Deal or No Deal UK is engaging. I like how they color coded the cases. Thr simple silence, 22 cases instead of 26, and less noise is a slightly pleasant change. However, I think the US version is much better. First off, the UK top prize is only $250k tax free. The US version is $1 million, which is worth over $600k after taxes. This in turn leads the US version to be much more intense, and scare contestants with 6 figure offers. You almost never see that in the UK version. Also, the UK version requires way too many suitcases to be eliminated per round, while the US goes one case at a time in the 2nd half for dramatic, entertaining purposes. The UK format in turn allows the banker to make mathematically horrendous bank offers, even on the last bank offer. This results in 1) more risk taking 2) more often than not, spineless contestants settling for paltry sums of money. Personally, I find the UK banker's stingy banker formula infuriating. On the US version I complain that contestants are being too risky with mathematically more generous bank offers of 6 figures. In the UK version I am always complaining that the British players are wimps, taking bank offers in the low 5 figures worth less than half of fair value. The US version also has a lot more fun, silly gimmicks to it, and the contestants are more competitive in your face have more drive and energy, especially when shouting NO DEAL and fighting the banker. UK version everyone is using good manners with the banker, hence making the show look pathetic at times.
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