KindTrvlr

I love Deal or No Deal and have always played each time it is offered. On my last cruise, they offered it on 5 sea days at a minimum cost of $29 (1 card for $29 gets you 2 games of the 2 games that will be played one after the other that day). Additional cards can be purchased at a discount (2 cards for $49, 3 cards for $59). The game is played just like on TV (minus the models) but the dollar amounts are much lower. On the TV show, the lowest case is $1 and the highest is $1Million. On the ship, these amounts range from $.01 to $1,000. In each game, 1 person (who bought a card) is selected at random to play on the stage. Their card is ALSO played simultaneously in the audience matching game. As cases are opened on the screen, the card-purchasing-audience also opens the same case on their card. If the amount in the on-screen case and the on-card case match, the audience can win prizes. The prizes are: 1 match: no prize 2 matches: a pull tab strip (like a lottery scratch card with a maximum prize of $2000) 3 matches: a photo (near the gangway of the ship in ports) 4 matches: $50 5 matches: $200 6 matches: $400 7 matches: a 7 day cruise 8 matches: $5000 (Like on the TV show, on the screen, there is only 1 case with each $ amount in it. However, on the cards, many of the amounts are repeated (i.e. $.01 appears in several cases), thereby diminishing the odds of the audience matching the on-screen case amounts.) The most I have personally ever won from the pull tab prize is $1 and the largest matching prize I've won is the photo. I HAVE seen someone win a cruise once and have also seen a $5000 winner once. The highest win I've seen for the on stage player was a $900 deal from the banker (when they actually held the $1000), but it is more often in the $200-300 deal-range. On my last cruise, of the 10 games played over 5 days, the biggest audience-winner was $200, one time, and there were also a few $50 winners. The highest win/deal made for an on stage player was under $300. Winnings are posted to your onboard account. I have not played Wheel of Fortune, but heard it is a similar setup with similar prizes, played using a pay-to-play app on your phone (instead of the cards). I hope that helps! Have fun! And...unless the deal is really superb, "NO DEAL!!!" 😋