Deal or No Deal March News

Thursday 1st March, Jayne Davies
Jayne is a 40 year old medical sales rep from Cardiff. She has been engaged to toy boy fiancé Matthew, a personal trainer, for 5 years and plans to get married in Mauritius. Her first round was dominated by reasonably low reds, opening £3,000, £5,000, a blue £250, £15,000 and £1,000. The resulting offer was £12,500. NO DEAL was the response.

Round two saw Jayne eliminate the almighty £250,000. A shame that it was gone so early in the game but at least it was sandwiched between two blues, £750 and £5. The Banker’s second offer was unchanged - £12,500. Undeterred, Jayne responded with NO DEAL. Round three began with box fourteen opened by Sarah M containing £20,000, This was followed by £50 and £50,000. The Banker upped his offer by a fraction to £14,000. Jayne still wasn’t tempted and when Noel asked her the question, she once again came back with NO DEAL.

Round four came as a reality shock to Jayne. Just as her game was picking up she endured a rather damaging round opening box 4 containing £35,000, box 7 containing 50p (phew!) and box 9 containing £75,000. Two of the power five had vanished from her grasp in an instant – The offer reflected the situation and came in at £10,000. Praying for a miracle, Jayne responded with NO DEAL. Thankfully, that miracle came in round 5 in the form of an all blue round! Jayne eradicated £100, £1 and 1p from the board. In this pivotal round, the Banker’s offer doubled to £20,000. With two reds and 3 blues remaining, Jayne cashed in while she still could with DEAL. It turned out Jayne dealt at the right time as the final boxes contained just 10p and £10 with Jayne’s containing the 10p!

Monday 5th March, Rose Shackleton
Rose, a retired sales consultant from British Gas, has been married to Peter for 48yrs and has one son, four grandchildren and five great grandchildren! Her first round was a mixed bag, revealing £10,000, £100, £250, £100,000 and £5. The Banker came in with £9,400. Absolutely NO DEAL from Rose. A disappointing second round saw three red’s out the window, including one of the power five - £50,000, £3,000 and £15,000. Reflecting this misfortune, the Banker offered a measly £4,400. Rose continued with NO DEAL.

Cancelling out her previous misgivings, Rose was next blessed with an all blue round! She chose boxes 12, 15 and 16 disposing of 50p, 1p and £50. Naturally, the offer shot up to £17,400 but Rose, encouraged by her lucky streak, went with NO DEAL. Perhaps this wasn’t such a good idea – the next round started well with the 10p going. However, this was followed by £250,000 and £35,000, ouch! The Banker’s offer lost a full £10,000 of its value, dropping to £7,400. Still Rose went for NO DEAL.

As if history was repeating itself, round 5 played out in exactly the same way, starting so well with £500 but then going on to reveal £75,000 and £20,000. The offer sunk to a pitiable £400. Defiant, Rose battled on – NO DEAL! Alas, this battle effectively ended with Rose’s next choice – box 6 containing £5,000, the highest remaining amount. The disappointment of this was relinquished marginally as Rose then opened £10 and £1, but with only £750 and £1000 left, the Banker’s offer was still only £800. With not a lot left to lose, Rose went all the way. Her box, 20, contained £750. In a rare moment of generosity, the banker added another £400 to Rose’s winnings to mark the 400th show. Rose goes home with £1,150

Thursday 8th March, Chantelle Dixon
Chantelle, who used to be a make-up artist, had a very positive start to her game, opening boxes containing £500, £100, £5,000, 10p and £250. I’m sure you’ll agree that this is a pretty good opening round, right? Wrong according to the Banker whose first offer came in at just £1,000. Understandably a little miffed, Chantelle said NO DEAL. A mixed round 2 saw Chantelle eliminate £15,000, £5 and £50,000. Incredibly, the Banker upped his offer to £20,000 – Had he forgotten the aim of the game?! Either way, Chantelle wanted to go forward so again – NO DEAL.

A blow came in round three in the form of an all red round and the eradication of the quarter million alongside £20,000 and £3,000. Finally echoing the events of the game, the Banker reduced his offer to £10,000. Still NO DEAL from Chantelle. Luck returned to Chantelle in round 4 as she kept it low, and almost kept it blue by saying bye bye to 50p, £10,000 and £1. In his yo-yo fashion the Banker went back up to £20,000. Chantelle didn’t accept it the first time, and she didn’t accept it this time – NO DEAL.

