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{{quote|''"Ladies, please..."''|'''Howie Mandel'''}}
{{quote|''"We've had game shows based on card games. We've had game shows based on pub quizzes. But never have we had a game show based on the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics. Until now... In other words, my suitcase contains the financial equivalent of [[
Popular [[Game Show]], from a Dutch format. The original version debuted in 2000. The American version achieved near-instant popularity after its debut on [[NBC]] in December 2005, while other versions — which some have compared to the Geoff Edwards versions of ''[[Treasure Hunt US|Treasure Hunt]]'' — air pretty much everywhere.
On the NBC version, host [[
Unfortunately, to make up for the variable length of each game, the NBC version employed [[Padding]]. Lots and lots of [[Padding]]. The hour-long ''Deal'' was put out of its misery on May 18, 2009.
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The British version (hosted by Noel Edmonds, a former DJ and ''Saturday Night'' presenter whose career had been on the skids) was such a hit that a Saturday primetime show was added. The UK version has 22 boxes, each manned by a possible future contestant (they're sequestered together when they're not filming to encourage rapport during the game), with the top prize being £250,000.
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* [[Carried
** Andrew O'Keefe basically '''is''' the Australian version. Even after 1,000+ episodes, he still has the same enthusiasm as he did on the first day.
** Noel Edmonds is this for the British version, for better or worse. He tends to share this trope with the contestants — after all, some of those holding the boxes have been there for ''weeks''!
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* [[Product Placement]]: Some cases in the syndicated run promoted HP, Listerine, Sears, Splenda, Evian, and Visine-A.
* [[Show the Folks At Home]]: See [[Trailers Always Spoil]], below.
* [[Who Wants to Be Who Wants
* [[Zonk]]: What happens when you knock out the big prizes early in the game.
** The Christmas 2007 episode featured gag prizes in lieu of certain small amounts. The case usually reserved for 1¢ contained a "Lump Of Coal", for example.
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* [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"]]: The Banker.
* [[Filler]]: The NBC run had two-hour episodes during sweeps consisting of '''one game''' with so much filler (celebrity cameos, gimmick-deals the contestant would never take, lengthened pauses, even field pieces!) that it was obviously done to keep NBC from airing a bomb drama or sitcom. [[Hilarious in Hindsight|They ended up airing a bomb game show, instead.]]
* [[Follow the Leader]]: A self-inflicted example. Endemol gave [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] a big-money, luck-based "pick the object" game called ''[[Set for Life]]'' in Summer 2007. It was terrible and got canned after seven episodes.
** Some casinos use their own ''Deal'' knockoffs, obviously for much lower stakes.
* [[He Who Must Not Be Seen]]: The Banker rarely appears on-screen in any version.
* [[Idiot Ball]]: The majority of contestants get handed one at some point. The most [[Butt Monkey|persistent carriers of the Ball]] frequently end up carrying it straight to a [[Epic Fail|1¢ win]] as they are too stubborn and/or stupid to give up and take the deal offered. It's especially bad when the Banker decides to give them the [[Game Show]] equivalent of a pity party and offer them something very close to the top remaining amount...and they ''still'' [[What an Idiot!|walk away with the penny]].
* [[Luck
* [[Jerkass]]: The Banker in the American version usually insulted players (through Howie on the phone) if said contestants did or said something funny or obnoxious. One of the last NBC-era contestants was a math teacher trying to figure out what the Banker's first offer would be, which made the Banker flash the studio lights with a sound clip saying "Nerd alert!" The Banker then stuck it to him by making the offer a measly $3 for trying to do the Banker's job.
* [[Pet the Dog]]: One contestant on the British version really needed money, but made some bad decisions and was left with a pitiful amount. He was so obviously distressed that the Banker phoned up again and [[Heartwarming Moment|offered to buy the mug he'd been drinking from for a ridiculously-high sum]].
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