Well it looks an inspired decision now!

OMFG..... I wasnt gonna watch haha, I left it on for 5 mins while peeling spuds, Im sooooo glad I did now.

Thats a perfect game isnt it, she will have at least 50k no matter what.

Life-changing money no matter what and that's the best 'mistake' in DoND history.

Actually come to think of it there was another where-the-*beep*-did-that-come-from ND in July 2007 that left this very finish!

No one can believe the outcome and everyone is in total shock! The Banker says that was the most expensive slip of the tongue he has ever had!

Banker's offer:

£60,000

£60,000?

Only £2,500 short, but because I'm £50k guaranteed, I would go for it

Actually, now I think, no it wasn't - Jennifer meant to take her £52k!!

WOW!!!

She's gone for it!

Mary says she is a great believer in fate, and Noel replies that everyone knows that now

Mary asks if the Banker has enough courage to offer the SWAP now, as 5 is her lucky number

The Banker calls and Noel asks him SWAP or NO SWAP

Banker offers the SWAP

Noel asks the question for £60,000

Mary says

NO DEAL

Noel does the SWAP

Again the right decision but it doesn't much matter now.

It was an accident. Given you weren't watching, Noel stated that he has to abide by the rules and have to accept their first response to the question. However, The Banker saw otherwise and requested to give the question a second time.

Noel runs through how we have got to this position

Mary now has box 5 and Noel opens it to reveal £75,000

Box 11 with Walter contains the £50,000

Noel asks Mary for a little information on how she wants to help her children, and she says that one of them has been really ill for 4 years, and she would love to be able to give him a cheque to help him out, and now she can

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

Another £75k winner! GET IN!!!

Ah, fair enough. Thanks for that! I shall have to see it myself. I heard the 'prepare for a shock' bit and read it as Noel saying a Deal would be a 'shock' therefore 'wrong'... but who cares how she did it?!?

Just imagine if they'd stuck with the rules and she had wiped them out, there would have been tears all round

But instead we have another member of the 75k club

Well done Mary and early contender for Game of the Month if not the year

Seems like January always seems to churn out the best players, Laura and Clive the best examples

That was such a lovely game, I found myself chanting Blue, Crossing my fingers and even shouting out and jumping up and down... it's like going in a time machine to about 2 years ago haha.

Fully deserved every penny she has just won, Fate really was on her side.

well what a BRILLIANT game..couldnt have been better if she'd got the 'big un'eh! Well Done Mary XX

It was a fantastic game for all reasons, what a lovely lady, well done Mary

We may have just seen the winner of the best show of January 2009

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Best game of Deal or No Deal I've seen for two years! No question! Up there with the Chris B's and the Bunney's! Couldn't believe that final five No Deal and how it panned out!

Well done Mary, incredible!

How apt the 3rd highest amount that can be won was won with 2 days to go before the 2nd anniversary of his worst nightmare coming true when Laura (or she who must not be mentioned to him) wiped him out

Here's to hoping we don't see a major crash in games from tomorrow like what followed when Laura wiped him out

Richie, I think you'll find there weren't many such crashes after Laura's game... a couple immediately with Craig and Don but it was mostly epic win after epic win!