He Almost Left With Nothing! | Deal or No Deal USA Season 1 Episode 6

Added: 2026-05-18

[00:00:03][applause] [cheering] >> Hello, I'm Howie Mandel and WELCOME TO DEAL OR NO DEAL.

[00:00:10]THANK YOU. [cheering] OH, WOW. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

[00:00:14]HELLO, CONTESTANTS. [cheering] OKAY, IN JUST SECONDS one of those 22 [cheering] people will have a chance at winning a life-changing HALF MILLION DOLLARS.

[00:00:27]>> [cheering] >> PATRICIA AND TAMIKA, it's up to you and the deal wheel. See what's going to happen here is there are 22 numbers on the deal wheel, 22 cases held BY THE CONTESTANTS.

[00:00:41]>> [cheering] >> WHEREVER THE BALL randomly lands determines who's going to be standing right here with me. Hello, ladies.

[00:00:50]>> [cheering] >> Hi, Howie. [applause] Okay, ready?

[00:00:52]Ladies, please.

[00:00:58]>> [cheering] [cheering] [cheering] [cheering] [cheering] >> 19, TWO, MAURICE.

[00:01:25]>> [cheering] [screaming] [screaming] [cheering] >> HERE WE GO.

[00:01:39]>> [cheering] >> WELCOME. ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY HAVE A SEAT. Let's get this thing started.

[00:01:43]Welcome, Maurice.

[00:01:45]Wow. Wow. You were looking like a You didn't know it was you, right? Cuz it was in Mandy's and then it fell over to yours.

[00:01:51]>> Yes.

[00:01:51]>> Yeah, tell me more about yourself. What do you do, Maurice?

[00:01:53]>> Right now, I rent cars for a living. You rent cars for a living?

[00:01:57]>> To other people.

[00:01:58]>> people. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. the car and drive Yeah.

[00:02:01]>> Yes. My main goal is to become a basketball coach and a teacher. So, right now >> Yeah. Go back to school for that?

[00:02:07]>> Back to school, get my master's degree, and then teach basketball. But, definitely coaching basketball is the thing I want to do most in my life. All right. Ready to play? I'm ready to [applause] play.

[00:02:16]Here we go. All right.

[00:02:19]We got 22 cases, each with a random amount of money in it. We don't know what's in what case. We do know that one case is holding a half a million dollars.

[00:02:27]>> [cheering] [applause] >> All you've got to do is you've got to pick the case with a half a million dollars in it. And that is yours to keep. [music] Now, we put you behind case number 19. You could keep this case and hope this has the half a million, or you could switch and have another case.

[00:02:47]Do you want to switch? [music] Yes or no?

[00:02:49]No. No. No. Okay. So, you want to keep case number 19.

[00:02:53]Is there a reason you want to keep number 19? It brought me luck. I mean, I thought I didn't even think the number landed on me, but yes, this this is the number it's it's luck.

[00:02:59]>> feel lucky? I feel lucky with this one.

[00:03:01]This is yours to keep, to spend, to take home. You may want to sell it, we'll talk about that later. Want to find out if the half a million's in there? Yes.

[00:03:07]You know how we do that? We open those.

[00:03:08]Whatever in those is not in yours. Let's start by opening up five cases, Maurice.

[00:03:13]First, I want to go with number 11. Want to go with John.

[00:03:17]>> [cheering] >> Okay.

[00:03:18]>> [applause] >> John, too good for Maurice. Open the case.

[00:03:25]>> [cheering] >> YOU KNOW WHAT?

[00:03:32]COULDN'T BE A BETTER FIRST START.

[00:03:34]BUT, AS BAD AS THAT IS, YOU COULD still walk out of here today with a quarter of a million dollars, right?

[00:03:41]>> [cheering] [applause] >> Yeah.

[00:03:45]So, four more cases open. Uh number 14.

[00:03:48]Number 14 is Jim. Jim, open the case.

[00:03:50][applause] Keep it low. [cheering] ALL RIGHT.

