Lokki 7
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All this guff is irrelevant as I will be winning the £105m tomorrow.
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Lottery Dilemma
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Tricky Dicky
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Oh, that's a bummer, I assumed I was going to win, so I've already spent it.
At [MENTION=11956]bushy[/MENTION]'s odds, yes they are. If it was only 99%, it would be interesting.
Lokki 7
WSU
And now it's mine, all MINE I tell you! MWAH HA HA HAHAHAH!
Even at 99%, I'd take the £105m, then offer my hypothetical rich associate £20m of my potential winnings for £10m. Must be somebody who would be rich enough to take those very attractive odds.
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even at my odds i'd still take the ten mil, i'd be paranoid i was the victim of some dastardly plot.
Hove Seagull
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Would you look under "H" in the yellow pages?
I'm pretty sure I'd manage okay. I know plenty of people who move in pretty wealthy circles, who would know somebody willing to buy in.
They've a 99% chance of doubling £10m overnight, with just a 1% chance of losing it. There are plenty of people who take far, far bigger risks with comparable sums of money, on a daily basis.
(mostly with other people's money...)
Albumen
Don't wait for me!
105 million obviously. 99.999999% is as if everyone in the UK bar one person was given a winning ticket. I'd take my chance on that not being me.
JOLovegrove
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- Jan 30, 2012
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I would say take the risk, but it isn't a risk. That is the best odds you can find for a gamble. You have to go for it!
OvingdeanSeagull
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I voted for £10m guaranteed before I read there was a 99.999999% of winning the £105m. Changed my mind now!
SeagullSongs
And it's all gone quiet..
99.999999% is 1 in 100,000,000 chance of NOT winning £105m, right?
I think people either don't understand this fact or are extremely paranoid if they choose the £10m.
If the chance of losing is that small I'd risk it without a second's hesitation. If I don't win then it's tough titties and I'm the unluckiest person on the planet!
The chance of winning the jackpot in the standard lottery is 0.00000715% and people play hoping they'll beat the odds!
I think people either don't understand this fact or are extremely paranoid if they choose the £10m.
If the chance of losing is that small I'd risk it without a second's hesitation. If I don't win then it's tough titties and I'm the unluckiest person on the planet!
The chance of winning the jackpot in the standard lottery is 0.00000715% and people play hoping they'll beat the odds!
Jim Van Winkle
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I'd "chance" it and go for the 105 million. Those saying they would take the 10 million should use get out the abacus and start doing the math.
GingerBeerMan
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- Dec 29, 2011
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I think most people did. I almost voted for 10M before reading the OP. Anyone voting 10M after reading the OP is clearly deluded. HKFC proved you can accept the £105m with no chance of a loss.
Gullys Cats
Sausage by the sea!!!
10 mil
TheJasperCo
Well-known member
With those odds, you'd have to be a numpty to go for the £10 M. 99.999999% means you have a 1 in 100,000,000 chance of losing. To put it into perspective, the scientists at CERN aren't even 99.999999% sure that they're found the Higgs Boson. Even getting killed by a tsunami or an asteroid are only about 1 in 200,000. It would be criminal to give up all that money when the chances are so good.
Beach Hut
Brighton Bhuna Boy
I think you should get an opinion from the ethic comittee