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Golden Balls is a British daytime game show which was presented by Jasper Carrott. It was broadcast on the ITV network from 18 June 2007 to 18 December 2009. It was filmed at the BBC Television Centre. Golden Balls Ltd licensed their name to Endemol for the game show and merchandise.

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Gameplay[edit]

Round 1[edit]

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At the back of the studio is the 'Golden Bank,' a giant contraption like a lottery machine. Inside are 100 golden balls, containing cash values that range from £10 to £75,000. Twelve of these balls are randomly drawn from the Golden Bank and put into a mixer, and four 'Killer' balls are added by Amanda Grant, referred to by Carrott as the 'Balls' Assistant' or 'Killer Queen.' These 16 balls are split equally and randomly among four contestants, each of whom places two balls on their own front and back row holders without looking inside. As Carrott introduces the contestants, they open their front-row balls for all to see.

Following the introductions, the contestants each secretly look at their own back-row balls and announce the contents; they may either tell the truth or lie as they see fit. They then discuss who they think is lying and try to establish who has the worst set of balls, in terms of the lowest total value and/or the most Killer balls. Each contestant secretly casts one vote as to whom they want to remove from the game. The contestant who receives the most votes is eliminated with no winnings. In the event of a two-way tie, the contestants not involved in it must discuss further and try to reach a consensus. If they do, the chosen contestant is eliminated; if not, each tied contestant is given one more ball at random, dispensed from the mixer. One is a Killer, the other is empty, and the person who receives the Killer is out of the game. If every contestant receives one vote, all four continue their discussion; the first three to reach an agreement on who should be eliminated advance to the next round.

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All four contestants reveal their back-row balls, and the eliminated contestant must then 'bin' their balls, dropping them down a chute and removing them permanently from play.^[1]

Round 2[edit]

The remaining balls from the three surviving contestants are closed and put into the mixer. Two more cash balls are drawn from the Golden Bank, and one more Killer is added to give a total of 15 balls in play. Each contestant receives five balls, placing two on their front row and three on their back, and play proceeds as in Round 1.

Bin or Win?[edit]

The two remaining contestants' balls are again closed and put back into the mixer, and one more Killer ball is added to give a total of 11 balls in play. The balls are mixed and placed on a table, with the contestants seated at opposite ends. Starting with the contestant who brought more money into this round, each first chooses one ball to 'bin' (eliminate) and then one to 'win' (place in the jackpot). Each ball is opened as it is chosen. If a cash ball is chosen to win, its value is added to the potential jackpot; if a Killer is chosen, the jackpot is immediately divided by 10. Any 'win' Killers that are found before the first 'win' cash ball do not affect the jackpot. The contestants take turns choosing until they have five 'win' balls, after which the one remaining ball is opened and binned.

Depending on the distribution of the balls in the first two rounds, the number of Killers in play at the start of this round can range from one to six.

Split or Steal?[edit]

Each contestant is given a set of two balls, one each marked 'Split' and 'Steal,' and must secretly choose one to indicate their intentions after looking inside to confirm which is which. The contestants may speak to each other and ask Carrott for advice before making their decision.

• If both choose Split, they each receive half the jackpot.
• If one chooses Steal and the other chooses Split, the Steal contestant wins the entire jackpot and the Split contestant leaves with nothing.
• If both choose Steal, neither contestant wins any money.

The 'Split or Steal?' game element, essentially a variant of the Prisoner's Dilemma, was also used on Shafted, a previous Endemol production, and on the American game show Friend or Foe?.

Transmissions[edit]

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Scientific research[edit]

Golden Balls has attracted attention from social scientists as a natural experiment on cooperation.^[2][3] A team of economists including Richard Thaler have analysed the decisions of the final contestants and found, among other things, the following:

• Individual players on average choose split (to cooperate) 53 percent of the time.
• Contestants' propensity to cooperate is surprisingly high for amounts that would normally be considered consequential but look tiny in their current context, what the authors label a “big peanuts” phenomenon.
• Contestants are less likely to cooperate if their opponent has tried to vote them off the show in the first two rounds of the game, which is in line with the notion that people have an intrinsic preference for reciprocity.
• There is little evidence that contestants’ propensity to cooperate depends positively on the likelihood that their opponent will cooperate (i.e., they find little evidence for conditional cooperation).
• Young males are less cooperative than young females, but this gender effect reverses for older contestants since men become increasingly more cooperative as their age increases.^[2]

/video-game-cheating-awful.html. Two evolutionary biologists, including Stuart West, have also analysed the correlates of decisions of the final contestants and found similar results. In addition, they also found the following:

• Contestants were less likely to split when their partner had previously lied about the value of their cash balls, but not to hide their killer balls.
• Contestants that promised to split were more likely to split.
• Contestants that initiated laughter were more likely to split.
• In contrast, contestants that initiated physical contact were less likely to split, and being touched was also correlated with being less likely to split.^[3]

Reception[edit]

