The odds of Deal or No Deal

[Litellio]

Just found this little beauty on the BBC News website. Quite interesting.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8052605.stm

[Gerrard48LFC]

lol i actually read this already earlier today, was reading the thing about the food.

[ccottis]

I would be the least entertaining deal or no deal player. I would open the boxes left to right and be done in 5 minutes

[Gerrard48LFC]

I would be the least entertaining deal or no deal player. I would open the boxes left to right and be done in 5 minutes

+1
i would just say shut the **** up noel and quickpick the boxes and deal as soon as i got 10/15k

[Pates]

Words of an absolute degen. Supersticion has no place in reality.

"Now when you've got a lucky box, you can either think it's going to be lucky - so this is when I need to take this box out. But actually it would have been lucky if I'd kept it because the fifty grand was in there. It can be lucky for both reasons."

[Litellio]

BBC writers are highly literate it seems:

"Opening a box with a very small amount inside - coloured blue - is good, because that low amount is eliminated. Opening a box with a high amount inside - coloured red - is bad, for the same reason."

[Pates]

I'd just like to elaborate more on my point above. How can something which essentially has only 2 outcomes be lucky for both reasons. That's like saying flipping heads is lucky if you flip heads, and flipping tails is lucky if you flip tails.

@ Litellio, it's a literate statement, just a pretty basic one.

[Litellio]

Yeah you're right, illiterate was the wrong word. After 47 hours awake your brain switches off a bit! I think I should apply for a journalist job with the BBC if that's all it takes.

[chankie]

Has anyone tried Deal or No Deal for money on PKR poker? Seems a bit rigged and only 3 boces make you money.

[r2r]

Has anyone tried Deal or No Deal for money on PKR poker? Seems a bit rigged and only 3 boces make you money.

I have tried it and there is definatly money to be made, the trick is to accept the first offer after 5 boxes, and long as you dont get rid of the highest value box