Below is a list of all the 26 players who took out the £250,000 in the very first box.

Andy K: £20,000
Jenna: £5,000
Mary-Ann: £18,000
Louise: £9,000
Irene: £5
Chris: £1,500
Michael D: £9,900
Gaz: £100,000
Colin: £10,000
Buddy: £50,000
Paul A: £32,000
Karen: £12,000
Ian: £20,000
Alasdair: £23,500
Wendy: £1,500
Joey: £9,000
Paul: £25,000
Thanh: £750
Pamela: £9,999.99
Mary: £8,008
Penny: £5,000
Den: £12,500
Stephen: £20,000
Colin: £10,000

TOTAL: 26 PLAYERS
AVERAGE WINNINGS: £17,278

Michael D: £9,900 (January 2006)
Jenna: £5,000 (January 2006)
Colin: £10,000 (May 2006)

Mary-Ann: £18,000 (20th December 2005)
Louise: £9,000 (29th December 2005)
Irene: £5 (2nd January 2006)
Bearded Chris: £1,500 (13th February 2006)
Ian: £20,000 (1st December 2006)
Mary: £8,008 (16th February 2007)

if gaz left his lucky box to the end he would have had a 100,000 and 250,000 as his final two, but i think he would have dealt earlier and blown the chance to win £100,000 and would have had the perfect board at the end and would probably still looking for our first 100,000 winner.

Den = £12,500

Updated with Den and Stephen.

Quite a few of them are OPWs, too! Shows that it's not how you start, it's how you finish, and Stephen proved that brilliantly today!

I bet you, people who took the 1p out first games had come out a lot worse than those who found the £250,000 first box.

I don't know, Jennifer and Lance probably push up that average quite a lot...

yeah.

But it does seem as though a lot of people's games have gone wrong if they have had a 1p start.

John G is a prime example.

Raj (2) also took out the 1p on the first box.

Maybe but Charlie, Miles and Rita did reasonably well.

I'm bored, so here's everyone who hit the 1p in the first box:

Paul (1) - £6,500
Jennifer (1) - £120,000
James (1) - £10
Eddie - £10,100
Tina - £5,000
Jason (1) - £27,000
Andy B. - £13,000
John G. - £10
Raj (2) - £1
Patricia - £32,000
Jainie - £31,000
Becca - £1,000
Mad Paul - £32,000
Pierre - £7,000
Debbie (2) - £250
Lance - £87,000
Ottis - £7,000
Adam (1) - £9,000
Joseph - £13,000
Naughty, Naughty Barbara - £13,000
Susannah - £8,500
Nalini - £10,000
Simon (4) - £750
Sarah M. - £12,500
Steven - £27,500
Charlie - £32,000
Miles - £26,400
Rita (2) - £18,444

Average win for people who hit £250k first = £17,194.29

Average win for people who hit 1p first = £19,641.61

Good work! But, I think you mean Raj (2)- £1, not Raj (1)- £1.

God, the Raj's are unlucky. A total between them of £1.10

I do indeed mean Raj (2) - thanks!

You missed out Suzanne - £47,000!

EDIT: Huh? I could've sworn she took out the 1p first.

Suzanne didn't hit the 1p until the 20th box!!

Oooh! You're quick!