The idiots forget that they are playing with real money. They would never walk into a Las Vegas casino tomorrow and risk $120K of their scrimped together life savings on a 2/3 chance to win $75K, even though the odds technically may be in their favor. Yet on this show they do it again...and again...and again.

Yeah, the most annoying thing on this show is when someone (especially if it's the family member and not the actual player) says "I/you didn't come here for $137,000! We want the $400,000!" Because even if that's the highest number left you have to be extremely lucky to have that exact case (like that poor military guy).

Yeah I think he alone might have gone on further but his girls were both tearfully coaxing him to take the deal.
So I'm guessing those kids were from wife #1 and she has custody?

I saw that redhead model Kasie was back last night at case #20 (she was on case#15) while my fave Jill remains on case #12. :drool:

there was a british guy who sold EVERYTHING HE OWNED and bet it on one spin of a roulette wheel - he won and doubled his money.

why do people look at what they COULD have had instead of what they did get?

sure you could have had 400,000 but you got 100,000 (for example). compare the 100,000 to the 0 you had an hour ago. not the 100,000 to the 400,000 you could have had.

Okay, new rule: let's not have the 12 and 9 year old girls make the financial decisions for the family, okay? That dopey military guy lost out on 306k because of his blubbering daughters - he's daddy, he's supposed to make the decision. I bet somewhere down the line that girl is going to blame him for not taking the the money, and go into porn or something.
Oh, and NOT to accuse anyone of being racist,but this show is proof that greed is an affliction of all races and genders, my friend.

I don't know about others, but when they turn down a huge amount (like $120k+), I root for them to lose the high amount. Maybe I'm sadistic or something but when you turn down that much money (which can go towards their kids college fund, a nice vacation and their retirement if invested right), you deserve it.

I haven't seen any studies but I have heard that people who quickly come into money (like lottery winners, especially the $1 million+) usually spend most of it within a few years... Of course, it is their money but don't complain when you're still working at 65...

I think it is hysterical when everyone on the sidelines is screaming NO DEAL when they get offered 139,000 when there is only a 25% for anything higher, and they when they lose it all they are screaming DEAL for 8$ when they could still win 100.00~

Me too. That might even be the main reason I watch the show, to cheer when some greedy slob loses the one big amount on the board and sees the offer cut by 80%.

I know if I was on the show and was offered $100+ grand, I would hit the button so quick, Howie Mandel's bald head would spin.
"The offer is $100 thousand, so Charlie, Deal or.."
BEEPBEEPBEEP

I haven't watched the last week or two (and probably won't anymore) but in the beginning didn't they say every time someone doesn't win the top prize it goes up by $500k ? They did that for like 5 people and then now it's just top prize of $1M for everyone. They must not have thought too hard on that to start with because that prize would get out of control fast because there's only a 1 in 24 chance they pick the right case and then they need to not deal all the way to the end, it would be very very rare (or rigged which I'm sure it is somewhat) for someone to win the top prize.

This is why I watch too.

I believe what happens is 2 fold.

1. They see a million and think, I can do it.. so they listen to good offer after good offer, passing on each, thinking I'll get the million.
2. Good offer vanishes because the million is picked. They then can't bring themself to settle for less then an amount they were offered already. This continues for a few rounds, til it finally sets in, they blew it, and they take some embarrassing offer compared to their others.

I love it.

Ah yes, exactly. They're offered 90 grand on one turn, but then wipe off big numbers and get offered 30 grand. In their mind, they haven't gained 30 grand as much as they've lost 60 grand, so they keep going and hope to get back to 90 grand or better. Evil, I tell you.

Yeah, I really enjoy rooting against them when they continue to let their greed get the best of them. I especially like it when their "friends & family" are there talking smack and telling them what number to pick. Then the case turns out to be a high dollar value. heh, heh, heh...

This show is the best example of greed, i think its great. its easy to say yeah i woud hit that button if offered 100,000 but when you get in that spot and see that million things can change quickly

I think when they audition for the show they do personality profiles on the contestants (and families), and pick those who are most likely to be "greedy".

Howie is great on the show (and I can't stand him). I suspect "The Banker" is just a guy in silouette, Howie sees the number to offer (or gets it over the phone) and just ad-libs the rest (what the banker says, etc).

Ewww, I hope not. They were ginger kids!

I don't know. I couldn't get past all of the talk about hummers last night. That one guy, all he wanted was a hummer. Then Howie talking about how 750,000 could buy a lot of hummers. That little Butthead voice in the back of my mind kept going 'Uh ha ha ha ha'.

The guy never had a hummer, then they cut to a shot of his wife. Uh, yeah.

I so started to root for Hummer boy to lose everything last night. I got so sick of him and his annoying wife. Plus I couldn't believe the way they were talking to each other. He started right off at the beginning of the show. He made the "L" sign with his fingers and called his wife a "loser" on national TV.
(of course as it turned out he was probaly right)
Jeez, these people have four kids?! I'm thinking he is a mean controlling guy type. Figures he would want a Hummer.
He got very lucky though. I think that $750,000 was the largest amount I ever saw somebody actually end up having in their case.
I hope him and his wife fight endlessly about the fact that he took the deal and they didn't end up getting the $750,000. Would serve them both right.

I hate when people take forever to pick a number and go into well my birthday is the 6th or my favorite number is 12, no one gives a crap just pick a stupid number :rolleyes:

I really wanted them to get as little as possible. Hummer boy bugged me right off the bat and never looked back. Figures he would take up most of the show.

His wife, while being annoying, was actually very good at the game. I wonder if that is why they didn't let her on when she tried to be on the show, or if it was just the general annoying vibe she had going.

someone explain what happened on this show - what did he end up with?

or "im feeling number 8! i think thats the one!"

they have no idea - its a guessing game for adults.

The guy ended up winning $262,000. At the time of him taking the deal, there was 3 amounts left on the board, 50g's, 100g's and 750g's. If he had not taken the deal his next choice would have knocked out the 100 grand and his next offer would have been a little over 400 grand. His wife really wanted him go for it, which I thought he was going to do, but I guess with that much at stake to lose it would be really risky to go for it.
In the beginning of the show he jokingly called his wife a loser because I believe she had tried out for the show a couple of times and got rejected. He also mentioned that one his of goals was to get enough money to get a Hummer and to fund their kids college education. One of his offers in the game was for 17 grand and a brand new Hummer, which was parked in the "vault". He also happend to break the little plastic box that the deal button is housed in and they hooked it back up with some black electrical tape. I kinda like the dude, for I thought he was a fun contestant.

"I'll pick 23, because I think that was close to the date of Thanksgiving last year."

:whofart: -rolleyes- -ohbfrank-




I need the quick summary of the Cheerteacher. (boy was she and her "friends/family" painful). I know she ended up with, what, $96,000? What was in her case, and remind me of what was left.

I had an itchy "delete" finger on the tivo after she said "deal", and now my wife is mad at me. :sad:

I'm very sure the producers get birthdates and other good info on the application and waiver release forms.

I think they should purposely put the penny in their birthdays and $1 in the birth month.