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‘Squid Game: The Challenge’ winner revealed as competition is renewed for second season

‘Squid Game: The Challenge’ winner revealed as competition is renewed for second season

Warning: This article contains spoilers!

The last episode of the first season of Netflix's "Squid Game: The Challenge" premiered on the streaming service on Wednesday December 6, 2023.

The streaming giant also announced yesterday that season two of the show is in development.

456 players started the competition and it came down to a final three - Player 016 Sam, Player 287 Mai, and Player 451 Phil.

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Mai player 287 won the final game of the competition that left viewers on the edges of their seats. She competed against Phil-player 451 after player 016 Sam was eliminated in a game.

Sam was eliminated following a game of chance of pressing a button. Sam pressed it after Mai, who had no game consequences for pressing it first. But Sam wasn't quite so lucky and was eliminated, while Phil didn't need to press it at all.

Phil and Mai went head-to-head after in a game of 'Rock, Paper, Scissors" and for each round they won, they got to try a different key in a safe to gain access to the prize money.

Mai chose the correct key and opened the safe revealing a golden debit card inside winning the game and the prize money.

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The original “Squid Game” series is a South Korean drama created for Netflix and had 456 cash-strapped players compete in a series of deadly games for a chance to win ₩45.6 billion ($34.6 million).

According to Forbes, a pair of former contestants are considering a lawsuit against the streamer for hypothermia and nerve damage they suffered while filming one of the show's segments.

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