The Banker's Challenge

The Banker's Challenge was usually offered (and sometimes forced) to play. These challenges would usually give contestants bonus money that is theirs to keep no matter what, although this did not always happen.

If the Banker's challenge occurs, a banker's model will comes through the vault through the stage, and Howie explains what they have to do and always give bonus money.

For one occasion, they let a model explains what they have to do.

Deal or No Deal History

USA

Date	Episode Title	Contestant(s)	Banker's Challenge	Bonus Money	Forced to play?	Accepted or Declined?	Notes
January 9, 2008		Brad Falcon	Cut his beard	$25,000	Yes	Accepted (on $25,000)
February 11, 2008		Tamika Kendall	Kiss a frog	Double the size of the offer	No	Declined	This is reference of the famous fairytale The Frog Prince.
February 14, 2008		Edward Tommasi	Wear same shoes of the models for the rest of the show	$5	Yes	Accepted
			Wear same dress of the models
February 18, 2008		Katie Henslin	Raise her husband up an level on a hoist	No cash value	Yes	Accepted	After knocking one million dollar case in the seventh round, Howie just pulled her husband Peter off the hoist before the break.
April 5, 2008		Uchenna Emenaha	Win up to five cars	No bonus cash	Yes	Declined	She did not win a single car because she eliminated the million in her first pick
April 7, 2008		Josh Akuna	Place three cards into a cage with the same squirrel that attacked him	$10,000	Yes	Declined	Josh said he was afraid of squirrels, as a squirrel attacked him while he was working on a telephone pole.
April 16, 2008		Trey Milburn, Ray Abboushi, Eric Cox, Drew Hoffmann	Pick up one of three placards from a pool of oatmeal	$30,000	Yes	Accepted	Only one contestant will do the challenge because the challenge is offered for four players.
April 30, 2007		Kate Albarelli	Match the Banker’s "champion" move-to-move	No bonus cash	Yes	Accepted	This was the same challenge as Michael Chandler in 12 years later.
May 5, 2008		Patrick Hook	Choose one of the three delicacies	$10,000	Yes	Accepted (on $10,000)
May 7, 2008		Elaine Primeaux	Eat a bloody sausage	Double the size of the offer	Yes	Accepted
May 14, 2008		Allison Doheny	Eat five Mopani worms	$10,000	Yes	Accepted
August 25, 2008		Koshka Blackburn	Turn down every offer	$7,000 Broadway package	Yes	Accepted
October 3, 2008		Tommy Knowlton	Open the door, sit on it, close the door	$15,300 2008 Smart Fortwo Passion	Yes	Accepted
October 22, 2008		Richie Bell	Keep the heart rate under 140	$10,000	Yes	Accepted
January 2, 2009		Mandy Quigley	Raise up on a harness	$16,000	Yes	Accepted	She successfully retrieved all three cases and won the whole $16,000 bonus.
May 4, 2009		David Lee	Wear a styrofoam suit and retrieve two placards	$10,000	Yes	Accepted	He successfully got both to win the $10,000.
December 5, 2018	"Family Value$"	Casey Heath	Eliminate a member	$5,000	Yes	Accepted
December 19, 2018	"Beard or No Beard"	David Leeman	Cut his beard	$10,000	Yes	Accepted	This was similar to Brad Falcon's challenge.
January 16, 2019	"Small Town, Big Dreams"	Bryce Gage	Beat Jonathan Isaac to get the most baskets in 30 seconds	$699 55" HD-TV	Yes	Accepted	He wants to buy a new TV. He and Jonathan played to a 1-1 tie, and they both won the TV.
February 13, 2019	"Sony with a Chance of Millions"	Sony Avalos	Stick her hand inside a box and touch what’s inside	$5	Yes	Accepted
							This time, a former contestant Edward was inside the box.
June 12, 2019	"Million Dollar Ironman"	Jorge Montero	Pedal on an exercise bike and maintained a speed of 100 RPM or more	a Planet Fitness Black Card to everyone in the audience	Yes	Accepted
June 19, 2019	"The Champ vs. The Banker"	Michael Chandler	Match the Banker’s "champion" move-to-move	No cash value	Yes	Accepted	This was similar to Kate's challenge.