hate people who steal on goldenballs ??

No. Stealing is the only sensible way to play the game.

steal all the way and I would tell them I'm stealing.

Couldn't do it m8, not in my nature.

It's not about your nature; it's about being sensible. It's simple Game Theory.

Having said that, if I stole and the person had chosen to split, then I'd go halfers with them after the show.

I feel gutted for people when they get stiffed by a stealer. I'd always split, unless if I was totally convinced that my opposite was going to steal. I'd cancel it out if I felt I had to.

programme has now been shelved, these were recorded earlier in the year, spoke to the producer in the summer, told me this fomat has had its day, there is a steal in almost all the programmes recorded now he said & the viewing public have had their fill, when this series finishes that will be it.

dk1986 16 Nov 18:02


I feel gutted for people when they get stiffed by a stealer. I'd always split, unless if I was totally convinced that my opposite was going to steal. I'd cancel it out if I felt I had to

me and you should go on the show m8, knowing our luck we would be voted of early on :^0

Especially if they shake hands that is sacrilege in my book.

Any updates regarding that gameshow with Alexander A., pang?

how is stealing the only way to play..
if everyone went by that gameplan, no one would ever win
if you are happy with half the money, splitting is the only way to play it.. if they steal you get nothing.. if they split you get half

if you both steal you both get nothing


so the only way to sensibly play is to split.. unless your an evil selfish swine(or playing for a jackpot of £50 or something then stealing is fine and laughed at)

We'd be gubbed early doors larrence. Not sure how the show works exactly, but I'd get all the killers (if that's a bad thing) if I went on. :^0.

JUGADOR MEJOR 16 Nov 18:05


Especially if they shake hands that is sacrilege in my book.

Exactly m8, shaking hands and saying i swear on my familys life, how bad could someone be. :(

panglima 16 Nov 18:03
programme has now been shelved, these were recorded earlier in the year, spoke to the producer in the summer, told me this fomat has had its day, there is a steal in almost all the programmes recorded now he said & the viewing public have had their fill, when this series finishes that will be it.

Do you know what happened to the show they tried called "Shafted"?

Audition on Friday DK
Two hours which is a long time for an audition, hopefully we will come over ok , our GK is irrelevant tbh its all about how we would come over on camera.

i dont watch it anymore, if someone stole from me after promising not to i would give him a crack the** ;)

I'm sure you know the persona they want to see.

GL on it. I hope you do us proud. I'm sure you will. :)

Yes Shafted ( I went for an audition but never got on ) was shelved after THREE yes three episodes as it was demmed immoral, this was only about seven yeras ago, times seemed to have changed but it took a hundred episodes of Goldenballs to come to a similar conclusion.

Dinner time

dk1986 16 Nov 18:07


We'd be gubbed early doors larrence. Not sure how the show works exactly, but I'd get all the killers (if that's a bad thing) if I went on

if you didn't have the killers , you would end up with all the money, but sitting next to you would be a leggy blonde with big coconuts, should would take my eye,i would keep her in and then she would steal the cash to have a bigger b oob job :^0

cheers DK

ID ALWAYS SPLIT.AND **S NEVER PROSPER,IN THE LONG RUN

Andy Murray 16 Nov 18:07
how is stealing the only way to play..
if everyone went by that gameplan, no one would ever win
if you are happy with half the money, splitting is the only way to play it.. if they steal you get nothing.. if they split you get half

if you both steal you both get nothing


so the only way to sensibly play is to split.. unless your an evil selfish swine(or playing for a jackpot of £50 or something then stealing is fine and laughed at)

I can't be bothered explaining it, but it's called the Prisoner's Dilemma if you want to look it up.

To all the people who would split on here, well played nice to know, us lot would never get on the show, they only want ROGUES on there ;)

:^0 larrence. I love how your mind works! Like the X-Factor thread when you were arrested for stealing Cheryl's smalls. :^0

Banquo is right: stealing is the only way to play because if your opponent does split then you get twice the prize. This does not factor in your opponent being able to read what you aer going to do.
Of course a game theory equilibrium does not necessarily mena that it is the best outcome. In this situation it actually leads to the worst possible outcome.

