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$.01
$0.01
Where on Board Extreme top left
Version Deal or No Deal USA
No. of Winners 3 (1 in the primetime version, 2 in the daytime version)
Interesting Fact N/A
Nicknames GRAVY
Pesky Penny

$.01 is the lowest amount in the American version of Deal or No Deal.

Winners[]

Three contestants have won $.01: One on the primetime show and two on the daytime show.

  • Heather McKee on the January 3, 2008 show (Million Dollar Mission; played with three $1,000,000 cases).
  • Cherise Matthews on the October 19, 2009 show.

Sellers[]

Twenty other people have picked the $.01 case, but sold it for a greater value of money before it was won.

  • Eric Paulson, March 10, 2006, Deal for $19,000
  • Robin Mullins, September 18, 2006, Deal for $102,000
  • Jed Dodds, October 20, 2006, Deal for $172,000
  • Summer Andrew, December 5, 2007, Deal 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, February 20, 2008, Deal for $99,000
  • Allison Doheny, May 14, 2008, Deal for $32,000 and a $3,200 Martha Stewart fan package
  • Maurice Jones, September 15, 2008, Deal for $8,000 (Daytime show)
  • Maria Marcellas, November 7, 2008, Deal for $1,400 (Daytime show)
  • Tia Lampone, November 14, 2008, Deal for $300 ($2,000,000 top prize)
  • Andrew Harris, November 18, 2008, Deal for $10,000 (Daytime show)
  • Amanda and Lauren Foster, February 4, 2009, Deal for $58,000 (Daytime show, twins week)
  • Thomas Fritze, May 18, 2009, Deal for $220,000
  • Kalley Chen, October 9, 2009, Deal for $127,000 (Daytime show, the rest of the following sellers are from the daytime show as well)
  • Jenna Richardson, October 15, 2009, Deal for $9,000
  • Ann Langford, October 23, 2009, Deal for $150 (Halloween week)
  • Wise Haderi, January 26, 2010, Deal for $11 (Runner-up to lowest offer ever taken, second to only Brett Kurtz's $8 deal on March 24, 2006)
  • Venise Fleurisma, February 16, 2010, Deal for $11,000
  • George Potts, May 4, 2010, Deal for $10,000
  • Lavern Allen, May 13, 2010, Deal for $19,000
  • Mark Halsel, May 25, 2010, Deal for $168,000 (Swapped out $500,000 top prize case)
  • Shireen Mui, January 9, 2019, Deal for $105,000
  • Tony Oriente, March 20, 2019, Deal for $70
  • Laura Siano, July 24, 2019, Counteroffer accepted for $225,000
  • Stephanie Mitchell, April 8, 2024, Deal for $251,000 (Island version)

In addition to this, contestant Emika Porter on the February 7, 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: $.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 March 3, 2006, the lowest prize was jokingly upped to $.03 instead of $.01. When case #5 was opened later in the show, $.01 was revealed. To make it $.03, host Howie Mandel took two literal pennies out of his pockets and laid them on the table.
  • On the Thanksgiving 2007 special, $.01 was replaced by "GRAVY." This was the only time a gag prize has ever replaced $.01.
  • In season 1 case 4 had $.01 the most (7 times), In season 2 case 13 had $.01 the most (7 times), In season 3 case 21 had $.01 the most (7 times), In season 4 case 5 had $.01 the most (4 times), and in season 5 cases 5 and 22 had $.01 the most (3 times each).
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