Dot's game today.

Noel tells a story about how he was filling his car up, and a woman came up to him and she was convinced the players knew when they were going to get picked... Noel says there are 3 reactions of players when they get picked - they cough and nearly collapse, the females often scream and the males just look shocked

Haha Dot played right into his hands there

Sort of OK I guess today even though she had £50,000 yesterday.

Her past 6 games, 1 blue http://www.ilovedealornodeal.co.uk/users.php?user=565

Last Friday she had the big one.

Awww Dot sounds like a really lovely lady Hope she does well today.

Noel carrys Dot's box 13 to the Pound Table.

She has a toy car which her grandson gave her for good luck Dot Livingstone used to be an Avon lady... She has a dream to take her husband Bob to Vegas, and also to see the Terracotta Army in China. She shows some pics of her family. She shows a pic of her mum Mary who died recently, and she starts crying... as her mum liked DOND and encouraged her to go on DOND...

She has two tatty pieces of paper which form her system. She has her sister Molly in the audience.

A couple of side notes: This is the first DOND I've watched in sunlight since November And also, Peg who played on this day last year reminded me of my Grandma who was called Dot... and this year a Dot is playing. Although my Grandma isn't like this Dot. Anyway, enough of this...

Here we go...

OMG... how strange.. 50k yesterday in her box.. and picks the 50k as her first box today!

8 - Chris - £50,000

12 - Richie - £5

3 - Debbie - £5,000

16 - Woodsy - £15,000

11 - Rachel - £100,000

"That's hurt" says Dot

Time for the banker...

Yikes - not the start we all wanted...we're supposed to be getting a Power Five box to the table and already she's at a disadvantage!!!

What an awful start. I really hope she turns it around. I think she is fantastic.

Ha, I thought Simon was still there, the new guy looks just like him!

The banker talks about Dorothy Livingstone, and he loves her and has been watching her on the wings. The banker said he loved January 08, and Dot says to tell the banker that he won't love February 08.

The banker gives an amazing stat - the total of all the boxes on the table in January last year was £1.1million - this year it was £78,000.

Banker's offer

£4,000

Wow, ouch! Last Jan £1,100,000 in the boxes this Jan £78,000

Stats after Round 1
Offer: £4,000
Mean: £23,274.21
Offer (%): 17.19%
Fair Deal: £6,557.91
Volatility: 1.72
Redometer: -19

Board
1p
10p
50p
£1

£10
£50
£100
£250
£500
£750
£1,000
£3,000

£10,000

£20,000
£35,000

£75,000

£250,000

That's exactly what I thought!!!!

Dot asks some people for advice, but has a little falling out with Noel, so he goes to sit in the audience

Noel shouts the question from the audience, and she NO DEALS

That statistic of the box values for Jan 07 and 08 just makes me think of box fixing.. I find it very hard to believe that this disparity can be just luck.

19 - Jill - £500

6 - Furno - £50

Dot chooses newbie Paul and Noel makes a big thing out of it and starts yelling

Break time

ANOTHER Paul - jeez!!!

Oh let's not suggest anything...it is a new month after all, you never know!

Maybe Paul is Simon's brother and they've given the family a second chance to get some money!

Dot is great too, but I REALLY wasn't expecting her today, but I suppose they've not had an older woman play for quite a few shows!

I wanted her to stay for atleast another week. I loved her facial expressions as she opened her box! He seems to have something very positive about her.