Deal or No Deal (USA)/Episode 320

Episode 320

Season 3, Episode 20
Airdate	December 11, 2007
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Episode 320 is the twentieth episode of the third season of Deal or No Deal, and the one hundred twenty-eighth episode overall.

Cast:

Gameplay

Mary Banford, the ultimate Broadway fan, soon found the curtain descending when her first six cases included three large numbers. However, despite the Super Seven being otherwise completely demolished, the $1 million bastion remained. Even though the last round had only taken out the $500,000 case, the banker dropped his offer once again, to $62,000; however, $12,000 of it was in the ultimate Wicked fan's package, delivered by Glinda herself: an opportunity to be in the performance that night, chauffeured in the company limo, the chance to meet the entire cast, and most importantly, a priceless item: Glinda's own magic wand. With little hesitation, Mary pressed the red button. However important this was to her, she had a 1/8 chance that this was the worst deal in history; she also had a 1/8 chance of removing the $1 million case in one pick, which, fortunately, happened. The second case of the round, not shown on air, was $25, and Mary's case contained $500. Footage of the resulting night was then shown.

Efren Afonte, along with his fiancee, came to the show looking for three things: enough money to have a family, enough money to make it through school, and enough money to visit his parents, who moved to the Philippines. By the end of the show, 15 (his wedding date) was holding up well, with the possibility of containing $200,000, $750,000, or $1 million, or perhaps one of eight other small numbers.

The second show in the three-night, 5-hour What's the Deal? special, had regular games, but with one special addition: Howie picked one case from each game, just before it was actually going to be opened, and opened it into a special box which allowed only the camera, and only the camera, to see it. Mary's game featured case 22, which had $5, and Efren's game featured case 17, which had $200.

Offers of "special opportunities" are widely disdained among the DonD community. Officially, the banker paid out $50,000 in cash and $12,000 in other expenses in order to get a contestant out far more often than offering $62,000 in straight cash, which viewers hold to be an unfair advantage.