal)
June 26th Ryan £12,000 Contestant's Winnings: £15,500 (Deal)
June 27th Melanie £9,100 Contestant's Winnings: £30,000 (Deal)
July 3rd Paul £13,000 Contestant's Winnings: £32,000 (Deal)
July 5th Linda E £14,000 Contestant's Winnings: £20,000 (Deal)
July 10th Pierre £10,000 Contestant's Winnings: £7,000 (Deal)
August 30th Lance £10,000 Contestant's Winnings: £87,000 (Deal)
September 6th Paul £9,000 Contestant's Winnings: £9,500 (Deal)
September 15th Joseph £12,000 Contestant's Winnings: £13,000 (Deal)
September 19th Barbara £10,000 Contestant's Winnings: £13,000 (Deal)
September 20th Khanny £16,000 Contestant's Winnings: £5,000 (in box)
September 25th Billy £11,000 Contestant's Winnings: £50,000 (Deal)
September 26th Matt £20,000 Contestant's Winnings: £5,000 (in box)
September 28th Billy £10,063.79 Contestant's Winnings: £19,990 (Deal)
October 2nd Pat £10,000 Contestant's Winnings: £22,000 (Deal)
October 3rd Mark P £10,000 Contestant's Winnings: £22,000 (Deal)
October 10th Rosy £10,000 Contestant's Winnings: £15,000 (Deal)
October 12th Ray £11,000 Contestant's Winnings: £18,001 (Deal)
October 13th Susannah £10,000 Contestant's Winnings: £8,500 (Deal)
October 17th Peter £11,111 Contestant's Winnings: £3,500 (Deal)
October 20th Lisa £12,000 Contestant's Winnings: £100 (in box)
October 22nd Harry £13,000 Contestant's Winnings: £20,000 (Deal)
October 25th Jeff £10,000 Contestant's Winnings: £64,000 (Deal)
October 29th Jane £10,000 Contestant's Winnings: £27,000 (Deal)
October 29th David J £17,000 Contestant's Winnings: £70,000 (Deal)

As can be seen, the first offers have increased significantly in recent times compared to the early days of Deal Or No Deal.

Howard's first round offer of £18,000 in today's game, November 3rd 2006 is currently the second highest in Deal Or No Deal history.

October 2006 holds the record for having the most first round offers in excess of £10,000, 8 currently. These are the highest first round offers in the history of DOND in chronological offer (Qualification: £9,000 or more) Matt's first offer of £20,000 after he took out 5 blues is currently the highest:

Dec 9th 2005 Kai £9,000 Contestant's Winnings: £7,500 (Deal)
January 28th 2006 Marie £9,000 Contestant's Winnings: £4,000 (Deal)
March 29th Aaron £15,000 Contestant's Winnings: £25,000 (Deal)
April 24th Clare £9,000 Contestant's Winnings: £1,500 (Deal)
April 28th Hilary £10,000 Contestant's Winnings: £50,000 (in box)
May 1st Francesca £9,000 Contestant's Winnings: £20,000 (Deal)
May 3rd Pat M £9,500 Contestant's Winnings: £1,000 (in box)
May 17th Sarah £9,005 Contestant's Winnings: £6,000 (Deal)
May 23rd Lofty £9,400 Contestant's Winnings: £18,000 (Deal)
May 27th Mark £10,000 Contestant's Winnings: £5,000 (in box)
June 3rd Jainie £9,100 Contestant's Winnings: £31,000 (Deal)
June 13th Daz £11,000 Contestant's Winnings: £19,900 (Deal)
June 16th Ron £9,200 Contestant's Winnings: £20,000 (in box)
June 17th Debbie £9,000 Contestant's Winnings: £15,000 (Deal)
June 17th Lee £11,000 Contestant's Winnings: £10,001 (Deal)
June 26th Ryan £12,000 Contestant's Winnings: £15,500 (Deal)
June 27th Melanie £9,100 Contestant's Winnings: £30,000 (Deal)
July 3rd Paul £13,000 Contestant's Winnings: £32,000 (Deal)
July 5th Linda E £14,000 Contestant's Winnings: £20,000 (Deal)
July 10th Pierre £10,000 Contestant's Winnings: £7,000 (Deal)
August 30th Lance £10,000 Contestant's Winnings: £87,000 (Deal)
September 6th Paul £9,000 Contestant's Winnings: £9,500 (Deal)
September 15th Joseph £12,000 Contestant's Winnings: £13,000 (Deal)
September 19th Barbara £10,000 Contestant's Winnings: £13,000 (Deal)
September 20th Khanny £16,000 Contestant's Winnings: £5,000 (in box)
September 25th Billy £11,000 Contestant's Winnings: £50,000 (Deal)
September 26th Matt £20,000 Contestant's Winnings: £5,000 (in box)
September 28th Billy £10,063.79 Contestant's Winnings: £19,990 (Deal)
October 2nd Pat £10,000 Contestant's Winnings: £22,000 (Deal)
October 3rd Mark P £10,000 Contestant's Winnings: £22,000 (Deal)
October 10th Rosy £10,000 Contestant's Winnings: £15,000 (Deal)
October 12th Ray £11,000 Contestant's Winnings: £18,001 (Deal)
October 13th Susannah £10,000 Contestant's Winnings: £8,500 (Deal)
October 17th Peter £11,111 Contestant's Winnings: £3,500 (Deal)
October 20th Lisa £12,000 Contestant's Winnings: £100 (in box)
October 22nd Harry £13,000 Contestant's Winnings: £20,000 (Deal)
October 29th David J £17,000 Contestant's Winnings: £70,000 (Deal)
November 3rd Howard £18,000 Contestant's Winnings: £1 (in box)

As can be seen, the first offers have increased significantly in recent times compared to the early days of Deal Or No Deal.

In the early days, some of the offers were really bad. e.g Shell 1st all blue opening round was offer £4,300. That is a terrible offer compared to Matt £20,000 1st offer!

These are the highest first round offers in the history of DOND in chronological offer
(Qualification: £15,000 or more) (all 2006)
Wrighty now moves up to first position and Danny second position though they were assisted
by having the first two games with £500,000 in active play
in the history of DOND:


March 29th Aaron £15,000 Contestant's Winnings: £25,000 (Deal)
September 20th Khanny £16,000 Contestant's Winnings: £5,000 (in box)
September 26th Matt £20,000 Contestant's Winnings: £5,000 (in box)
October 29th David J £17,000 Contestant's Winnings: £70,000 (Deal)
November 3rd Howard £18,000 Contestant's Winnings: £1 (in box)
November 30th Margaret £15,000 Contestant's Winnings: £20,000 (in box)
December 8th Lynsey £15,000 Contestant's Winnings: £20,000 (in box)
December 25th (1) Wrighty £24,000 Contestant's Winnings: £32,000 (Deal)
December 26th (2) Danny £21,500 Contestant's Winnings: £20,000 + £10,000 special gift (Deal)

6 out of these 9 contestants won more money than their high first round offers.