| $250,000 | |
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| Where on Board | Right Hand Side, last one on the bottom (Australia, Singapore, Arab World) Corner right (Primetime, Le Banquier, Yoo si vooy) Extreme bottom right (Syndicated) |
| Version | Deal or No Deal (US) Australian Singapore Arab World Le Banquier Yoo si vooy |
| No. of Winners | 1 |
| Interesting Fact | N/A |
| Nicknames | Quarter-of-a-million |
$250,000 was the top prize on the Fantastic Four 2009 and the Singaporean version and it was the second biggest amount in the syndicated version. Whenever a board has a top prize that is greater than $1 million, it appears either as the fourth-highest amount ($2.5 million, and $3 million boards) and as the fifth-highest amount under a non-top prize multi-million dollar amount ($4 million, $5 million, and $6 million).
Winners[]
Only one contestant have won $250,000, once which happened during the original version. Sherman Mitchell played his game on March 2, 2006, with two million dollar case, played the game until there's two amounts left which it was $300 and $500,000. His case had the $300.
Sellers (Daytime version only)[]
three other contestants also picked the $250,000, but bailed out (dealt) before they could claim it.
- Rita Stroll, July 15, 2009, Deal for $37,000 (Daytime show)
- Gary Cunningham, November 26, 2009, Deal for $24,000 (Daytime show)
- Wanda Waldridge, September 25, 2009, Deal for $36,000 (Daytime show)
Swappers (Daytime version only)[]
An additional nine contestants on the daytime show were initially behind the $250,000 case, but swapped it out for a lower or higher value.
- Kathy Meeshu, September 29, 2008, Won $175,000 (New Case $5)
- Christine Ralph, December 8, 2008, Won $50,000 (New Case $75,000)
- Tiffany Collins, February 10, 2009, Won $101,000 (New Case $300)
- Lucy Anderon, April 1, 2009, Won $81,000 (New Case $500,000)
- Jetta Garza, April 9, 2009, Won $16,000 (New Case $7,500)
- Lucy Enderek, April 29, 2009, Won $81,000 (New Case $500,000)
- Adria Froehlich, September 30, 2009, Won $22,000 (New Case $1)
- Lenny Carone, October 6, 2009, Won $12,000 (New Case $2,500)
- Tara Mazzarella, November 18, 2009, Won $17,000 (New Case $25)