Deal or No Deal

A show with a unique format. No knowledge needed, just pure luck.

26 cases are presented with moey amounts ranging from 1 cent to $1,000,000. The player is instructed to pick one of the cases for them to keep and has to eliminate the others.

After eliminating a certain number of cases, the mysterious "Banker" calls offering a money amount based on which amounts are still on the board. The contestant is asked the popular question "Deal or No Deal?" If "Deal", the contestant gets to keep the money the banker offered. If "No Deal", the contestant continues playing the game and eliminating cases.

When two cases are left, the player has the choice of switching their case for the one remaining on the stage.

Broadcast
Pilot 2004

NBC 12/19/05 - Present

Hosts
Howie Mandel

Music
by The Groove Addicts

Inventor
Based on the Dutch show  Miljoenenjacht  by Richard Del Rijk

Trivia
A Spanish laguage variant of this show entitled Vas o No Vas was made, it lasted only a year.

This is the first American game show to be recorded in studios in other countries. It got recorded and shown in the Philippines, Estonia and South Africa on their respective sets as part of a special "Around the World" themed batch of shows.

Links
Official Site