cpcrampton
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Seen this thread on a few forums I use and it's always a popular one... I did a quick search and saw nothing similar so thought i'd pop it on here after having a furious debate with mates about it earlier.
So, you either get £1million or you get a 50/50 shot at £1billion...
I'd rather have the 50% chance at £1billion... It's greedy, but although £1m is an incredible amount of money there's only so far it'll get you and only so many dreams you can fulfil with it... £1billion is an endless amount of money really and there'd be no limit on how many dreams you could fulfil.
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Marc
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Option one, no way would I gamble £1m against a potential nothing!
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Balling
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quote:
Originally posted by Marc
Option one, no way would I gamble £1m against a potential nothing!
You'd have to be an idiot to gamble the 1 million for a 50% chance at nothing! 
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Baskey
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Billion gamble for me without a doubt.
Can't retire on a million nowadays
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sc0ott
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Depends.
If you have a good life, job, tidy girlfriend, house etc / nothing to lose you would gamble.
If youre on the dole with nothing to your name you would take the 1 million.
[Edited on 13-06-2012 by sc0ott]
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cpcrampton
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yeah i get some of you but really 1 million pounds is a start to something not an end. 1 billion is an end to doing what ever you do and never needing to worry about a thing again. imagine the feeling when your down to your last 100k thinking "shit i should of gambled for the bick bucks"
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Tom
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I think I'd have to gamble, although if the money was satinfront of me, don't know that I could go through with it!
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AndyKent
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A million is more than enough. Far more than most people would earn in a lifetime, easy one for me.
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Mad Moe
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quote:
Originally posted by Baskey
Billion gamble for me without a doubt.
Can't retire on a million nowadays
Depends what type of lifestyle you want but you could easily generate the equivalent to a £50K/Annum income with a million
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Baskey
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Whilst I agree you could earn 5% after tax (50k) I wouldn't say it would be easy. Plus you could never touch your capital.
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Steve
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if money was no object i think i would become bored very quickly and nothing would seem special, not a nice life imo
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Whittie
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I'm a gambler but wouldn't turn £1m away. Life changing.
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Baskey
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Fuck that I want power, helicopters and slaves
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Ben G
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i'd take the million. plenty for me to enjoy a happy life. i would just get greedy if i had 1 billion and would end up dead after a massive cocaine orgy with playboy bunnies.
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Corsa_Sport21
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Would be easier trying to make a billion from the £1m.
At least if you have the £1m, you could use that to make money.
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DaveyLC
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Anyone who selects 50/50 chance for a billion has a mild-to-serious gambling problem 
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Rob_Quads
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depends on how many people are given choice.
If it was a one off question I would go 1m.
I could get mortgage free and then live to enjoy life than work to live
[Edited on 13-06-2012 by Rob_Quads]
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Gavin
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I think you could get by easy with a mortgage free life
I'd take the million and hope a friend won the billion and sort me out :-)
pew pew pew pewwwww
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Kyle T
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I'd take the million, couldn't retire on it just by spending it all but I'm sure it could be intelligently invested so you can retire on the return.
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Graham88
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Million, make money out of it and still live very comfortably.
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Nath
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£1m, no brainer.
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Matt L
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id take the chance, dont get me wrong i would love £1m but at the end of the day i wouldnt be anyworse off if i didnt get the £1b
i see it as i started with nothing so im going home with nothing in this sense so nothing gained and nothing lost.
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VegasPhil
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A million. Same as everyone else would.
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mantamark
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Take the million. Sell house, buy something for around 250k, buy parents bungalow & give sis wedge for deposit, clear all debts & put 50% of whats left into decent account for baby.
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JaffaTB
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million, imagine how you would feel if you took the gamble and got nothing
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