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Originally Posted by Nate

He was playing completely at random. Who's to say if he no dealed he would of chosen the same numbers? If he had and all his reds came up you'd be calling him a fool nonetheless.

I'd never, ever call someone that played on and at least tried a fool. The only way anyone will ever win the jackpot on that show [or indeed most others as well] is by trying, it isn't just handed to you on a plate. And if you don't try - you're not going to succeed, are you?

There was some quote from a film [can't remember which] that said 'you try, you fail, you try, you fail. But the only real failure is when you stop trying' - and it's absolutely true. If you don't try - you're never going to get anywhere. Anyone that attempts to play for the jackpot [or the big prizes] on Deal or No Deal is anything but a fool. The people that bail out too early throw away the chance of much, much more money [like today] are the fools.

Originally Posted by Braden

You can't call him foolish, your talking as if he had options and he took the 20k. He never knew what was coming to him, did he.

Of course not, but the opportunity was right there in his grasp. Admittedly, the odds on taking out three blues were not in his favour - but taking out two were certainly possible, and the offer was hardly going to be much down on £60,000 [as long as it wasn't the 250K that went], was it? And indeed it wasn't, it would've been £47,000. It was definitely worth playing.