There is still a trick that hasn't really been mentioned. I have watched Deal or No Deal many times, so I know how their system was set up. You could enter up to ten times, choosing a single case from 1 to 6, so you would need to enter at least SIX times just for a guaranteed (slim) chance to win, as only one of the six cases contained the prize money. That's six bucks minimum plus carrier charges. Judging from the Get Rich with Trump photo above, the system appears to be similar, except you need to enter EIGHT times for ONE guaranteed chance for a prize. There goes at least nine dollars if you don't have a text messaging plan.

Now, on Deal or No Deal, they ran the promo to enter just before every commercial break, and during the first one, the announcer did say that you could enter online for free, and there was a line of text above all the rules with the website address. However, for the rest of the show, that was never announced vocally agaihon, and I believe that the website address was also dropped from the fine print too, but I'm a little fuzzy on that part.

Needless to say, these people never got a dime from me! :-P I would love to see some numbers on how many people entered and how they entered, but that won't happen anytime soon. I can also confirm the problems entering online, as for one whole show of Deal or No Deal, the site kept saying that we can only enter during a show, and to please come back later.