A 100% chance at 1 million or a 50% chance at a billion?

A 100% at 1 million or a 50% chance at a billion?

  • Guaranteed million

    Votes: 101 69.2%

  • 50/50 for a billion

    Votes: 45 30.8%
  • Total voters
    146
Jacques79 said:
Worst feeling ever would be coming out empty handed with 0$. Say what you will, it takes a lot of work to get 1 million.

1 million isn't everything, but it will buy you a decent house in Montreal or you can simply invest it and add to your yearly salary in the form of annual bonuses for the rest of your life.
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This.

I'd take the million and invest it and live my life as usual. Only I'd have a big bonus every year.
 
The ones who are saying "no" to the guaranteed million are probably the same people who say "No thanks, I'm not playing 6/49 this week because 24 million isn't enough." lol
 
JoeyV said:
The ones who are saying "no" to the guaranteed million are probably the same people who say "No thanks, I'm not playing 6/49 this week because 24 million isn't enough." lol
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i still play the lottery sometimes, but only when the 649 is actually above $20M or LottoMax at $50M + maxmillions.

but its still EV-.

I only buy 1 ticket when I buy it. There was a time I'd spend $20 a week on lottery tickets, but that's just a colossal waste of money.
 
^I don't gamble. I have an uncontrollable habit for things of that nature. I've never even SET FOOT in the Casino in my life. Wants I start something, It'll be disturbingly hard for me to stop.

On topic: Guaranteed 1 million period.
 
Protégé Tuner said:
^I don't gamble. I have an uncontrollable habit for things of that nature. I've never even SET FOOT in the Casino in my life. Wants I start something, It'll be disturbingly hard for me to stop.

On topic: Guaranteed 1 million period.
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It's the type of gamble everyone strives for. I just don't see how you can take the million and then try to invest it when you've got the best possible odds already.
 
surprise said:
how does that make any sense?

by your logic they are stupid for not playing for a chance to win 24mil for 1 in 14,000,000 chance yet a 50/50 chance for 1 billion would be stupid?

even if someone handed me 1million to play in your lotto for 24mil and I bought 1mil tickets that's still a 1 in 14 chance of winning 24million..
the 50/50 chance for one billion looks way better now eh?
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You only see it as "not stupid" because you're looking at it from a math perspective. Leave math and statistics aside. 1 million, or 24 million, or 65 million....is a lot of fucking money. Saying "it's not enough" is the stupid part. Just like saying "no" to some hot chick because "she's not hot enough" when she's clearly a 9.5. To be put in one word: GREED!
 
JoeyV said:
You only see it as "not stupid" because you're looking at it from a math perspective. Leave math and statistics aside. 1 million, or 24 million, or 65 million....is a lot of fucking money. Saying "it's not enough" is the stupid part. Just like saying "no" to some hot chick because "she's not hot enough" when she's clearly a 9.5. To be put in one word: GREED!
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$1M isn't a lot of money. Middle class houses in my neighborhood start at 650k..

Go big or go home.
 
I buy 6/49 or lotto max with my petro points. Result : I don't have to give money to lotto quebec

mig0s said:
then you need 100 years to have 1 billion
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if you need 1 billion to live, you have no idea of the value of money.

and making money is pretty much exponential. Give me a 1 million, in a year, I'll make 10. The next year I'll make at least 50 if not 100.

Btw : 100 millions is not a billion. It's 1000 millions...
 
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