Enrico Maria Rimbano, a vocational school professor from Fermo, walked away with just 200 euros after a volatile match on Rai 1’s game show Affari Tuoi, Cronache Fermane reported on November 8, 2026.
Rimbano Secures 200 Euros After Rejecting Larger Prizes
- Enrico Maria Rimbano, a professor at the Sant’Elpidio a Mare hotel institute, played the game alongside his wife, Sara.
- The contestant systematically eliminated top-tier cash boxes, including the 100,000-euro prize, while rejecting multiple offers from the show’s “doctor.”
- After multiple refusals of mid-game payouts, Rimbano swapped his initial box for box number seven, securing a final total of 200 euros.
Rimbano Swaps Box 3 for Box 18 After Early Luck
The episode began with an immediate stroke of luck when Rimbano opened his first box to find just 1 euro, Cronache Fermane reported. Competing alongside his wife Sara, the ham-cutting champion from Fermo quickly encountered a reversal of fortune as subsequent red boxes disappeared from the board. Faced with a deteriorating game state, Rimbano accepted the doctor’s first call to swap his original box number 3 for box number 18.
Declining Five-Figure Payouts
The second round of box eliminations yielded further losses, yet Rimbano rejected a direct cash buyout offer of 14,000 euros, according to Cronache Fermane. As additional red boxes vanished in sequence, he subsequently turned down an 8,000-euro offer to press forward in the game. The strategy faltered immediately afterward when the next selection eliminated the 100,000-euro prize, representing the last major high-value box remaining in play.
The Final Box Swap
With the major prizes gone, Rimbano refused subsequent offers of 9,000 euros and 10,000 euros before opening his originally assigned box number 3, which contained only 20 euros, Cronache Fermane noted. In the final moments, he exercised a second box change to select number 7, discovering a payout of 200 euros. The black box, which offered a minor consolation, ultimately contained just 1 euro.
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