Deal or No Deal Banker Blog
If you're like many Americans, you're hooked on the new hit show "Deal or No Deal". Last night, NBC tried something new. They had the "banker" start his own Banker's Blog and post some rather unfriendly remarks about contestants and his "formula" for deciding the offer:
"I love how some of you think you've figured out my "formula" for making offers. Fat chance. The only formula I use is...
Average Contestant = Greedy Pinhead
This is real money, and it's my job to keep as much of it as I can. It's less about math and more about judging character, and reading who's a wimp and who's fool."
As you can imagine, this lead to over 400 "comments" of likeminded nature. The result is a blog full of comments representing banter used mostly by soccer hooligans. I wonder if NBC will think twice before continuing this blog or making another post?
posted by Alan De Keyrel @ 8:19 AM
7 comments
7 Comments:
This is cool. You can play it online...
http://www.nbc.com/Deal_or_No_Deal/game/
What is the formula for the banker, or does anyone know?
I think it is the average amount. The computer adds up the amount on the board, divides that by how many are on the board. Try it and let me know if you think I'm right.
Joe, I think you are pretty close. However, he does alter his formula a bit based on the contestant and what he think's they will do.
I have gotten some test data and it looks like it starts off at about 20% of the average then increases up to 100% of the average. But it's not an absolute factor. There's has got to be a weighting for each number because the percent fluctuates. I've noticed that the percentage increases faster when the large amounts are knocked off.
I don't know the banker formula. There are times that we have watched the show and guessed the offer right on. We are never too far off on our guesses anymore, but I have no formula, just a wild guess.
I cannot even begin to guess the formula, but I do agree that most contestants get greedy. I love to see them turn down a life changing offer and then go home with $22,000. The show is a great lesson in human psychology.
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