The first show opened with 1.6 million viewers. Viewership climbed to a steady 2 million viewers. In the same 17:00 timeslot, eight of the first eleven episodes beat Channel 4's Richard & Judy, and The Weakest Link on BBC Two also took a dent from the show's success. Series 2 went on to average 2.1 million viewers in early 2008. As of summer 2009, the show's popularity fell; it attracted only around 1.2 million viewers, which led to the show's termination on 18 December 2009. It is still regularly shown throughout the week on Challenge in the UK and Republic of Ireland although usually during off-peak times. It is now also showing on ITV again but usually after midnight.^[1][4]

British psychologistAdrian Raine has criticised the show, arguing that it 'encourages deceitfulness', and that many of its contestants are celebrated for displaying 'characteristics of psychopathy'.^[5] In a review of other ITV quiz show The Colour Of Money, Charlie Brooker criticizes Golden Balls' rules, saying that '[Golden Balls] has more rules and clauses than the European Convention on Human Rights'^[6]

Home versions[edit]

A video game was released on the Nintendo DS and Wii platforms, and another version for mobile devices was released in 2007. In 2008, an interactive DVD game was released by Channel 4. Other versions include an electronic board game in 2007 and a card game in 2008.^[7][8][9]

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International versions[edit]

An Argentine version aired on América Televisión in 2008, hosted by Horacio Cabak.^[10]

References[edit]

1. ^ ^ab''Golden Balls – UKGameshows'. ukgameshows.com.
2. ^ ^abVan den Assem, Van Dolder, and Thaler (January 2012). 'Split or Steal? cooperative behavior when the stakes are large'. Management Science. 58 (1): 2–20. doi:10.1287/mnsc.1110.1413. hdl:1765/31292. SSRN1592456.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
3. ^ ^abBurton-Chellew, Maxwell N.; West, Stuart A. (2 April 2012). 'Correlates of Cooperation in a One-Shot High-Stakes Televised Prisoners' Dilemma'. PLOS ONE. 7 (4): e33344. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0033344. ISSN1932-6203. PMC3317651. PMID22485141.
4. ^Brook, Stephen (3 July 2007). 'ITV strikes teatime gold'. The Guardian. London. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
5. ^Raine, Adrian. '21st Century Television's Faltering Moral Compass'. The Economist. 8 April 2009.
6. ^Brooker, Charlie (21 February 2009). 'Charlie Brooker on The Colour of Money'. The Guardian. ISSN0261-3077. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
7. ^'Golden Balls [Interactive Game] [DVD]'. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
8. ^'Golden Balls Electronic Game'. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
9. ^'Golden Balls Card Game'. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
10. ^redactor (27 October 2008). 'TV: comienza 'Golden balls', conducido por Horacio Cabak'. Periodismo . com (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 March 2019.

External links[edit]

• Golden Balls on IMDb.
• Golden Balls Official Endemol UK Site.
• Scientific paper on Golden Balls at SSRN.com.
• Golden Balls at crashthatch.com.
• Golden Balls Mobile Game Official Gameloft UK Site.
• 'Golden Balls Game Online' – Review of where to play Golden Balls Online.

This is a hidden role game made for the Fitchburg State University Game Jam. You take two cards, which are your roles, and win by trying to satisfy one of your two characters win conditions.

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Rules!

• Every player takes two role cards. The rest go in the middle. This means that there should be two cards in the middle for four players, four for three players.
• Always take a coin to end your turn unless you perform an action that requires you to spend a coin. Performing that action will then be your turn.
• You can either ask a question or perform an action.
• Questions must come from the question deck. All players besides the Crybaby must answer truthfully by saying AT LEAST yes or no. Their answers should be according to their characters.
• While you cannot lie when answering a question, you can lie when taking actions. For example, even if you only have the gold digger and crybaby cards (two cards that cannot take an action), you could still attempt to steal from another player or pay a coin to see someone’s card.
• However, you can be called out for this. If you are lying, the person who called you out may take one of your cards. That card goes into a discard pile and NO ONE should see it, nor should it wind up in play again. If you are telling the truth, the person who called you out loses one of their cards instead.
• ROLES:
• Assassin wins by killing anyone except for the crybaby for eight coins.
• Gossiper can look at one person’s card for one coin.
• This card does not have a win condition. You must play to your other card.
• The Gold Digger wins by collecting ten coins.
• Prank Youtuber can switch their cards or another person’s card for one in the middle.
• This card does not have a win condition. You must play to your other card.
• The Crybaby wins by being arrested or killed by the assassin. They can also lie when asked a question.
• The Thief can steal two coins but must wait a turn in between each theft.
• This card does not have a win condition. You must play to your other card.
• The Police wins by either arresting the assassin or naming all players innocent. If the police member is incorrect about either accusation, they lose.
• ACTIONS:
• The Assassin may kill someone for eight coins.
• The Prank Youtuber can switch out one of their cards or someone else’s cards for a card in the middle.
• The Thief can steal two coins from someone.
• The Police can either arrest someone or declare all innocent after paying six coins.
• The police member can also fine the thief for three coins and return the coins to the middle.
• The Gossiper can pay one coin to look at one card from another player’s hand.

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