Jeffrey Randall Allen (born 1980), also known as Player 831, is an American game show contestant. While a contestant on ''Beast Games'', Allen won $10 million, the largest prize in entertainment history.

Early life and education

Allen was born in 1980 in

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, and grew up in the Clintonville neighborhood and attended Bishop Watterson High School. He then graduated from

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, earning a bachelor’s degree in business administration.

Career

Allen works in healthcare sales. From 2003 to 2005, he lived in

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before moving to the

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for work. From 2016 to 2017, he was head of sales for Nimble, before becoming a vice president for Honor from 2017 to 2022. From 2023 to 2024, he was head of sales for Pine Park Health, and in January 2024, began working for LUCA as a principal. Since 2021, Allen has served as vice chair for the board of directors of the Association for Creatine Deficiencies. He is also the founder of a healthcare company called 0718 Cares.

''Beast Games''

In 2024, Allen was a contestant on ''Beast Games'', a reality game show hosted by Jimmy "MrBeast" Donaldson. The show saw 1,000 contestants—the largest cast for a reality show—competing in various challenges for a $5 million cash prize, which was later doubled to $10 million. Allen, who was known throughout the show as "Player 831", won all the challenges and became the overall winner in the final episode. His prize of $10 million is the largest in entertainment history. After taxes, the take-home dollar amount was $5.03 million. Allen joined to raise money for research into creatine transporter deficiency, which his son suffers from.

Personal life

Allen and his wife, Jennifer, have two children together, Jack and Lucas. Lucas has creatine transporter deficiency. Allen lives in

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. Allen has stated that he follows

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References

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