Noel Edmonds dubbed it “one of the biggest heartbreak games of all time”.

Despite being offered £20,000 twice, Black Country property developer Mark Grimmett walked away from last night’s Deal Or No Deal with just 4p.

Mark, of Bromley Lane, Kingswinford, spent most of the game with hundreds of thousands of pounds in play – but lost the lot in a streak of bad luck that saw £250,000, £100,000 and £50,000 wiped out one after another.

The Wolves fan also kept box nine, which unbeknown to him only contained 10p, until last in tribute to his favourite footballer Steve Bull.

Despite his bad luck, Mark said: “It’s been a brilliant experience and I wouldn’t have changed it.

“I’m a big Wolverhampton Wanderers fan and had to stick with box nine.”

Host Noel was so impressed with Mark’s positive attitude, he named him “one of the best contestants we’ve ever had”.

Mr Grimmett was cheered on by his girlfriend of two years Kirsty, who sat nervously in the audience as the game unfolded. His offers from the mysterious banker included £12,500 and two of £20,000.

When all was going well, he said: “It is surreal to be offered that amount of money but I am only here once and have a very powerful board.”

Mark sat with his head in his hands after losing the three highest value boxes and his offer plummeted from £20,000 to just £750 in a matter of minutes.

He then wiped out £1, £100 and £15,000 before leaving only 1p and 10p in play, leading to a 2p offer before the banker came in with a cheeky offer to double it to 4p. Mark was given a standing ovation and rapturous round of applause by his fellow contestants at the end of the game.

He is not the only Black Country contestant to suffer heartbreak on the popular Channel 4 show.

Tividale boxing referee Shaun Messer became the unlucky 13th member of the “1p club” after being left with just a penny.

The game centres around 22 boxes containing different sums of money ranging from 1p to £250,000.

Players have to open them in rounds while the banker phones in with offers to tempt them to stop playing.

The format has been sold to nearly 50 countries and relaunched Noel Edmonds’s career in the UK.