Comments on: Sam Murray or Jehan Shamsid-Deen. Who wins the “Millionaire” Tournament of Ten?

By: Sam

Sam — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 23:36:48 +0000

Trust me, not rigged. They tell in a legal briefing what happens to cheaters on game shows. Sorry if some out there think my question was easy, but it wasn't while sitting in the hot seat. Thanks to WWTBAM for giving me the chance in the first place!

By: Sam

Sam — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 23:36:48 +0000

By: Craig

Craig — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:43:43 +0000

Sam Murray won the whole ball of wax when Jehan didn't risk her $250K.

Yeah, I HATE it when something like that pre-empts a game show. Was there a college basketball game going on there that day? That's what I'm guessing here.

By: Craig

Craig — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:43:43 +0000

Sam Murray won the whole ball of wax when Jehan didn't risk her $250K.

Yeah, I HATE it when something like that pre-empts a game show. Was there a college basketball game going on there that day? That's what I'm guessing here.

By: Disappointed Fan!

Disappointed Fan! — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:30:20 +0000

Who won the million dollars? I turned to the show on Friday at the usual time (in Alberta, Canada) and all I got was a basketball game. Now that was a nasty prank, what happened there!! I like basketball but not as much as the millionaire FINALS.

By: @BMSprint

@BMSprint — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:39:55 +0000

What you've forgotten is that some of them may have not risked it on the principle that the million dollar win was NOT a sure thing because a higher seed could come back and win it later.

By: @BMSprint

@BMSprint — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:39:55 +0000

What you've forgotten is that some of them may have not risked it on the principle that the million dollar win was NOT a sure thing because a higher seed could come back and win it later.

By: Craig

Craig — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:54:45 +0000

As long as it doesn't resort to name-calling, disagreements are acceptable with respect to each other's opions. I'm not sure how you interpert European bias without resorting to name-calling & nasty remarks. There are other places to go if you don't like what we say here sometimes. I guess some can misconstue something & turn it into some serious bashing of some kind. We all need to consider what we say so that respect must be honored for every opion that is posted here. Sure, we may say things that may sound awkward, but that's the way it is sometimes. We just have to deal with it.

By: Craig

Craig — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:54:45 +0000

By: SaddenedFan

SaddenedFan — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:21:48 +0000

You sound butthurt to me. And that European bias was not directed to you, it was directed to Alex.

By: Octavarium64

Octavarium64 — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:00:07 +0000

It's not a rigging, but something is very, very wrong with the new format that nobody seems to get.

There is a drastic, and I mean DRASTIC, decrease in the amount of money that has been risked on the final question since the clock came through. There is one anomaly known as Ken Basin, who did this outside of the T10 but in the clock era.

If we divide the 1M questions seen so far into T10 and natural 1M questions, 12 out of 38 normal contestants have played without the clock, where an average of $468,736.84 was at risk and the odds return was 1.067:1; but in the T10, 1 out of 10 contestants risked an average of $65,000, where the odds return was 14:1!

If we divide them into clock and non-clock 1M questions, 11 out of 37 non-clock contestants risked an average of $468,567.59 and the odds return was still 1.067:1 (within this accuracy), but with the clock, 2 out of 11 contestants risked an average of $102,272.73, with an odds return of 8.553:1!

By: Daniel

Daniel — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:04:59 +0000

To respond to comments — I know the show isn't rigged (or at least, I really hope it isn't), but the way this Tournament played out isn't helping my viewpoint toward the show not being rigged.

And yeah, it felt hollow — much like the winners on "Deal Or No Deal".

By: Daniel

Daniel — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:04:59 +0000

To respond to comments — I know the show isn't rigged (or at least, I really hope it isn't), but the way this Tournament played out isn't helping my viewpoint toward the show not being rigged.

And yeah, it felt hollow — much like the winners on "Deal Or No Deal".

By: Daniel

Daniel — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:02:45 +0000

I agree that it wasn't as exciting as it should have been, and that more should have gone for it, but please don't use the phrase "stop being so butthurt".

And I'm not European, for the record. And I'm pretty certain the show isn't rigged, but stuff like this Tournament isn't helping my view of the show.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:02:45 +0000

I agree that it wasn't as exciting as it should have been, and that more should have gone for it, but please don't use the phrase "stop being so butthurt".

And I'm not European, for the record. And I'm pretty certain the show isn't rigged, but stuff like this Tournament isn't helping my view of the show.