[00:03:58]>> [applause] >> NUMBER SEVEN. NUMBER SEVEN, LUCKY SEVEN.

[00:04:04]>> [cheering] >> MANDY, open your case.

[00:04:10]>> [cheering and applause] >> All right, two more.

[00:04:14]Number 15. Number 15.

[00:04:17]>> [applause] >> Asia.

[00:04:18]>> low.

[00:04:18]Keep it low.

[00:04:19]>> Hi, Asia.

[00:04:21]Open your case.

[00:04:25]>> [cheering] >> Nice stuff, Asia.

[00:04:28]>> [applause] >> One more case. One more case? Let's go with number four. Number four is How do you say your name? Shayla. Shayla.

[00:04:37]>> Yes.

[00:04:37]>> I like that name. Does that mean something? IT MEANS WINE. WINE?

[00:04:42]OKAY.

[00:04:42]>> [cheering] >> IF YOU OPEN THE CASE, see what I was doing?

[00:04:48]>> Yeah. Wine. All right, open the case.

[00:04:52]YES.

[00:04:54]ALL [cheering] RIGHT.

[00:04:55]SPEAKING OF WINE, >> [applause] >> THAT GUY wants you to leave here with as little as possible. He's about to make you an offer and try to buy that case.

[00:05:03]Okay, make us an offer.

[00:05:06]Hello.

[00:05:08]Be kind.

[00:05:12]Okay.

[00:05:15]Okay.

[00:05:17]Your first offer, $8,000.

[00:05:20]$8,000 is yours if you say deal, hit this button. If you say no deal, you have five cases to open.

[00:05:26]Louise Jones.

[00:05:28]Deal or no deal? I am not going to waste your time. NO DEAL. NO DEAL.

[00:05:35]PLAYING ON FOR A QUARTER OF A million dollars.

[00:05:39]>> [applause] >> This big money, five cases. Let's go.

[00:05:42]Number 21.

[00:05:43]>> Number 21. Okay, that is Tony. Tony, [applause and cheering] open your case.

[00:05:49]>> [music] >> Ooh, $50,000. Pick them out. Pick them out.

[00:05:53]I've got the top amount left.

[00:05:55]One more.

[00:05:57]Number nine.

[00:05:58]Number nine is Kimberly. Kimberly, open your case.

[00:06:01]>> OKAY.

[00:06:03]YES!

[00:06:05]>> [cheering] [applause] >> ONE MORE.

[00:06:09]NUMBER 12. NUMBER 12 Ruben, open your case. Hello.

[00:06:17]YES! [cheering] >> [applause] >> NUMBER 17. [cheering] NUMBER 17, okay Steve, open your case.

[00:06:27]Hello, Steve.

[00:06:31]Okay, it's big. Have you still got that bottom block there? Okay, let's go with it. And one more case. One more case.

[00:06:37]I'm going to go with number 13. Number 13 is Felicia. Felicia, this is the last case in this round. Be nice to Maurice.

[00:06:44]Open your case.

[00:06:49]Hello.

[00:06:51]$10,000.

[00:06:53]All right. But look, $75,000, $100,000, and a quarter of a million dollars.

[00:07:00]>> [cheering and applause] >> Hello.

[00:07:07]Okay.

[00:07:09]Well, look at this. $75,000 remain, $100,000 [music] remains, and a quarter of a million dollars remain.

[00:07:16]>> [cheering] [music and applause] >> Because of that, the offer went up. Okay?

[00:07:25]So, more money for you, another decision for you. The new offer now is $13,000.

[00:07:31]$13,000? Are you staying and going for a quarter of a million dollars? I'm going to get your answer when [cheering] we come back.

[00:07:48]>> WOW.

[00:07:49]WELCOME BACK TO DEAL OR NO DEAL. THIS IS MAURICE JONES.

[00:07:52]>> [cheering and applause] >> Maurice is playing a good game. You have an opportunity to walk out of here with a quarter of a million dollars. That is amazing.

