WHY WASN'T CH 4 STRAIGHT WITH US, ALL THE MONEY FROM PHONE ENTRIES, ADVERTISING, ETC AND THE BANKER NEW ALL ALONG WHAT TO OFFER THEM AND WHAT WAS IN THE BOXES, IT WOULDNT BE TOO MUCH TROUBLE TO BE "RANDOM " BUT THEY CHOSE TO CHEAT!! SHAME ON THEM!! i JUST WISH ONE OF THE CONTESTANTS HAD PICKED UP ON THE SCAM AND WON THE 250K, BUT THEN THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN NICKED FOR CHEATING NO DOUBT LIKE THAT MAJOR BLOKE FROM "WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIR",,
What has been happening is that the computer which randomly selects the amounts of money to go into each box has duplicated a sequence which has led to the same amounts of money going into the same boxes in successive shows. This has led to accusations of a fix but it seems to have been a genuine computer error and has only been noticed after the shows have been broadcast. The contestants appear to have been oblivious to this but it could have affected the banker's offers if he picked up on this.
There's a better explanation of the glitch by one of the producers on the show, Glen Hugill. It's on the main page of this link.
I'm not a Mirror reader either although the article seems to report the facts of what went wrong. Thought I'd post it anyway since the thread was specifically about the Mirror story.
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