In the crucial fifth round Chantelle chose box 14, 12 and 11 containing £100,000, £1000 and £50. With two of the power five still remaining, the Banker’s offer only dipped a little to £17,500. Chantelle, not seeing what she wanted yet, went for NO DEAL. Round 6 looked so optimistic as Debbie opened box 5 with £10, followed by Tess opening box 17 containing £750. With just boxes 13 and 21 left to choose from, Chantelle controversially chose 21…revealing £75,000! The highest remaining amount! With 1p and £35,000 left on the board, the Banker offered £12,000. Risking everything for all or nothing, Chantelle uttered for the last time NO DEAL and she chose not to swap her box. Chantelle’s box, number 2, was opened to reveal £35,000. Euphoria swept over the studio! Unlucky 13 contained the dreaded 1p.

Friday 9th March, Gus Esteva.
Gus, a waiter at an Italian Restaurant has been married to his Brazilian wife Kath for 27 years and has 2 children. Gus has always wanted to own a restaurant specialising in Brazilian cuisine as he lived there for 19 years and knows the culture very well. He feels he could "bring a bit of Brazil to England!" He had a mixed first round eliminating three reds and two blues - £3,000, £500, £20,000, £5 and £75,000. The Banker’s first offer was £10,000, Gus chose NO DEAL.

A good round followed as Gus chose boxes containing 10p, £100 and £5,000. The Banker’s second offer doubled to £20,000, still NO DEAL from Gus. In the third round, luck still ran by Gus’s side as he revealed the lowest red £1,000; A blue £750 and a middle weight red of £15,000. The resulting offer shot up to £30,000. With still so much to play for, Gus continued with NO DEAL.

Gus was then hit with an all blue round as 50p, £10 and £50 hastily expired from the game. With four of the power five remaining in play and only 3 blues on the board, the Banker’s fourth offer of £42,000 actually seemed a little meagre under the circumstances! Reflecting this sentiment, Gus said that he would accept an offer of around £47,000/£48,000 at this stage. Low and behold, the Banker called back and cheekily offered £42,047.48p. Perhaps charmed by the Banker’s comic streak, Gus said DEAL.

In round five, Gus would have eliminated £10,000, 1p, and £100,000; The Banker would have offered £67,000 – OUCH, poor Gus! Could the jackpot have been in his box all along? The next round revealed not as the three remaining massive reds went out - £50,000, £250,000 and £35,000. The Banker’s offer would have been just £67. Gus was pretty thankful when his box, 17, was opened to reveal £250. He may have dealt one round too early but he still made a gigantic amount of money!

Monday 12th March, Patrick Melia
Patrick, who used to be in the army, is a part time tour coach driver and courier who enjoys fishing in his spare time and is keen on wildlife photography. He had a great opening round opening four blues and a red: £5, £250, 50p, £100 and £20,000. The resulting offer was a tempting £12,500. Not wanting to be the first to deal in the opening round, Patrick went with NO DEAL. The next round was a mixed bag as Patrick chose boxes 2, 7 and 1 containing £500, £3,000 and £100,000. The Banker appeared to think this was overall good than bad as he upped his offer to £15,000. Patrick decided to play on – NO DEAL. Another very strong round followed with £10,000, £10 and 10p (Obviously a round for eliminating the tens!). Naturally the offer was raised again to a solid £25,000. With a lot more still in the game, Patrick continued with NO DEAL.

An all red round came in round 4, but as all red rounds go, it wasn’t too bad – out went £5,000, £1,000 and £15,000. Thankfully, it didn’t have a damaging effect on Patrick’s game as the Banker once again increased his offer to £30,000. Before Patrick could utter a response, the Banker called back with a different offer of £30,001 and a picture of Julian. The Banker’s hope was to give Patrick a painful reminder of hat had happened to Julian four days previously – Julian had received the exact same offer at the exact same stage in the game and no dealt….his game then proceeded to spiral out of control and he ended up with just £1000. Patrick though was undeterred – such bad luck couldn’t happen twice, could it? NO DEAL.

