$1,000,000

$1,000,000

Where on Board	Extreme bottom right
Version	Deal or No Deal USA
No. of Winners	2 (Jessica Robinson, Tomorrow Rodriguez)
Interesting Fact	It is the top prize on Deal or No Deal (only in normal games and million dollar missions).
Nicknames	N/A

$1,000,000 is the normal top prize on the American version of Deal or No Deal. Whenever a board has a top prize that is greater than $1 million, it appears either as the second-highest amount ($1.5 million, $2 million, $2.5 million, and $3 million boards) or as the third-highest amount under a non-top prize multi-million-dollar amount ($4 million, $5 million, and $6 million boards, the Double Deal board, and the 2004 ABC pilot), airing the Million Dollar Mission and the Multi-Million Dollar Madness, multiple cases (from 2 to 13) holding $1,000,000 are used replacing amounts on the right side of the board. Kimberly Chastang was also offered $1,240,000. Matty Sollena also had an offer higher than $1,000,000. His offer was $1,600,000, higher than Kimberly's $1,240,000 offer.

Winners

Two contestants have won $1,000,000, both which happened during the Million Dollar Mission. Jessica Robinson played her game on September 1, 2008, with five $1,000,000 cases and played the game all the way to the end, turning down a final offer of $561,000 and refusing to swap her case (#4) to win the top prize. On October 29, 2008, Tomorrow Rodriguez played with nine $1,000,000 cases and selected case #7, and won early. Turning down a gigantic offer of $677,000, she got rid of the final left side amount, $300, and had nothing but the million as the only amount, guaranteeing her the win.

Sellers

Seventeen other contestants also picked $1,000,000/The top prize, but bailed out (dealt) before they could claim it.

LaKissa Bright, April 26, 2006, Deal for $215,000 (Had case #17)
Kimberly Chastang, September 19, 2006, Deal for $701,000 ($4,000,000 top prize, had case #2)
Tammy Fuller, October 16, 2006, Deal for $186,000 (Had case #8)
Tracee Jones, October 30, 2006, Deal for $265,000 (Had case #12)
Hugh Neisler, March 19, 2007, Deal for $99,000 (Had case #11)
Dave Atherton, March 19, 2007, Deal for $81,000 (Holds record for earliest bailout, as he took the third offer, had case #25)
George Barnes, September 19, 2007, Deal for $189,000 (Had case #18)
Alecia Whitaker, October 5, 2007, Deal for $306,000 (M$M: Five $1,000,000 cases, had case #8)
Cecil Richardson, October 5, 2007, Deal for $310,000 (M$M: Six $1,000,000 cases; had case #9, but he said that he would have swapped his $100 case for case #16, which held $1,000,000)
Wynetta Williams, October 12, 2007, Deal for $115,000 (M$M: Eight $1,000,000 cases, had case #17)
Neal Washington, October 26, 2007, Deal for $236,000 (Had case #1)
Jay Garrity, November 21, 2007, Deal for $307,000 ($2,000,000 top prize, had case #16)
Katie Henslin, February 18, 2008, Deal for $449,000 (M$M: Thirteen $1,000,000 cases, had case #8)
Garrett Smith, March 3, 2008, Deal for $107,000 (Had case #17)
Johnnie Taylor, March 12, 2008, Deal for $216,000 (Had case #21)
Marybeth Holtzheimer, March 24, 2008, Deal for $341,000 (Had case #13)
Tommy Knowlton, October 3, 2008, Deal for $448,000 and a Smart car (M$M: Five $1,000,000 cases, had case #18, prove-out would have removed all the non-million amounts, meaning he would have had the million).

In addition to this, Matty picked case #23, which held the $3,000,000 top prize on the season two premiere on September 18, 2006, which was sold for $675,000. (The prove-out would have taken his final offer up to $1.6 million). Ashley Otte picked tray #26 (because it was a Thanksgiving special) which held the $2,000,000 top prize on November 26, 2008, which was sold for $260,000 (The prove-out would have taken her final offer up to $1.1 million). So not only have seventeen contestants sold the $1 case, but seventeen have sold the top prize case, (as Kimberly Chastang and Jay Garrity are exceptions) resulting in 19 picks for both. Mike picked case #9, which held $2,500,000 top prize on the ABC pilot on 2004, which was sold for $416,000 (The prove-out would have taken his final offer up to $1,240,000).

