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$0.01
$0.01
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Version Deal or No Deal USA
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$0.01 is the lowest amount in the American version of Deal or No Deal.

Winners

Three contestants have won $0.01: One on the primetime show and two on the daytime show.

  • Heather McKee on the 3rd January 2008 (Million Dollar Mission; played with three $1,000,000 cases)
  • Cherise Matthews on the 19th October 2009
  • Erica Kilcoyne on the 14th January 2010

Sellers

Twenty other people have picked the $0.01 case, but sold it for a greater value of money before it was won.

  • Eric Paulson, 10 March 2006, Dealt for $19,000
  • Robin Mullins, 18 September 2006, Dealt for $102,000
  • Jed Dodds, 20 October 2006, Dealt for $172,000
  • Summer Andrew, 5 December 2007, Dealt for $59,000 (Took her husband's winnings of $74,000, as he was playing backstage and his winnings were kept secret until the end)
  • Anabel Gomez, 20 February 2008, Dealt for $99,000
  • Allison Doheny, 14 May 2008, Dealt for $32,000 plus a $3,200 Martha Stewart fan package
  • Maurice Jones, 15 September 2008, Dealt for $8,000 (Daytime show)
  • Maria Marcellas, 7 November 2008, Dealt for $1,400 (Daytime show)
  • Tia Lampone, 14 November 2008, Dealt for $300 ($2,000,000 top prize)
  • Andrew Harris, 18 November 2008, Dealt for $10,000 (Daytime show)
  • Amanda and Lauren Foster, 4 February 2009, Dealt for $58,000 (Daytime show; twins week)
  • Thomas Fritze, 18 May 2009, Dealt for $220,000
  • Kalley Chen, 9 October 2009, Dealt for $127,000 (Daytime show; the rest of the following sellers are from the daytime show as well)
  • Jenna Richardson, 15 October 2009, Dealt for $9,000
  • Ann Langford, 23 October 2009, Dealt for $150 (Halloween week)
  • Wise Haderi, 26 January 2010, Dealt for $11 (Runner-up to lowest offer ever taken, second to only Brett Kurtz's $8 deal on 24/3/06)
  • Venise Fleurisma, 16 February 2010, Dealt for $11,000
  • George Potts, 4 May 2010, Dealt for $10,000
  • Lavern Allen, 13 May 2010, Dealt for $19,000
  • Mark Halsel, 25 May 2010, Dealt for $168,000 (Swapped out $500,000 top prize case)

In addition to this, contestant Emika Porter on the 7th February 2007 played a Double Deal game where all the amounts on the board were doubled, thus making the top prize $2,000,000. She sold her case #22 for $15,000, which held the lowest amount possible: $0.02.

Swappers (Daytime show only)

An additional nine contestants on the daytime show were initially behind the $0.01 case, but swapped it out for a higher value.

  • Joseph Palatka, September 18, 2008, Won $21,000 (New case held $5)
  • Geri Mantuca, October 15, 2008, Won $55 (New case held $100)
  • Sabrina Baxter, November 5, 2008, Won $96,000 (New case held $500,000)
  • Perry Stalin, January 19, 2009, Won $19,000 (New case held $200)
  • Marcia and Melanie, February 6, 2009, Won $1 (New case held $1; twins week)
  • Dan Yandis, April 21, 2009, Won $41,000 (New case held $7,500)
  • Violetta Wright, May 7, 2009, Won $3,500 (New case held $300)
  • Kimberly Astrologo, September 17, 2009, Won $89,000 (New case held $2,500)
  • Tim Wilson, January 12, 2010, Won $5 (New case held $5)

Trivia

  • When a $3,000,000 top prize was up for grabs on the 3rd March 2006, the lowest prize was jokingly upped to $0.03 instead of $0.01. When case #5 was opened later in the show, $0.01 was revealed. To make it $0.03, host Howie Mandel took two literal pennies out of his pockets and laid them on the table.
  • On the Thanksgiving 2007 special, $0.01 was replaced by"GRAVY." This was the only time a gag prize has ever replaced $0.01.

Videos

Heather McKee's $0.01 win
Cherise Matthew's $0.01 win

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