Deal or No Deal (USA)/Episode 328

Episode 328
Season 3, Episode 24
Airdate	January 3, 2008
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Episode 328 is the twenty-fourth episode of the third season of Deal or No Deal, and the one hundred thirty-second episode overall.

Cast:

Gameplay

Heather McKee, a country pig-farmer, removed only one of the $1,000,000 cases (three in total in this MDM episode) in the first four rounds, leading to an offer of $207,000.

Before this offer was given, however, the banker asked to inspect her lucky piggy bank, and then cruelly smashed it with a hammer. This horrific act was met with an instant downturn after the offer was refused: The next round consisted of both $1,000,000 cases, beginning a streak of similar bad luck that would continue across the mission.

The $400,000 case still backed up Heather, but before she could return to her glory, that amount left the game as well after a couple more rounds. The game continued to turn down, with the last two cases being the penny and $10,000. The offer of $5,500 was turned down because Heather came to make history.

Heather came to the show hoping to fill her piggy bank with a million; she left with no piggy bank...and ONE PENNY.

After the show, however, Patricia (model 9) returned her real bank, which the banker actually didn't smash, to Heather.

Notes

• The banker used a fake bank to incite the contestant's anger without actually breaking the bank.

Trivia

The Show

• Of course, winning a penny usually means being labeled as greedy; however, this argument is not valid against the $207,000 offer because of the two $1,000,000 cases and $400,000 among eight cases remaining. Theoretically, the final offer was almost a mandatory take, but many DonD "biggest losers" have been able to sell their checks for considerable amounts. The taxes associated with winning $5,500 narrow this gap even further.

Behind the Scenes

• Case 22 was the "winning" case for Heather.

• Over the course of the next few games, two other contestants suffered the same round 5, theoretically a 1/28 chance. One other contestant knocked them both out from six cases, in this case a 1/12 chance.

Memorable Moments

• Heather McKee became the first winner of 1 cent, the smallest amount possible.