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It has a major flaw and I figured it out. I have discovered that the contestant will not take a deal prior to 5 minutes before the hour. For instance: If the show starts at 8 PM, they stretch it into an hour. Howie drags parts out so long you could scream. It is tapered to fit into a 60 minute segment. So, if you watch, you will see, if there are 6 or 7 minutes left before the hour, they will always turn the deal down. If it is 5 minutes or less before the hour, they take the deal. I have called like 10 in a row, and my wife was confounded how I knew when they would take the deal. I explained it to her, then she started calling the deal the next time and was right. This is the price they pay for making one person fit into an hour. They dont want to bring a new contestant out with just 6 or 7 minutes left. Watch and see for yourself.

I understand NBC needs to fill its summer schedule without reruns, but pleae please please get rid of the 90 minute DoND!

If you thought the 60 minute show already had too much filler, you have never seen the show stuffed with 30 more minutes of dramatic pauses and Howie egging on the contestant.

I noticed on tonight's show, once the contestant took the deal, there was no filler "If you had not taken the deal, which case would have you taken" and on and on and on... Wait - you add 30 minutes of filler, but get rid of what you've already had?

One of of Deal is good enough

These models are good looking... but man, they need to shut up. Noone wants to hear a bimbo with an I.Q. of 50 telling everyone they have a great family or they have guts or they wish them the best. OMG shut up and open the case. And another thing, I am tired of the models tipping off the outcome before we see it with peeking and smiling or frowning before the audience sees the amount. The longer the show goes on, the bolder these models get.

For next season on this show, I don't want to see anymore models with the same name, when the show first began, there were two models named Lindsay ( the blonde one still remains ) and now there are two named Lisa ( redhead one has got to go ) and I also don't want to see those models with those goofy type smiles or acting just plain silly
( Keltie, Brooke, Krystal ) and I'm also wondering what's the deal with this new model search because I'm wondering which old model left the show, I think it's Stacey because she's been gone for quite a while and I truly hope it's not Hayley because she's one of my absolute favorites.

The idiot contestants on this show do not know what the real object of the game is! The object of the game is to take the BEST DEAL that the banker offers you, not to win the million dollars! I have seen contestants give up $365,000 offer, trying for the million!

A syndicated daytime edition of this show could work...or not. I can see it setup now, instead of 26 briefcases,
12 briefcases and the models should be:
1. Claudia, 2. Lanisha, 3. blonde Lisa,
4. Aubrie, 5. Patricia , 6. Alike,
7. Jill, 8. Pilar, 9. Tameka, 10. Anya,
11. Hayley and 12. Mylinda. and instead of $1,000,000, $100,000 as the top prize. I think NBC should give it a shot.

My apologies for making an error on the previous entry - My brain was not working. Maybe I would make an ideal contestant. Here is what it should have written:

If someone opened $1M and then the 5 lowest amounts on the left side, naturally the bank offer will be **LARGER** than if the contestant picks the 6 highest amounts, including $1M.

Before we start a race war here, what were the other five cases the 2 contestants opened? If someone opened $1M and then the 5 lowest amounts on the left side, naturally the bank offer will be SMALLER than if the contestant picks the 6 highest amounts, including $1M. Someone take a look at that show again and see what both contestants picked in the first round during their times playing and then we'll see if racism was at play.

@ Typical racist, you see racism everywhere it exists, except in you

How am I racist for pointing out the truth? As if it's any of your business, I'm a skinny white girl. I brought up race in my comment because I thought that particular episode of DonD was disgustingly racist.

Keep pointing your finger, but remember, when you point a finger at me, there are three more pointing back at you, my friend.

And by the way, to get on topic, now for the season finale they're having obscene amounts of million-dollar cases? Is the show, the network, that desperate for ratings?

We'll see what next season has in store...

If you think it's painful enough in primetime, try the upcoming daytime show.

* fewer cases
* fewer models (just Patricia and Tameka)
* smaller top prize

The problem with this show is the premise: contestants don't need skill, knowledge, speed or anything else. Its just dumb luck--based on simple probabilities which none of the contestants seem to understand.

I keep waiting for one contestant who understands probabilities well enough to know that you stop when there are 8 cases left and only one or two big numbers. If you knock one out, the offer goes way down, and never can come back. Instead, they say moronic things like "I'm on a mission" or "I can feel it" like every idiot in a casino losing all his money.

They must get the idiots for this show from Vegas or Atlantic City.

Typical racist, you see racism everywhere it exists, except in you.

I enjoy this show. I'm not sure why, but I do. Howie Mandell is a pretty good host and it's interesting, as brainless as it seems and as rigged as it may be, to see the contestants agonize about which cases they will pick.

It's beginning to jump, though, with the "Choose The Next Model" search. Let's find the most vapid, grating, overconfident women and have people vote on which one will appear next season! Granted, I suppose the models are supposed to be just eye candy, but give us more models like Hayley, the woman with the afro with case $25. In the few momens of airiime she has shown most personality than most of the contestants.

And what about the South African episode? Annoying hyperactive skinny blonde white woman opens the million dollar case in the first round, first offer is over $70k. More down-to-earth (and likeable) overweight black woman opens the million dollar case in the first round, first offer is about $40k.
Discriminatory much? My only consolation was that the black woman walked off with a little over $100k and the white woman walked off with about $30k, including $10k she won for eating worms and a trip to meet (gag) Martha Stewart.

Annoying contesants:
If you're any of these, you'll be picked-

XXXXXXXX sized older black woman or white woman, looking ridiculous giving germophobe How the knuckle-bang

Model type from LA, "like I'm so stressed what do I do Howie" boo hoo

Like some 40-something super-size guy with man boobs who always "YEAAAH DOG" after a low dollar is opened.

Hot frat boy who instead of YEAH DOG would normally say "BOO YEAH" or "THAT's WHAT I'm TALKING ABOUT", mommy is part of his group, along with hot girlfriend and unattractive sister

Middle-aged white woman dressed like a tramp 22 y/o with a group of 3 "best friends" one of whom long ago lost her looks, all botoxed

Super nelly guy with bright silk shirt (pink/purple), must remember to cite/sing at least 2 Broadway songs when low dollared cases are open (I'm gay so I can say this!)

BOOOORING and predictable!

This show jumpe a long time ago for me; it's just too repetitive and contrived. The contestants are obviously coached up to act overly flamboyant. Just once I'd like them to have an introverted contestant on the program.

I hadn't watched in a while, but tonight I tuned in to the show from South Africa. They had a hot blonde woman contestant on there, annoyingly outgoing as always. Anyway, her contingent that she brought with her included her fiance, sister and a girlfriend. I thought is was an ominous sign that she repeatedly ran up to her sister and friend for advice as to what she should do, virtually ignoring the guy she is going to marry. What, his judgement isn't good enough? What kind of sign is this when they aren't even married and this woman is already ignoring her guy and deferring to her sister and friend for input. Then, when she finally accepted her deal, she ran over and hugged her sister first and then her friend. Her fiance had to walk over and meet the other three for his hug. This really seemed odd to me. Wouldn't a bride-to-be run over to her fiance first after winning some money, and then move to her sister and friend? How long will this marriage last?