Top Prize Winners
No contestant ever won the $500,000 grand prize. However, 21 contestants sold their case which later turned out to contain the grand prize. The highest winner, Chelsea Drake, sold her case for $275,000 with $100,000 and $500,000 still in play.
Contestant Lisa Einstein made a very bad deal on May 23, 2010, when she took a $23,000 deal before learning her case contained $500,000. Two contestants have each won $0.01. Therese Matthews was the first to win it on October 19, 2009, and Erica Kilcoyne won the same amount on January 14, 2010.
Read more about this topic: Deal Or No Deal (U.S. Syndicated Game Show)
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