Shyte programme though because every day someone steals, I've only ever seen one split and I've watched the last 10 minutes of about 30 shows.

Hence the programme will not get recommissioned

dk1986 16 Nov 18:15


larrence. I love how your mind works! Like the X-Factor thread when you were arrested for stealing Cheryl's smalls.

cheers m8 :) The problem is i have a tiny brain, and most of the time it says things without thinking properly, very hasty and it shows in my replies :^0

I love it lazza. Hope you never start thinking :D

:^0

Dk, what are you doing about your job m8 ?? Are you staying with it.

id rather split but id feel sick if someone stole all that off me, id probably end up throwing one of the balls at them or something.

reading only a bit of the prisoners dilemma, its a different situation..

steal steal.. = both go home with nothing(prisoners get 5 years each)
steal split.. = steal gets the jackpot(prisoner stealing gets off free, splitter gets 10 years)
split split.. = both share the prize(prisoners get 6 months each)

so the worst case scenario for the stealer in this situation = 5 years, best case = no punishment
as for the splitter, worst case scenario is 10 years, best scenario is 6 months

in this it adds what would have been the stealers punishment onto the splitters punishment..
in goldenballs this doesn't happen.. the splitter isnt penalised in anyway for splitting

Going to have to weigh things up. There'll be a security review, and something might happen, if only so the company doesn't make front page news across the county again for the same reason. ;)

I like the job, so it would be a shame to leave it 'unplanned'.

that would be hilarious Tim :^0

the way i see the show

if you steal and they steal - you stop them taking all the money
if you steal and they split - you get double the money they do


there is no reason for splitting other than human decency, but i wouldnt probably dare split incase the other person stole, as it would kill me, but as i wouldnt want to steal off someone either i wont go on the show :D

i think anyway

thats what ive said Andy, thats why ppl dont split, they should just both have to anyway

so good guys like us still got some prize money, you know the good guys, the ones who sit down to watch david attenborough on a monday night ;)

timhayes 16 Nov 18:28


id rather split but id feel sick if someone stole all that off me, id probably end up throwing one of the balls at them or something.

i would carry a hand grenade in my pocket, as they left the studio, if they stole i would throw it knowing my luck , a couple of window fitters would walk by infront of the one who stole and the grenade would bounce of window glass and take me out instead :^0

Love it. :^0

dk you and gary would be the window fitters no doubt ;)

who'd probably get killed after you blew up and your arms hit us square in the face

Least we'd all cop it together. :x

:^0

Goldenballs is one of those cringe making programes.
You want it to end with a split.
But you know you are watching either one,or two people lying through their teeth to get their grubby hands on the money. :(
I'd like to think I'd split..... But then again I would n't wanna be 'mugged' of my cash. :^0

agree with you totally bobby, it does make you cringe at the end of the programme, some real devious types around, would steal the false teeth of there grans. :(

The logical way to play it is to convince the other player that the only way to guarantee that the programme pays out is for you both to split.Think of it this way I would say: If the programme could influence you it would want you to steal.Therefore we split!
That logic is so convincing that the other player would know that you will split - because of your perfectly explained logic - so ironically they could then steal.
So,the way I would play it is to say that I would steal . I would convince the other player that he/she may as well steal because I will and we can both go away with nowt.
Logically, that other player has nothing to gain by stealing (because he/she is convinced that I will).Therefore he/she may as well split with the outside chance that I was bluffing about stealing.
I then have 2 possible results
1. He/she splits and I win the lot having told the truth.
2. He/she steals and we go home with nowt having told the truth.
As you can see I am not prepared to go on National TV and be seen lying for a few thousand quid.

only way 2 play is 2 steal, thats not bein harsh or a moneygrabber, but u must b a staggering moron 2 even consider splitting.
if ur a nice guy play safe n steal, if the other guy steals u were right 2, if they had split u can give them half, 4 me i cannot c the sense in riskin splittin it

100,000 on goldenballs:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3Uos2fzIJ0

If you steal, and tell the other person you're going to steal - the only way they can possibly hope to get any money is by splitting.

If you come across well and a nice enough person then they're unlikely to hate you enough to stop you getting the money. They might as well just split and hope that you're bluffing.

don't b daft

Steal all the way, makes the logical sense not the morale sense.