Round 5 began with box 10 opened by Christine containing £50.This was followed by the painful revelation of £50,000 but making up for this, the £1 was revealed last. Although the £50k going was a blow, three of the power five still remained in Patrick’s game, including the big one. Thus, the Bankers fifth offer was £50,000. Perhaps, learning from Julian’s mistake or perhaps influenced by the pound signs beginning to settle into his vision, Patrick dealt – What a life-changing sum of money to be going home with! If Patrick had opted to play on, the final two amounts left in the game would have been £250,000 and £75,000 and the offer, which Patrick would have accepted, would have been a staggering £150,000. Patrick’s box did in fact contain the quarter million. A bittersweet result for Patrick!

Thursday 15th March, Doug May. 75yrs
Doug, a widower who sadly lost his wife to MRSA a few years ago, got stuck into his game with gusto and some good luck! The first round revealed £500, £20,000, 10p, £100 and £1,000 with the resulting offer being £15,000. Optimistic, Doug continued – NO DEAL. In round two, Doug began by eliminating the £75,000, followed by £50 and £10,000. The Banker upped his offer to £20,000. Doug continued with NO DEAL.

Round three started with a bit of a blow as Doug knocked out £35,000 meaning that now two of the power five were gone from his grasp. Making up for this harsh reality, the next two boxes that Doug chose were 12 and 22 containing 1p and £1. What a relief! The Banker rang in with his offer and continuing the trend of the game so far, increased on the previous offer by £5,000 to £25,000. Defiant, Doug went with NO DEAL.

Just as things were looking so positive, Doug suffered a major shock as round 4 began with box 16 opened by Steven containing £250,000. Trying not to be dispirited, Doug battled on and finished round 4 with style by opening boxes containing £10 and £5. The Banker had other ideas – Noting the massive loss at the beginning of the round, he reduced his offer to £13,000. Absolutely NO DEAL. Picking up his lucky streak again, round five saw Doug sweep away £750, £15,000 and 50p – A decent round under the circumstances. The Banker came back with £26,000. Although his was his highest yet and even though the quarter million had gone, Doug wanted to play on – NO DEAL.

With only two of the power five remaining, this was the make or break round for Doug, a critical moment. Whether there was something in the air or Doug wishing harder than he’d ever done before, it paid off – Doug eliminated £5,000, £250 and £3,000 meaning that the two remaining amounts on the board were a fantastic £100,000 and £50,000. Doug was definitely going home with a life-changing sum of money; the question to be answered though was how much? The Banker made a predictable offer of £75,000 which was too tempting for Doug to refuse. He took the money. If only he had played to the end as it turned out his box, 18, contained £100,000!

Sunday 18th March, Betty Sheville
Betty who has five children and eight grandchildren, was the perfect candidate for this special Mothers Day edition of Deal or No Deal. Picking box 19, made pink (like all the boxes) in honour of the day, Betty made an absolutely incredible start to her game by knocking out £50, £100, £250, £750 and £500. A fantastic all blue opening round! The Banker’s first offer came in at a stupendous £16,500. Betty was keen to play for more so went with NO DEAL. Counteracting the first round, the second was unfortunately all red as Betty chose box 13, 16 and 6 containing £3,000, £1,000 and £10,000. However as it was a low red round, the offer went up to £20,000. Still NO DEAL.

Round three began very well by eliminating 1p and 10p and followed by the first of the power five, £50,000. Uncharacteristically optimistic, the Banker increased his offer to £24,000. Gutsy Betty still went for NO DEAL. A bit of shock started off round four as Betty uncovered £100,000. Thankfully this was followed by a low red £5,000 and a blue, £1. With the big one still in play, the Banker upped his offer again to £28,000. Still NO DEAL. As if Betsy’s luck was never ending, the next one to go in round five was £5. However, brains only get you so far and luck always runs out – the next one to go was number 9 containing £250,000, followed by £15,000. Naturally the Banker had to lower his offer, even though he was being rather friendly, to £20,000. Perhaps a little shocked by the wallop she’d received in this round and knowing that things could go downhill –Betty went with DEAL.