$2,500,000 Case9 Pilot — Mike picked case #9 as his personal case which contained the $2,500,000 in **2004 Deal or No Deal USA pilot episode**.

$3,000,000 case23 2023-12-16 — Matty picked case #23 as his personal case which contained the $3,000,000 on **2006-09-18**. He didn't win it as he took a deal and sold his case for $675,000, making it the worst deal ever (A difference of -$2,325,000, would have taken his final offer to $1,600,000.)

Ashley2million — Ashley picked tray #26 as her personal tray which contained the $2,000,000 on **2008-11-26**. She didn't win it as she took a deal and sold her tray for $260,000.

Picking on the first pick

Many contestants also choose a case containing the top prize on their first pick.

Rebecca Van de Ven, May 3, 2006, Deal for $9,000
Mike Wildes, September 29, 2006, Deal for $9,000
Mark Williams, October 9, 2006, Deal for $105,000
Becky Spears, November 23, 2006, Deal for $33,000
Lamar Wilson, December 25, 2006, Deal for $24,000
Cheryl Clarke, February 14, 2007, Deal for $118,000
Cathy Clark, April 8, 2007, Deal for $50,000
Cecil Richardson, October 5, 2007, Deal for $310,000 (M$M: Six $1,000,000 cases; Would have swapped his $100 case for case #16, which held $1,000,000)
Wynetta Williams, October 12, 2007, Deal for $115,000 (M$M: Eight $1,000,000 cases)
Shaquila Ferelly, January 16, 2008, Deal for $36,000 (M$M: Seven $1,000,000 cases)
Ryan Cleghorn, February 11, 2008, Deal for $97,000 (M$M: Twelve $1,000,000 cases)
Uchenna Emenaha, April 2, 2008, Deal for $64,000
Josh Akuna, April 9, 2008, Deal for $189,000 and a spot in a Marvel X-Men comic book
Richard Ramirez, April 30, 2008, Deal for $101,000
Allison Doheny, May 14, 2008, Deal for $22,000 + $3,200 Martha Stewart fan package and $10,000 from the banker's challenge
Matt Zedwick, December 25, 2008, Deal for $227,000
Tommy Knowlton, October 3, 2008, Deal for $448,000 and a Smart car (M$M: Five $1,000,000 cases, prove-out would have removed all the non-million amounts, meaning he would have had the million).
Richie Bell, October 22, 2008, Deal for $1 and $10,000 from the banker's challenge (M$M: Seven $1,000,000 cases)
Tomorrow Rodriguez, October 29, 2008, Won $1,000,000 (M$M: Nine $1,000,000 cases, the only contestant to end a game without going all the way or accepting the offer).
Steve Smiley, November 7, 2008, Deal for $60,000 ($2,000,000 top prize)

Gallery - Every other time the $1,000,000 wasn't the top prize

1.5million — Mark picked the $1,500,000 in case #12 on **2006-02-28**.

$2,000,000 case2 2023-12-16 — Cyndi kept the $2,000,000 in case #2 'til the end after taking a deal of $407,000.

$2,000,000 case11 2023-12-16 — Sherman picked the $2,000,000 in case #11 on **2006-03-02**.

$2,500,000 Case13 2023-12-16 — Becky picked the $2,500,000 in case #13 on **2006-03-02**.

$3,000,000 case24 2023-12-16 — Joe picked the $3,000,000 in case #24 on **2006-03-03**.

$2,500,000 case3 2023-12-16 — Casey picked the $2,500,000 in case #3 on **2006-06-05**.

5million — Casey picked the $5,000,000 in case #9 on **2006-06-05**.

$2,000,000 case19 2023-12-16 — Kimberly picked the $2,000,000 in case #19 on **2006-09-19**.

$4,000,000 case5 2023-12-16 — Kimberly would have picked the $4,000,000 in case #5 in round 7 after taking a deal of $701,000.

2.5million — Jeff picked the $2,500,000 in case #18 after taking a deal of $177,000.

5millionjeff — Jeff picked the $5,000,000 in case #11 on **2006-09-21**.

$3,000,000 case17 2023-12-16 — Michele picked the $3,000,000 in case #17 on **2006-09-21**.

