I won an incredible £4.5million on a huge game show – but bosses still haven’t paid me my winnings yet
A GAME show contestant who won the equivalent of £4.5million revealed he still hasn’t received his prize.
Survivor star David Genat was crowned the winner for series two of Peacock‘s Deal or No Deal Island.
It meant David therefore bagged an absolutely whopping $5.8million jackpot.
Although these incredible scenes were filmed last August, he has yet to receive the money.
Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, David shared: “It’s not in the account just yet.
“I remember just after everything happened, someone came and shoved a contract in my face and they were like, “So you need to sign this to facilitate getting the money.”
“And I was like, “Okay, let me just have a little read here.”
“At the top it was like, ‘We such and such declare we will sign over the value of $5.8 million to the assigned.’
“And I was signing my name on that line. It was heavy.”
Continuing, the star said he hasn’t “asked the question” for when he can expect to receive the prize.
The game show sees contestants venture to paradise in the hopes of winning a fortune.
While different sums of money are hidden around the island, they tackle challenges to secure briefcases, which are used in nightly Deal or No Deal games.
By the end, David was down to two final cases, containing $75 and the $12.2m jackpot respectively.
After being offered $5.8m from banker Chrissy Teigen, the star ultimately accepted.
David explained his plan was initially to switch cases at the last moment.
He could have walked away with over double the amount of the accepted offer.
Despite missing out on the $12.2million, however, David appeared satisfied with his winnings.
He added: “I wanted to do something that had never been done before.
“I wanted to accomplish something that had never been done,’ he
“And at 5.8, I do that. I leave a little bit of room for someone else to maybe do something bigger in the game.
“Also at 5.8, I’m still motivated to do something. At 12.2. I’m like, check me out, I’m done. I’m not good to society anymore.
“That’s just too much money for me. I can’t handle it.”