The particular situation was compared to the famous Monty Hall Problem. Unsurprisingly, the No Deal-choice of the contestant sparked quite some discussion online, with some saying the man was greedy and some saying the man was rational.Įven more interesting, some argue that the man should definitely have switched cases: staying with the case he chose at the start of the game, they argue, gives him only a 1 in 26 choices of winning. The man said “No Deal”, picked the wrong box and won $1. One of the cases contained $1,000,000 the other $1. One interesting game resulted in the contestant having only two cases left: his chosen one and only one other case. If at some point only two cases are left, the player must choose one of the boxes and wins the corresponding amount of money (given that he doesn’t take an offered “Deal” first). At key points during the game, the player is offered an amount of money which he can either take (“Deal”), ending the game, or not take (“No Deal”), to continue eliminating cases. Then, the contestant eliminates the other cases one by one. The contestant chooses one of the cases at the beginning of the game, that case is set apart from the rest. Of course, the contestant does not know which case contains which amount of money.
Each case contains a certain amount of money, ranging from $0.01 to $1.000.000. The game has one contestant and 26 cases. television game show Deal or No Deal, it works as follows. Photo by Sharon McCutcheon on Unsplashįor those readers who are not familiar with the U.S.
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