During these latter rounds, the contestant often received advice from a group of supporters (his/her family, friends and others) on whether to accept or decline the offer. Subsequent rounds have the contestant eliminating four, three and two cases from the remaining field, with Banker deals after each elimination round thereafter, the contestant withdraws one case each time.

However, should the contestant refuse The Banker's offer ('No Deal,' which always happened at least on the early deals), he/she is then directed to eliminate five cases from play, after which another deal is offered, which - depending on what prizes are eliminated during this round - may be higher or lower than the previous offer. At that point, his/her game ends, the amount inside the case, and the cases remaining in play are revealed. If the player chooses to accept the offer ('Deal'), he/she presses a button at his/her podium to confirm the decision. The offer is based on the cash amounts still in play although this initial offer is fairly small, it is usually higher if more of the small amounts - usually, those under $10,000 - were taken out of play. After the six cases are opened, host Mandell receives a call from The Banker, who makes an offer to buy back the player's case. After each number is called, that case is opened, revealing one of the 26 cash prizes that prize is then eliminated from play.

The player then is asked to eliminate six of the remaining cases, calling out the corresponding numbers one at a time. The cash amount inside could be as little as 1 cent ($.01) or as much as $1 million. The contestant chooses one case, which is placed at his/her contestant's podium.

Each new game begins with 26 cases, each randomly distributed and held by a sexy model. The main objective of the game was identical: Select a case containing a mystery cash amount, then - after being asked to narrow the field of cases by a certain number at various intervals - decide whether to take a cash buyout offered by an unseen 'banker' ('Deal') or reject the offer and continue eliminating cases ('No Deal'), knowing he/she could win the grand prize of $1 million. The United States' version of 'Deal or No Deal' was based on the Netherlands game show that had premiered in 2002.

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