[00:08:00]>> [cheering] >> I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GET A SENSE OF IT AT HOME, but I love the camaraderie that starts here. All you people are going to be here all week. Any one of you could walk out of here with a half a million dollars. And during the break, I heard these people you yelling out, "Go, Maurice." So, you're all rooting FOR EACH OTHER.

[00:08:18]I LIKE THAT. SO, YOU'RE AT HOME.

[00:08:20]DID YOU EVER DREAM THAT THIS morning you wake up and somebody you go, "Hey, Maurice. Here's $13,000."

[00:08:26]No. If I If I told you yes, I'd be lying to you. Okay. So, somebody is saying that. So, $13,000 is the offer. If you say no, you have four cases to open.

[00:08:36]There is a block there of three huge amounts. So, Maurice Jones, deal or no deal?

[00:08:43]>> [cheering] >> $13,000 is a LOT OF MONEY, HOWIE.

[00:08:46]It would allow me to to to pay off a few of my loans, but I really want to become a coach. And to do that, you got to have a little bit of pocket change. And so, I'm going TO SAY NO DEAL.

[00:08:57]>> [screaming] >> ALL RIGHT. HOPEFULLY, THIS WORKS OUT FOR YOU. FOUR CASES.

[00:09:01]>> [applause] >> 22. 22 is Joseph. Joseph, open your case. Good luck, Joseph. All right. Good luck, Joseph. Left side. Left side.

[00:09:09][music] Left side.

[00:09:11]>> [cheering] >> Let's get you right.

[00:09:14]All right. Three more cases.

[00:09:16]THREE MORE CASES.

[00:09:16]>> NUMBER SIX. Number [applause] six is William. Doing right? Something small.

[00:09:21]Let's look for the penny. Open your case, William.

[00:09:33]You've still got a shot at I'm doing Okay?

[00:09:37]Two more cases. Two more cases. Yeah.

[00:09:40]I'm going to go with number two. Number two.

[00:09:43]How do you say your name? Antonica?

[00:09:45]Antonica, that's great.

[00:09:47]>> That is great. Well, I I read it. Well, not many people can pronounce it.

[00:09:51]>> amazed that I'm able to read. Does somebody call you anything for short? K.

[00:09:55]K.

[00:09:55]>> Not yes. For Antonica? I don't even understand that.

[00:09:59]Yes. Well, people who don't want to call me Howie call me T.

[00:10:04]I don't get it either. So, you and me are alike.

[00:10:06]Stay away from that bottom huge amount, okay? Open your case.

[00:10:10]Keep it low. Keep it low.

[00:10:13]Keep it low.

[00:10:14]7,500.

[00:10:16]Dodged a bullet. One more case.

[00:10:18]One more case. One more case?

[00:10:20]I'm going to go with number 10.

[00:10:21][cheering] Number [applause] 10. Annie, this is the last one in this round. Open your case, Annie.

[00:10:30]>> [cheering] >> You knocked out the 75,000, 100,000.

[00:10:35]But you did knock out the quarter of a million. How do you think that's going to affect him? It'll probably go down a little bit, but I'm hoping it's not too much. Well, let's see.

[00:10:45]Hello.

[00:10:49]He said you want to be a basketball coach. Have you ever played basketball?

[00:10:52]>> a ton of basketball. A ton. He does it by weight. Oh, yes.

[00:10:56]Have you ever been on a winning team?

[00:10:57]Yeah. Come on, now.

[00:11:00]He says he finds [music] that surprising. Well, but $100,000 is kind of nice.

[00:11:08]He said near a little bit. $6,000.

[00:11:12]$6,000.

[00:11:14]>> [cheering] >> If you don't take it, Maurice, you have to open up two cases.

[00:11:18]Two cases? Look at that block. 75,000 and $100,000. A bit precarious. So, Maurice Jones, deal or NO DEAL?

[00:11:29]>> [cheering] >> HOWIE, ARE YOU GOING TO GO FOR THE $100,000?

[00:11:34]>> to go for the $100,000. I think luck's on my side.