Screenshot 2023-05-07 092841 — Michele picked the $6,000,000 in case #18 on **2006-09-21**.

$1,500,000 case21 2023-12-16 — Casey & Courtney picked the $1,500,000 in case #21 after taking a deal of $216,000.

$2,000,000 case26 2023-12-16 — Casey & Courtney picked the $2,000,000 in case #26 on **2006-11-17**.

$1,500,000 case20 2023-12-16 — Giuseppe picked the $1,500,000 in case #20 on **2007-02-05**.

$2,000,000 case18 2023-12-16 — Giuseppe picked the $2,000,000 in case #18 on **2007-02-05**.

$1,500,000 case14 2023-12-16 — Emika picked the $1,500,000 in case #14 on **2007-02-07**.

Meghan2million — Emika picked the $2,000,000 in case #24 on **2007-02-07**.

$2,000,000 case17 2023-12-16 — Annie & Aubrey picked the $2,000,000 in case #17 on **2007-03-19**.

$2,000,000 case8 2023-12-16 — Jay picked the $2,000,000 in case #8 on **2007-11-21**.

$2,000,000 case9 2023-12-16 — Steve picked the $2,000,000 in case #9 on **2008-11-07**.

$2,000,000 case7 2023-12-16 — Tia picked the $2,000,000 in case #7 on **2008-11-07**.

$2,000,000 tray4 2023-12-16 — Jimmy picked the $2,000,000 in tray #4 on **2008-11-21**.

$2,000,000 case4 2023-12-16 — Davon picked the $2,000,000 in case #4 on **2008-12-29**.

Trivia

According to the December 25, 2008 episode, cases 6 and 17 tied for having the most million-dollar amounts, at 25 until that episode. By the end of season 5, case 6 had beat case 17 by holding million-dollar amounts 27 times.
Case 14 held the least million-dollar amounts, only 14 times during all 5 seasons of the show. (To see how many times other cases held million-dollar amounts: List of $1,000,000 Knockdown)

Cases 6 & 17 $1,000,000 — Cases #6 and #17 have held the million the most times, it was a tie, but later in season 5 case #6 beat case #17 by holding it 27 times.

In almost every season (except season 3) there where cases that didn't have a million-dollar amount or didn't have $1,000,000, but had bigger million-dollar amounts.
- In season 1 cases 4, 18, and 26 are the only cases to not have held the million.
  - Also in Season 1, cases 9, 11, and 12 didn't have $1,000,000, but instead had bigger amounts like $5,000,000, $2,000,000, and $1,500,000.
- In Season 2, case 24 didn't have $1,000,000, but instead had a bigger amount which was $2,000,000.
- In Season 3, each case had held the million at least 3 times.
- In Season 4, cases 15 and 24 are the only cases to not have held the million.
- In Season 5, Cases 3, 5, 8, 15, 17, 21, and 25 are the seven cases to not have held the million.
In every season there where different cases that had held the million the most. A case that had held the million the most in a season, had only held it the most in 1 season. In seasons 1, 2 and 4, two cases had tied for holding it the most. In seasons 3 and 5, only 1 case had held it the most.
- In Season 1, cases 3 and 10 had held the million the most - 5 times each (case 3 held $1,000,000 4 times and $2,500,000 1 time, case 10 held $1,000,000 all 5 times).
- In Season 2, cases 5 and 6 had held the million the most - 8 times each (case 5 had $1,000,000 7 times and $4,000,000 1 time, case 6 had $1,000,000 all 8 times).
- In Season 3, case 15 had held the million the most - 14 times ( 3 times during regular board, 11 times during Million-dollar Mission/Madness).
- In Season 4, cases 11 and 18 had held the million the most - 7 times each (case 11 had held the million 3 times during regular board, 4 times during Million-dollar Mission, case 18 had held the million 4 times during regular board, 3 times during Million-dollar Mission).
- In Season 5, case 24 had held the million the most - 4 times.
On the "Higher Top Value" category on the Wii and other merchandise, the board did not replace amounts.
- Also, whenever Howie says "$1,000,000 all the way down to one penny,” the player will be playing for higher stakes or a double deal game.”
This would have been Cyndi Pridgen's final offer.