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Setup of the game was a bit choppy, but eventually we get it off.
Contestant selected to the hot seat: Mike with box number 21.
Rounds go in this order: 6 boxes, then 5, then 4, and then 3 per round until 2 boxes remain.
Game Board (Blue amounts are the low amounts and the Red amounts are the high amounts):
| $0.01 | $10 |
| $0.05 | 2 months of FoG |
| $0.10 | $15 |
| $0.25 | $20 |
| $0.50 | $25 |
| 1 roll of Life Savers candy | 5 months of FoG |
| $1 | $35 |
| 1 bottle of lemonade | $40 |
| $2 | $50 |
| $3 | 10 months of FoG |
| $5 | $75 |
| 1 month of FoG | $100 |
| $7.50 | $250 |
Comment: I was thinking whether or not to replace the $7.50 prize with a Coloring Book until the game started. It was decided not to replace the $7.50 prize. Sorry Xine.
Round 1
Box 6 - $0.05
Box 13 - 2 Months of FoG
Box 22 - $25
Box 17 - $40
Box 11 - $10
Box 23 - $1
Comments about this round: Four red amounts revealed, even though none of them were from the "Power Five" (the 5 biggest prize amounts), but losing the $40 hurt a bit.
Banker's Offer: $5. Quick No Deal.
Round 2
Box 7 - $7.50
Box 9 - $50
Box 25 - $3
Box 3 - $15
Box 5 - $20
Comments about this round: Three more red amounts revealed, with over half of the red amounts gone from the board, and the loss of the $50 didn't help. I had apparently lost count and a sixth box was almost opened and revealed until I was reminded that five boxes had been opened already.
Banker's Offer: $10. No Deal.
Round 3
Box 8 - 1 month of FoG
Box 16 - 1 roll of Life Savers
Box 12 - $250
Box 1 - $75
Comments about this round: Incidentally, Box 8 was called for before the 2nd deal came in, so he decided to stick with Box 8 as his first box for that round. Good beginning which totally fell apart by revealing both the big one and the $75, leaving only four red amounts left, even tho they do include the 10 months of FoG and the $100.
Banker's Offer: $9. No Deal.
Round 4
Box 10 - $35
Box 18 - $0.50
Box 14 - $5
Comments about this round: One more red revealed, leaving three reds left, but does include 2 of the Power Five.
Banker's Offer: $18. No Deal.
Round 5
Box 4 - $0.10
Box 19 - $0.01
Box 24 - 1 bottle of lemonade
Comments about this round: An all blue round indeed, even though the contestant actually wanted to win the lemonade. The last three red amounts are still alive, including the 10 months of FoG and the $100.
Banker's Offer: $28. Quickly no dealed.
Round 6
Box 20 - $0.25
Box 15 - $100
Box 26 - 5 Months of FoG
Comments about this round: Losing two reds, including the $100 makes the final two now to be $2 vs 10 months of FoG. This round was not a good round at all, despite leaving one of the Power Five in play.
Banker's Offer: $30. No Deal.
Banker offers a swap. (Comment: I had to remind the Banker that he has the option to offer a swap after the contestant No Deals the sixth and final offer.)
Contestant declines swap offer.
Does his box have the 10 months of FoG or just $2?
Box 21 - $2
Box 2 revealed to show the 10 months of FoG.
Strong board coming into the final five boxes, only to have bad luck in the final round as well as the paltry $2 prize.
Postscript: I paid him the $2 and gave him the bottle of lemonade also.
A Great game came out of it. Sadly, no one had a camcorder/video camera running at the time, but then it was starting to rain a little too.
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