[00:11:38]NO DEAL. NO DEAL. [cheering] HE'S GOING FOR THE $100,000. We'll find out if that was a good decision when we return.

[00:11:46]>> [cheering] [applause] >> Welcome back to Deal or No Deal. Maurice Jones.

[00:11:59]>> [applause and cheering] >> Howie Mandel.

[00:12:02]We're going for $100,000. [applause] Maurice, you took a bit of a risk. You took guaranteed money for a chance at $100,000, you know?

[00:12:14]>> [cheering] >> You got two cases to open. You believe that the $100,000 is in this case.

[00:12:19]>> Yes. Okay, but some case here is holding a penny. Mhm. Right? Hopefully it's not yours. You think it's up there. Does anybody up there feel like their case is holding the penny? No.

[00:12:31]So Barry and Luke both believe they have a penny.

[00:12:34]>> Okay.

[00:12:35]But there's only one penny in the game.

[00:12:36]>> Yeah, I know.

[00:12:37]So either Barry or Luke is just wrong. Well, they can both be wrong. But thanks for your input, guys.

[00:12:44]You're welcome. [laughter] Okay, two cases. This is very scary. You got to keep the 75,000 and 100,000 in play.

[00:12:51]I'm going to go with five. You're going with five?

[00:12:55]Monica.

[00:12:56]>> [cheering] >> It's the penny. Oh, you think it's the penny?

[00:12:58]>> penny. Why didn't you speak up when I asked? I couldn't. You couldn't. Got to keep it a secret. Let's see if the secret is right.

[00:13:03]>> Keep it low.

[00:13:07]>> [cheering] >> YES.

[00:13:11]ONE MORE.

[00:13:12]I'M GOING TO GO with number 20.

[00:13:15]>> [applause] >> Number 20. Keep it low. Jerry, do you have a feeling?

[00:13:19]>> [cheering] >> I got no feeling about this. Sorry. You got no feeling.

[00:13:21]>> No feeling at all. Jerry, open your case. Low. Keep it low.

[00:13:25]Come on.

[00:13:27]5,000.

[00:13:28]>> [cheering] [applause] >> But you kept that block alive.

[00:13:33]You stayed away from the $75,000 and the $100,000, but you're not out of the woods yet. Still dangerous. Still very dangerous.

[00:13:41]Hello.

[00:13:43]Right.

[00:13:47]Okay.

[00:13:48]All right.

[00:13:50]Here's where we are. Okay. You dodged it. Yes. It paid off. The new offer is $12,000.

[00:13:58]$12,000. You dodged it once. Can you do it again? Because you have to open up another two cases. This is a game of skill, timing, [music] and risk.

[00:14:07]$100,000 is still there. There are six [music] cases left. You have a one out of three chance of walking out of here with at least $75,000, maybe $100,000. Can you do it again?

[00:14:19]Marie Jones, deal or no deal?

[00:14:23]>> [cheering] >> Two more cases?

[00:14:30]Two cases. [cheering] GO FOR [applause] IT.

[00:14:33]FIVE OUT OF SIX REMAINING CASES are not the $100,000. You only have to open up two.

[00:14:38]>> Yes.

[00:14:40]It's a lot of money.

[00:14:44]I WANT TO SAY >> [cheering] >> PLEASE NO DEAL.

[00:14:58]>> [applause] >> TWO CASES.

[00:15:01]18.

[00:15:02]18 is Darcy.

[00:15:04]>> Darcy >> A lot of pressure. Got to stay away from that right side altogether. That is a Please stay low. Darcy please. Stay low. Open your case.

[00:15:16]Stay low.

[00:15:22]>> [cheering] >> I'm so sorry, but you have a shot at $75,000 and one more case to open in this round.

[00:15:39]I'm going to go with number three.

[00:15:41]Number three is Rose.

[00:15:42]>> Please be low, Rose.

[00:15:44]Rose [cheering] has to be anything but the $75,000.

[00:15:48]If Rose knocks out the $75,000, the most you can walk out of here with today is $200. If the $75,000 is in Rose's case, this is the most important, the most dangerous case in this game.

