The primetime game show was commissioned in February 2021 with football pundit and former player Ian Wright as host.
The contestant presses a button to set the initial height of the ball at the right side, after which it is released to roll back and forth on the track.
Hollie Richardson of The Guardian praised Wright's abilities as a host and how the nature of the show enabled contestants to risk large amounts of money.
[3] In the same publication, Joel Golby compared Moneyball to 2 other new game shows: ITV's Sitting on a Fortune hosted by fellow ex-footballer Gary Lineker and Channel 4's Moneybags fronted by the actor and DJ Craig Charles.
[4] In the Belfast Telegraph, Billy Weir criticised the trend of new game shows being fronted by ex-footballers, citing Wright, Lineker and Alex Scott of The Tournament.
[5] Liverpool Echo writer Kate Lally found that audience on Twitter complained that the questions on Moneyball were too easy.