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Deal or no deal - the end?
Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2012 12:52 am
by feeder22
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... ead_module
not what some of you may of been thinking from reading the thread title, but would be intresting to see what happens to the awp's if the show goes
i'd guess bellfruit would ditch the brand but continue to churn out similar profile machines
Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2012 1:10 am
by flashback
They would probably bring out one with that name

Seems a bit weird, not a fan of deal and never seen red or black, but the other shows like play your cards right are good entertainment. How on earth gambling comes into it i'm not sure? All very odd.
Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2012 7:58 am
by tommya
Crazy fruits donds ?
Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2012 10:03 am
by feeder22
Theres already a couple crazy fruit deals. low tech and high tech
Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2012 10:50 am
by oldskool
bit suprised at the lack of olympic based fruit machines that have been released
Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2012 10:55 am
by quizard
The DOND format is ideal for a Fruit Machine so you can see that type of format continuing long after the licenced game has ended.
Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2012 1:54 pm
by Scott
oldskool wrote:bit suprised at the lack of olympic based fruit machines that have been released
Is there even one at all.
Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2012 9:04 am
by discostu
Of course its gambling, thats not the shocking part. The shocking part is that they dont have a license!
"£25,000, deal or no deal?" The player now has TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND POUNDS real money effectively in their hand, which they can choose to GAMBLE for 1p or £100,000 etc etc.
How can a show run for over 6 years (DOND) and this has just cropped up now, omg. How on earth could this show go to air without a license.
Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2012 12:03 pm
by QuizMaster
There's no case to answer. Michael Miles was doing this with 'Take Your Pick' in the 1950's, where you could take your prize or 'Open the Box' - but then, that's where Endemol got the idea for the show anyway.
Maybe this is more about the Gambling Commission's profile than anything else, or the fact that the Daily Mail have got fuck all else to write about now the Tories are in power.
And Cowell didn't help with his 20 ft wide roulette wheel and people claiming to have 'skilfully' picked 3 reds in a row. But that show will never come back becasue it was one of the most boring hours of television in recent memory. Could have been good, but needed more thought in the format.
Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2012 1:15 pm
by Cf
QuizMaster wrote: But that show will never come back becasue it was one of the most boring hours of television in recent memory. Could have been good, but needed more thought in the format.
Think you spoke too soon there :/
Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2012 6:17 pm
by aaamusements.co.uk
Cf wrote:Think you spoke too soon there :/
I don't think so. Cowell himself has pretty much admitted that with hindsight it was probably a mistake...
Edit: Ok I stand corrected!
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/ar ... ds-newsxml
Revised format though...