Although happy with this, I bet Betty would have been a bit gutted by the next round which resulted in an offer of £50,000, not to mention the fact that Betty’s own box actually contained £35,000. Oh well, she still had a big sum of money to take home with her. The Banker made Mothers Day one step more complete by then giving £50 to every badge-wearing mum in the audience – Happy Mothers Day indeed!

Tuesday 20th March, Ian McPhee
Ian, who is single and works as an Administrative officer was hoping for a big game. Unfortunately his first round didn’t start him off in the way he was hoping. First to be eliminated was 10p, not so bad you’re thinking? Sure, but this was followed by £5,000, £35,000, £250,000 and £100,000. Not good – Three out of the Power five gone in the opening minutes of the game. As expected, the Banker’s first offer was a low £1,900. Things could only go up for Ian so he went for NO DEAL. Round two improved, but still contained one of the power five, that’s four out of five before the game has had the chance to properly kick off. At least in was succeeded and preceded by two blues: £500, £50,000 and 1p. The Banker lifted his offer to £6,500. Still NO DEAL. Round three was, thankfully, a lot more positive as Ian knocked out two low reds, £3,000 and £1,000, followed by a teeny blue, £1. The Banker’s third offer crept up to £8,600. Desperately hoping to get above the £10k mark, Ian went once again with NO DEAL.

Still plugging on in the same fashion, round 4 saw box 20 opened by Christine containing £15,000 followed by two blues, £250 and £100. The Banker’s fourth offer went up to £9,999 – STILL not over £10k. Determined to prove him wring, Ian bravely chose NO DEAL again. A miracle happened in round 5 in the form of an all blue round. 50p, £750 and £10 were purged from the scoreboard and the resulting Banker’s offer of £17,500 propelled Ian into big money. Steely and some might say, foolishly, Ian went for NO DEAL.

The beginning of round six painfully saw Ian uncover box 16 containing £75,000 – the last Power Five amount. £5 and £10,000 followed. The offer slouched back under the £10k mark at £8,400. Insubordinate Ian courageously opted to play on to the bitter end – NO DEAL! The Banker offered a SWAP, which Ian declined. His box, unlucky13, contained just £50. The remaining box, 12 contained £20,000. What a shame for Ian!

Monday 26th March, Kelsie James
Kelsie lives at home with her 2 daughters and is currently studying in accounts after previously studying Law. She has dreams of going into family Law…and also has dreams of winning big money on Deal or No Deal. After a positive start uncovering amounts of £1,000, £500, £15,000, £250 and 10p, the Banker’s first offer was £12,500. Not tempted, Kelsie went with NO DEAL. The following round consisted of two blues and unfortunately a high red – 50p, £35,000 and £1. The offer did actually rise though to £16,500. With so much more to play for, Kelsie selected NO DEAL. Yet another decent round followed in the same pattern – a red squashed between two blues. This time we had £5, £10,000 and £10 disappearing from the game. The Banker called in and offered £21,000. Before Kelsie had time to make her mind up, the Banker called back with £23,000. Tempting – Decision time for Kelsie…except that it wasn’t as the Banker called back AGAIN with an increased offer of £25,000. Staggering! Not duped by these devious tactics employed by the Banker, Kelsie went once again with NO DEAL.

Round four started with a bit of a slap in the face as £100,000 disintegrated from Kelsie’s grasp, followed by £50 and another power five amount £50,000. Irritatingly the offer dropped to £20,000. The big one was still up for grabs though so Kelsie continued – NO DEAL. Phew – at the beginning of round 5, Kelsie was shot of the dreaded 1p. The rest of the round was on the better side of reasonable as she chose box 5 opened by Jay containing £5000 and box 8 opened by Philomena containing £3000. The Banker called in again with £26,000…and then again with £29,000. This time, his tactics didn’t fail and Kelsie relented and took the money – DEAL!

Hypothetical round 6 still didn’t see the £250k go. Being one of the final two boxes, the offer would have been an unimaginable £160,000…and indeed Kelsie’s box, 16, did contain the big one. Not a catastrophe as Kelsie still had a nice bundle to take home, but yet again another gut-wrenching end to the month on Deal or No Deal.

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