Deal or No Deal made quiz show history this week as the ITV programme saw its biggest ever win. Contestant – the biggest win ever since the Stephen Mulhern hosted show was rebooted in 2023.
Her win comes after the jackpot had been cut by £150,000 since moving to ITV in 2023 from – where it was presented by . Previous contestants could take home up to £250,000 before the show was axed by its former home after 11 years in 2016.
While the cash pot on is huge, it is just a drop in the ocean compared to other show’s prizes. Relatively new ITV game show, Limitless Win, tops the list of the biggest prize winners.
The show, which is hosted by , first aired in 2022. According to Spin Genie, the available jackpot on the programme is hinted at in the name, with contestants able to win an unlimited amount of money.
The highest amount won on the show to date is £1 million and has only been achieved by one pair. In series three, Helen and Charlie from Suffolk became the first pair to win the life-changing amount.
Deal or No Deal saw its biggest ever win (Image: ITV)
The married couple became millionaires after correctly answering how many years it had been since Blur beat Oasis to the UK number-one spot with their song Country House.
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire has also had contestants win a seven-figure sum. Again, as the name suggests, contestants can win up to £1 million if they manage to answer all 15 questions correctly.
Since it was first broadcast in 1998, only six contestants have managed to bag the jackpot. In 2000, Judith Keppel became the first person to win £1 million on the show, and she later went on to form part of the quiz experts on Eggheads.
Donald Fear is the most recent person to win the jackpot on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? In 2020, he became the first and only contestant to date to win during Jeremy Clarkson’s time as host.
In addition, Donald also became the first winner to complete the show with lifelines to spare, using only his 50:50 lifeline. Other top-prize winners include David Edwards, Robert Brydges, Ingram Wilcox and Pat Gibson, who also became a quiz expert on Eggheads.
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Who Wants to be a Millionaire has seen the biggest ever quiz show win (Image: ITV)
Dom Aldworth, head of brand marketing at said: “In the event that you win on a game show, it’s likely that you’ll take home a prize or pot of money. The sum that is up for grabs on game shows has increased in recent years, and according to our research, the highest cash prizes in the UK can be won on Limitless Win and Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.
“The names of the programmes hint at the available jackpot, with contestants able to win an unlimited amount of money on Limitless Win, with £1 million being the highest amount won so far, and £1 million on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.
“The possibility of winning large sums of money and the potential to drastically change the contestants’ lives have drawn viewers to game shows for decades. Prize money typically comes from one of two sources: an advertising sponsor or the network’s budget directly. Game shows are relatively inexpensive to produce and generate a substantial sum of advertising revenue.”