'Deal' error gives vicar second chance
Published: March 26, 2008 at 5:26 PM
DUKINFIELD, England, March 26 (UPI) -- A vicar appearing on the British version of "Deal or No Deal" received a miraculous second chance at the jackpot after a box was mistakenly left empty.
The box, which was supposed to contain 250,000 pounds -- about $500,000 -- was found to be empty after it was chosen by contestant David Schofield, a vicar at St Luke's Church in Dukinfield, England, The Daily Mail reported Wednesday.
The show said the error, the first in game history, occurred when the independent adjudicator accidentally neglected to put the money into the box.
Schofield, who said his "guardian angel" must have been watching out for him, was given a second chance at the jackpot after the boxes were reshuffled. Show producers were mum about how the game turned out for the vicar, whose episode is scheduled to air Wednesday.
However, Schofield offered a hint at the outcome: "I did do very, very nicely. I didn't have any sum in mind when I went on the show," he said.
The box, which was supposed to contain 250,000 pounds -- about $500,000 -- was found to be empty after it was chosen by contestant David Schofield, a vicar at St Luke's Church in Dukinfield, England, The Daily Mail reported Wednesday.
The show said the error, the first in game history, occurred when the independent adjudicator accidentally neglected to put the money into the box.
Schofield, who said his "guardian angel" must have been watching out for him, was given a second chance at the jackpot after the boxes were reshuffled. Show producers were mum about how the game turned out for the vicar, whose episode is scheduled to air Wednesday.
However, Schofield offered a hint at the outcome: "I did do very, very nicely. I didn't have any sum in mind when I went on the show," he said.
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