[00:16:02]Rose Please, Rose.

[00:16:04]>> You ready?

[00:16:05]Okay, Rose will show you what's in the case >> [cheering] >> when we come back.

[00:16:15]>> [applause] >> Welcome back to Deal or No Deal. We are at a very scary point. You decided earlier to push your luck. You turned down $12,000 [music] to go for $100,000. We knocked $100,000 out on the last draft. There [music] is still an opportunity to walk out of here with $75,000.

[00:16:42]>> [cheering] >> You have to open up two cases before the break. You've already opened the big one, and now if this case is holding $75,000, that's disaster cuz the most you can walk out of here with is $200.

[00:16:56]What are you thinking? I'm thinking please, please, please be on the left-hand side. He's not talking to me, he's talking to you, Rose.

[00:17:03]You ready? Yes. Rose open the case.

[00:17:14]>> [cheering] [cheering] >> There you go.

[00:17:21]Only four cases left.

[00:17:23]>> [applause] >> If you decide to go on, you only have to open one case at a time. Three out of four of the cases remaining are small amounts. Only one's big. Do you want to press your luck one more time? Do you want to go on? Do you think you have $75,000 in there? Think about this and take this offer.

[00:17:40]Hello.

[00:17:45]Okay.

[00:17:47]All right.

[00:17:49]This is like déjà vu. Yes. Same offer [music] as your first.

[00:17:53]$8,000.

[00:17:55]$8,000 one case to open. One case to open.

[00:17:58]>> [cheering] >> Reese Jones, deal or no deal?

[00:18:03]>> [cheering] >> Oh, this is tough.

[00:18:07]I just dodged A BULLET.

[00:18:11]$8,000.

[00:18:12]>> [cheering] >> $8,000 could do me well, you know? It could be a nice little starting point.

[00:18:18]It could make things a lot easier.

[00:18:21]I gambled last time. I don't know if I could do it again.

[00:18:23]>> Reese Jones, deal or no deal?

[00:18:26]>> [cheering] >> Oh my god.

[00:18:32]That's baby. TAKE THE OFFER.

[00:18:33]I CAN'T BE GREEDY TWICE, HOWIE. I can't be greedy twice. This is going to help me pay off the start OF MY LOANS.

[00:18:40]>> [cheering] >> DEAL.

[00:18:43]ALL RIGHT, REESE.

[00:18:45]OOH.

[00:18:47]OKAY, REESE.

[00:18:48]You know what?

[00:18:50]You're not so sure you did the right thing.

[00:18:51]>> Oh, no.

[00:18:52]>> You know what the thing is? You're walking out with a lot of money. $8,000 is a lot of money, but is it a good deal? Had you said no deal, your next case choice would have been >> [music] >> Number one. Number one is Luke. Luke, you said you thought you had the penny.

[00:19:04]Let's see if you were right. Open your case.

[00:19:09]And the bank would have offered you, had you gone on one more time.

[00:19:16]$27,000. It's a big jump, okay?

[00:19:20]Had you said no deal to that and gone one more time, you would have chosen [music] Number 16. Number 16 is Keith. Keith, open your case.

[00:19:31]Hey, I told you hang in there, buddy.

[00:19:33]And the bank would have offered you $31,000.

[00:19:41]Okay, there are only two cases in play.

[00:19:44]Okay?

[00:19:45]One of the cases is holding $75,000 and one is holding a penny. Barry, you said you thought you had the penny. I did say that.

[00:19:53]>> You sold this case [music] >> Yes. for $8,000. Maurice Jones, let's see if you made a good decision.

[00:19:59][music] Oh, Maurice.

[00:20:02]You made a great decision. [cheering] >> [applause] >> Barry, open up your case.

[00:20:06]MAURICE JONES, CONGRATULATIONS [cheering] ON your $8,000.

[00:20:11]It was a fun game. Great meeting you.

[00:20:12]We'll see you next time on Deal or No Deal.

[00:20:16]>> [cheering] [music]