[quote name=\'dscungio\' date=\'Jan 16 2004, 12:53 AM\'] If anyone from Australia has any ideas about how that value is calculated, I'd appreciate it. I know it has something to do with conditional probabilities and expected values. [/quote]
I've also seen an episode the bribes are usually got awkward totals. The totals rely on what amounts are left in the cases so for example if you open 20 out of 26 Cases and the $1 Million plus the $2 Million cases are yet to revealed then the bribe could be huge of say $510,000. However if the bigger prizes have been revealed but the lower amounts are yet to be opened then the bribe will say $2,200 if say the $8,000 is still left. From my knowledge the lowest win on the Aussie show has been $25. The painful bit for the contestant is that they let you see what would happen if you went further into the game if you made a deal early this due to that the other persons holding the cases could win an amount depening on the odds of correctly answering the amount in that case.
What I will do is email you the game results of the episode I got over the weekend to give you some idea.
With the upcoming Aussie Daytime version it will cause some questions of the 30 Min format as a regular game takes 50-60 Mins from start to finish. My best guest is that the elimination process could be reduced as originally 200 people started, reduced to 100, reduced again to 25, reduced again to 2 then 1. If that is the case the game will probably start from the 25 People round. However since the move to Daytime the top prize could reduce as now the contestant call is saying "Win $100,000s" and no word about Millions in Dollars so the prize could be $500,000 as the French version is also offering the same top prize on their weekdaily version.
