I won The Chase - here's why ITV bosses warn us not to share any of our prize money with eliminated players

Daily Mail​

19-07-2025

A former The Chase contestant has revealed why ITV bosses warn the players to not share any of their prize money with the eliminated players.
Steven Sneade, 69, from Liverpool, took part in the programme back in 2017 and went up against Paul Sinha AKA The Sinnerman.
He managed to make it to the final round and won a huge amount of money, but there was one person on his team who walked away with nothing.
OLBG, Steven said: 'If you win you have to sign another contract as you're accepting money from them.
'They told us not to give money to the contestants who didn't win money just because you feel sorry for them.
'They can't stop you, but I think they just don't want you to have that in mind.
'They said it could take three months, but I had it in a week.'
But that wasn't the only rule that they were told that they had to follow.
Steven had previously taken part in Tipping Point, which meant that he had to wait a bit before he could star on The Chase.
He added: 'After about two years I got a call and the production person they were thinking about casting me, but they asked if I had been on any other shows.
'I had been on Tipping Point, so they said they would be back in touch next year.
'They don't want people being on those two programmes so close together - apparently they get a lot of backlash for having the same people on different shows.'
The Chase hit our screens back in 2009.
The show has gone on to air 2,550 episodes across 18 successful regular series.
It follows a group of contestants try and beat one of the Chasers, which include Mark Labbett, Shaun Wallace, Anne Hegerty, Jenny Ryan, Darragh Ennis and Paul.
Earlier this month another contestant opened up about their time on the show as they revealed the truth about Bradley 'stitching up' ITV contestants by slowing down the questions.
One fan asked on Reddit: 'Why is Bradley allowed to read the questions so much more quickly for the chaser? It seems so unfair. It gives the chaser a big advantage.'
And a former player on the quiz show replied to the comment reassuring them that 'everything is fair'.
They said: 'There's a whole host of questions that, if you're an experienced quizzer, you can guess before the question is completed.
'That is the main advantage that Chasers have.
'I've been on the show. They are very diligent on fairness.
'They even have an independent adjudicator on set to watch that everything is fair.'
They added: 'We had to reshoot part of our final chase after the adjudicator said an answer that Brad said was wrong, should have been accepted.
'We didn't challenge it, the adjudicator did.
'It was very clear to us that they wanted to be clear in how they did everything.'
And another took to the forum to give their views on what happens on the show.
They added: 'This doesn't happen. One of the biggest myths about the show.
'There are independent adjudicators to ensure the game is played as fairly as possible, otherwise they'd get in incredibly hot water with the regulator.'