And here's how it went!

Returning contestant: Michelle Falco!

Chosen case: 8!

The board:

- $1
- $10
- $300
- $750
- $750,000
- $1,000,000

Banker's offer: $153,000!

NO DEAL!

Round Six: One Case:













23: $750

Banker's offer: $198,000!












NO DEAL!

Round Seven: One Case:













7: $1!!

Banker's offer: $275,000!













NO DEAL!

Round Eight: One Case:

















14: $300

It's quite apparent, at this stage, that Michelle is on an incredible lucky streak! A great game would require a great offer and The Banker is promising just that!

The Banker wants Michelle's case and he's willing to cut her a check for this sum of money...













Banker's offer: $502,000!

Now, let me remind you that Michelle still has $750,000 and $1,000,000 in play, as well as just $10! It is just one more case to open, but any large number and the offer will almost certainly go down. But if she were to get incredibly lucky and take out the $10, you know Michelle will be guaranteed record-breaking, life changing sums of money!

This is an extremely tough decision. Michelle takes a very long time to make up her mind. This game is full of decisions. Do you go on? Do you play it safe? Do you have the courage to turn down hundreds of thousands of dollars for more? Are you comfortable with the possibility of a big loss? The pressure can be enormous.

Michelle has made her decision. The offer is $502,000 and Michelle has decided to say...

















NO DEAL!

Michelle is turning down over a half-million dollars!!!! We know what we want to see and what not to see. Will the ultimate gamble pay off or has Michelle taken one turn too many? All will be answered with...

Round Nine: One Case:
































16: $10!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

UNBELIVEABLE!!!!!!!!! MICHELLE'S RISK HAS PAID OFF TO THE MIRACLE FINAL TWO!!!!!!! A FINAL TWO MILLIONS OF AMERICANS HAVE DREAMED OF AND NONE HAVE ACHIEVED UNTILL NOW!!!!!

YES, MICHELLE'S CASE, 8, EITHER HAS $750,000 OR $1,000,000!!!!!!!

NO MATTER WHAT, MICHELLE WILL BECOME THE BIGGEST WINNER IN AMERICAN "DEAL OR NO DEAL" HISTORY!

Okay, calming down...

Michelle could possibly become DoND USA's first millionaire! There is still a little more bit of business left to take care of before we find out what is in Michelle's case! First, The Banker still has to make an offer and he's not going to make it easy for Michelle! The offer to buy that case is...
















Banker's offer: $880,000!

This is a $130,000 risk. So despite the situation, Michelle still has to give this serious thought.

But, and you're probably not surprised by this, knowing that she is still assured $750,000 no matter what. Michelle is able to make her decision after a small amount of time.

The offer is $880,000. Deal or No Deal? Michelle triumphally proclaims...

NO DEAL!

Round Ten: Last Case:

And now we find out if Michelle has just thrown away $130,000 or has made $120,000 more for our first seven-figure winner on DoND!

But Howie wants to make this interesting! He has one more little decision left to give to Michelle.

If Michelle wants to, she may have...

A SWAP!

Michelle has the option to swap Case 8 for the other case left in play, Case 20! Michelle gives it a good think, but she decides what she'll do in the matter of a few moments!

Swap or No Swap? Michelle decision is...













NO SWAP!

Michelle believes there is one million dollars in Case 8. She has chosen to keep her case and now there is nothing left to take care of, the time has come. Howie will open the case.

HAS MICHELLE FALCO BECOME AMERICA'S MOST RECENT TELEVISION MILLIONAIRE? HOWIE MANDEL OPENS CASE 8 AND MICHELLE HAS WON...


















































































































8: $750,000!!

Hey, that's still an incredible sum of money! Michelle is not upset at all with the result! No complaints, disappointed looks or long sad faces, Michelle is genuinely overjoyed that she still has a MASSIVE check for $750,000 coming her way!

Michelle can take pride in the fact that she is DoND's biggest cash winner and the biggest case winner! (The previous case win record was just $75,000 from way back in the premiere week of Season 1 in December 2005!)

To prove it and to end this incredible game:

20: $1,000,000!!!

Peak offer: $880,000
Case value: $750,000
Prize won: $750,000
Result: Outright Banker Win (But who cares?! He still has to pay out a gigantic sum of cash to Michelle!)

We must continue on and find the next player to come up and have their shot at some big money! That next person is:

New contestant: Lary Mayer!

Fast fact: Today is Lary's 60th birthday and he insists that his name is spelled "Lary" with one R!

The game has now returned to normal play and the top prize has gone back to $1,000,000.

Chosen case: 1!

Round One: Six Cases:

26: $750,000!!

12: $400,000

15: $500,000!

6: $200

5: $5,000

10: $400

Banker's offer: $7,500!

NO DEAL!

(Larry gave his answer before Howie could ask the question! )

Round Two: Five Cases:

20: $75

18: $10

7: $1,000

25: .01¢!!!

9: $1,000,000!!!

Banker's offer: $9,000!

NO DEAL!

Round Three: Four Cases:

19: $500

14: $1!!

2: $100

17: $75,000

Banker's offer: $21,000!

NO DEAL!

Round Four: Three Cases:

21: $25

8: $100,000

4: $10,000

Banker's offer: $27,000!

NO DEAL!

Round Five: Two Cases:

MONDAY!

And there you have it for an incredible game and an even more incredible week!

-Joe R.

We were so close to having our first millionaire of DoND! Oh well, let's just hope this season we can finally get one...

Ooh, sounds just like Kirsty's game! I'd have done the same, I think - even if she'd turned down the $502k and took out the million, she'd still have had a pretty good consolation prize of around $300k, so it wasn't too big a gamble.

At last, Alike has a 7 figure sum of money!

Sounds like a great show there.

This confuses me though....
last 2 cases $750,000 and $1,000,000

Offer $880,000

WHY?

In the UK the banker would probably go halfway which would be $875,000 so in essence if you said no deal in the US and won the million, then you would'nt even be getting even money on a cert. even money gamble??

Well, judging from Lance's game he'd have offered $870,000

I'd have gone there. $502,000... hmm. Taking into account the fact US game show prizes are taxed there, as well as the currency conversion, that's around £160,000. The offer is either going down to £100,000, up to £260,000-ish or down to about £130,000 - I'd probably go for that. I wouldn't have gone before that, I don't think.

What an amazing game!

Nice, but I would like to see a pic of Alike revealing the $1,000,000 (her first ever seven-figure sum) as she's one of my favourite models.

PICture on its way

Thanks!

YAY! She's the last of my favourite models to have a 7-figure sum of money, and I always check these recaps to see if there was big money in their cases (15, 19, 20 and 26).

Could a video on youtube be possible?

Wakey, did you know case 4 is the only case to have never contained a 7 figure sum of money?

I formally declare duff12 as the official DoND USA Recap picture taker!

Congrats, mate!

-Joe R.

tHAX