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I've worked out that ones they don't like are those that poo poo an offer; those that bring a present for the banker (smacks too much as bribery); those that bleat on too much about how much they need the money.
Not convinced:
1) Well Noel still regularly encourages players to dismiss offers, or at least to reject them...
2) They liked George, didn't they? He got big offers (and if we go with your theory, the fact he had £100k suggests they liked him too).
3) That, at least, is consistent, but it isn't even to do with disliking the player. It's at least as consistent with the idea that the Banker senses an opportunity to buy the box for less than the statisticians would even consider.

I think that if this show
was genuinely unfair we would
probably have seen the smoking gun by now. Having said that, the show plays so fast and loose with whatever rules it had that if we
did see a smoking gun, I would be disappointingly unsurprised. I don't see a show that is "fixed"; I do, however, see a show that is manipulated to the point of farce on occasion. Which is a shame because the format doesn't need it.