Winning the biggest prize in game show history, the player hasn't received... a single cent

The reality game show Squid Game: The Challenge has a cash prize of up to 4.5 million USD (equivalent to 109 billion VND). This is considered the largest cash prize in the history of reality TV game shows given to a winning player.

What is shocking is that the winner of this game show - a woman living in the US named Mai Whelan (55 years old) - has yet to receive... a single cent of the huge prize money she was promised.

Giành giải lớn nhất lịch sử gameshow, người chơi chưa nhận được... một xu - 1 — Mai Whelan won the final round when participating in the reality game show "Squid Game: The Challenge" (Photo: Daily Mail).

Recently, Mai Whelan spoke up to ask the program's producers to pay her the prize as promised. Mai Whelan's wish is to be able to spend part of the money on charity activities, but at present, all of her plans cannot be implemented because... she has not seen any money.

It is worth mentioning that 10 months have passed since the filming of the game show ended. Sharing in an interview with The Times (UK), Mai Whelan said that she has started buying branded goods and taking better care of her appearance when invited to appear at some events.

However, Whelan began to regret her "spending" decisions because in reality, she had not received a single cent from the game show producer. Regarding the latest information that Mai Whelan gave, the game show producer has not responded.

Mai Whelan had hoped to retire early and find a quality nursing home for herself and her husband with the money from the lottery. But for now, all of Whelan's plans are on hold.

Giành giải lớn nhất lịch sử gameshow, người chơi chưa nhận được... một xu - 2 — Mai Whelan during her participation in the game show (Photo: Daily Mail).

Mai Whelan believes that she won the game show Squid Game: The Challenge because she has had a lot of life experience. Whelan doesn't think she is smarter than the candidates, she just has more experience than them and therefore has more accumulated knowledge than them.

Before participating in the game show Squid Game: The Challenge , Whelan prepared himself by rewatching the series Squid Game (Squid Game - 2021).

After the game show Squid Game: The Challenge completed its public launch, some negative feedback from players who participated in the game show began to appear.

Before Mai Whelan spoke out, several contestants on the show anonymously revealed that they had suffered health problems such as pneumonia, injuries, and psychological trauma during filming. Squid Game: The Challenge is produced by an online entertainment platform based in the US.

Giành giải lớn nhất lịch sử gameshow, người chơi chưa nhận được... một xu - 3 — There were a total of 456 players participating in the game show "Squid Game: The Challenge" (Photo: Daily Mail).

Express Solicitors - a UK law firm specialising in personal injury matters - said it is representing two former contestants of Squid Game: The Challenge .

The two unnamed players said they did not anticipate that they would have to risk their health by undertaking the long challenge outdoors, in the middle of cold weather.

When filming a challenge called Green Light, Red Light , contestants had to participate in the challenge outdoors for 11 hours. At the time of filming the challenge, the weather was freezing. This has led some contestants to claim that they suffered from frostbite, pneumonia, injuries, and psychological trauma.

Previously, the show's production unit also admitted that 3 out of 456 players had to receive medical treatment during the filming of the Green Light, Red Light challenge. However, the producer said that no player suffered serious health damage.

Trailer introducing the game show "Squid Game: The Challenge" (Video: NF).

The reality game show Squid Game: The Challenge is based on the Korean series Squid Game (2021).

In this reality game show, players from many countries around the world will take on challenges together to find the winner of 4.5 million USD in cash (equivalent to 109 billion VND).

In the original series, players from poor backgrounds or in financial trouble decide to participate in a game that poses a series of seemingly simple challenges. Players will have to risk their lives in the process of overcoming the challenges in the hope of getting their hands on the prize and getting out of their financial problems.

Squid Game is considered a global phenomenon in 2021. Therefore, the reality show based on this movie also attracts a lot of attention.

Currently, the production team of Squid Game: The Challenge confirms that no official lawsuit has been filed by any player. They also confirm that the production process has always considered the safety of all players.