$0.01 | |
Where on Board | Extreme top left |
Version | Deal or No Deal USA |
No. of Winners | {{{winner}}} |
Interesting Fact | {{{interesting}}} |
Nicknames | {{{aka}}} |
$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.