Miljoenenjacht (Dutch pronunciation: [mɪlˈjunə(n)ˌjɑxt] ⓘ; English: Hunt for Millions), officially Postcode Loterij Miljoenenjacht, is a Dutch game show, sponsored by the country's postcode lottery, where a contestant and at-home viewer could win up to €5,000,000 (approx.

The program was originally shown by TROS on NPO 2, but moved to creator John de Mol's channel Tien in 2005.

In 2019, the program moved to SBS6 due to the transfer of Linda de Mol from RTL to SBS (owned by Talpa).

Originally based on the German game show Die Chance deines Lebens, the format of the programme's final round used since 2002 has been exported worldwide by Dutch producer Endemol under the title Deal or No Deal, a title also used for Miljoenenjacht's lower-stakes sister spinoff on RTL 5, which is based more on the global format and removes the additional elements.

If none of the two players buzzed in before the rising of the money stops, they move on to the second part where the two competitors receive a calculation.

If none of the contenders decided to leave the game, the Random Remote of Doom picked out an audience member to win the prize instead.

If the tie can not be broken, the speed of the players locking in their correct answers will decide which group will proceed.

Starting in 2010, after each round, one of the eliminated players is randomly selected and given the opportunity to pick one of three colored briefcases (red, white or blue).

Linda gives the players a series of clues one at a time that pertain to a certain person, place, or object.

If a player buzzes in and is correct, however, that person must select an opponent to eliminate from the game by pressing one of five buttons on their podium.

The five best players from the winning block plus one randomly selected audience member take their place at one of six podiums.

The two remaining contestants face each other at a single showdown-style podium (the Temptation Table), with one buzzer for each contender and a neon bulb in the centre.

If no-one chooses to take the contents of the suitcase, which they will not know until it is open, the two contenders had to play another short quiz round.

If no player eliminates themselves, the contestants will receive a calculation, which they will have to answer correctly to proceed to the final round.

Here is the ladder for the amount of winnings: On September 2 in 2001, a special edition of the final game was carried out in order to close out the first series of Miljoenenjacht.

[1][14] The final player faces 26 sealed golden briefcases, numbered 1 to 26 and containing hidden cheque of certain amounts of money.

After the selection, the players have a brief talk with the show's independent adjudicator responsible for loading the various cash amounts into the cases.

Linda and the qualified contestant then make their way to the middle of the stage (where the quiz portion had earlier taken place, but with the podiums moved).

After the selected number of cases for the round are opened, an alarm sounds, and a bank offer is placed on the screen using an on-screen graphic.

During the first seasons aired from 2002 on, the contenders were even able to ask the audience about taking or refusing the bank offer.

The announcement of the appropriate players - accompanied by various light effects - is presented by firstly "selecting" one of the 10 audience sections.

After Linda presented the prize the contenders can gain for bailing out, the neon bulb, which has been illuminated in red colour up to that point, turned green for 10 seconds - as long as the bulb was green, players could hit their buzzer to quit the game.

Even when the production moved from Aalsmeer to the MediArena studios in Amsterdam in 2010 and the entire design of the show was changed, the Temptation Table still kept its look, only to be replaced by a more futuristic model in 2016.

Extreme winners: The 500 players (and their respective partners, that means 1,000 audience members in total) are divided into 10 sections of 50 contenders each, each from a pre-selected postal code.

In 2013, this round has been completely rearranged - the 500 players have to answer estimated guess questions by typing in a number as close as possible to the correct figure using their keypads.

The contestant with the best answer gets chosen after each question and now has to decide whether going through to the next round or selecting one of five briefcases on the set's stairs.

The last two contestants from Round 3 faced each other at the Temptation Table and are shown a jackpot starting at €1,000 and increasing irregularly up to a predetermined amount.

Like in the handbell game, the audience player receives the same amount of money as hidden in the original case if it is less than €50,000.

Whatever each contestant wins is also won by a randomly selected viewer, and is also divided amongst lottery players in the winner's postal code.

A couple of times in each episode, audience members are randomly selected to win a cash prize, such as €10,000.