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Deal or No Deal and similar shows may be forced off the air

It's Daily Mail rubbish hopefully (March 2012)

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BR
Brekkie
If it was really in breach of the act they'd have surely taken less than seven years to notice.
CH
Chie
and there are a number of questions in the game.... well the same question about 5 times


You couldn't use that as a defence though. Once you're in the chair, you're guaranteed to win something (from 1p to £250k) regardless of how you answer the question. Your answers determine how much you win, not whether you win or lose. You can't lose.

I think making applicants write a poem is Endemol's way of circumventing the regulations.
GS
Gavin Scott Founding member
Chie posted:

I think making applicants write a poem is Endemol's way of circumventing the regulations.


Dont fink so.

Isn't it more likely they do this to see who can improvise and be creative, given that each player is (cumulatively) on air for hours before their own game comes up?

Goldenballs required no particular skill, but the auditions revolved around being able to spin a compelling lie in amongst some "personal facts".

Casting directors are only interested in the talent they can find; they'll leave the legal business to the lawyers.

33 days later

BR
Brekkie
Common sense has prevailed:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2129881/Deal-Or-No-Deal-saved-TV-gambling-ban--temporary-reprieve.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

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