What makes "deal or no deal" so appealing?

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spidey07

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It's no wonder most people are up to debt to their eyeballs. Poor decisions.

I enjoy watching the show as background. But once they see dollar signs in their eyes they just lose it. The show is great - it preys on stupidity and allows us to laugh at their expense.

Wonder if Dullard has figured out a way to beat the system. To me beating it would be walking away with a sizable amount of money over the gamble.

I'm all for gambling, but there comes a point of dimishing returns and shooting yourself in the foot in the name of that "big score"
 
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Gibson486

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what's worse is that are you smarter than a 5th garder show. WTF? The last show i watched, the guy did not know how to calculate the area of a square and he had trouble figuring out if Cali or Alaska was futher west....
 
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It's pretty funny to watch, especially when they reach a point where they are given a deal of over 200K, and end up walking away with 10 bucks :)
 
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JoeFahey

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Donny Deutsch's Big Idea show on CNBC had a program on game shows awhile back. They featured Deal or No Deal and examined the stupidity that you are talking about. It is less that they are stupid, and more that they are put into a situation that draws it out. One of the main reasons for this is that they go in with the mentality that they have nothing to lose, and they didnt invest anything in it. So even if they returned with nothing, its not like they lost anything. Once they get up to some large amount like $100k, they don't understand under the spotlight and excitement that it could be THEIR cash! In that situation someone is more likely to go double or nothing, than they would if they went into a casino. It's really just the situation that they are put into. Most of it cannot be a model of how people actually handle their money.
 
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JS80

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Originally posted by: spidey07
Originally posted by: Aimster
stupid people?

Why are they stupid?
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Because almost every contestant digs their own hole with poor decisions.
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Banker always makes the offer below expected value. Mathematically everyone should go close to the end.
 
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Atheus

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Originally posted by: Gibson486
what's worse is that are you smarter than a 5th garder show. WTF? The last show i watched, the guy did not know how to calculate the area of a square and he had trouble figuring out if Cali or Alaska was futher west....
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US deal or no deal has questions?
 
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Gibson486

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Originally posted by: Anubis
Originally posted by: Gibson486
what's worse is that are you smarter than a 5th garder show. WTF? The last show i watched, the guy did not know how to calculate the area of a square and he had trouble figuring out if Cali or Alaska was futher west....
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that show is funny

almost as funny as this

http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/TheEvil1/Dumbass.jpg
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Where do they find these people?
 
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spidey07

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Originally posted by: JS80
Banker always makes the offer below expected value. Mathematically everyone should go close to the end.
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Yeah, but mathematically you can walk away from the table so to speak.

I certainly would. A check for 150-250K in my hand is more than worth a shot at a million.

One would assume this is BEFORE taxes of course.
 
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