Would you buy a $1 lotto ticket that had a 99% chance of winning $1,000,000 but...

MeaganR12 · May 2012

a 1% you would die? Dun Dun Dun!

Stole this from E when I was looking for Nancy's thread on dollar dances. Seemed like a thrilling question. Answer now.

butterflyjumper1 · May 2012

I am a risk taker. I would say yes. I always like to believe that when there is a chance that something good will happen....it WILL happen. Perhaps I just trust in people and in the good of mankind too much.

Amanda1443994 · May 2012

I wouldn't. I think a lot of people over estimate what $1 million could really get you. I'm 24 and that number would def. help me financially but it wouldn't be a life changer. I couldn't retire now so I wouldn't risk my life for it, no matter the chances. But then again I've always been very risk averse.

bells24412 · May 2012

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-club-boards_july-2012-weddings_would-you-buy-a-1-lotto-ticket-that-had-a-99-chance-of-winning-1000000-but?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding Club BoardsForum:066005ef-215f-48b1-8655-328b41e07c52Discussion:d95008c8-35a4-45d3-aef9-e171a75c7b90Post:96646bf9-a9d0-4f89-a3cf-1e4ad8beb4eb">Re: Would you buy a $1 lotto ticket that had a 99% chance of winning $1,000,000 but...</a>:
[QUOTE]I am a risk taker. I would say yes. I always like to believe that when there is a chance that something good will happen....it WILL happen. Perhaps I just trust in people and in the good of mankind too much.
Posted by butterflyjumper1[/QUOTE]

This exactly!

bridetobe71412 · May 2012

Absolutely not. I'm with Amanda.

I also don't ever gamble, don't ride roller coasters, etc., so this was easy for me to answer.

k8888 · May 2012

How painful would the death be?

Either way... YES

colleenm18 · May 2012

HAHA I was going to post this earlier when I was stalking the E board.

Yes I would take the chance. Life is already risky enough just walking down the street or driving a car so why not chance the good as well

Rebis58 · May 2012

Nope. I am not necessarily against risk taking, but gambling with my life just wouldn't be worth it to me. I am not a gambler whatsoever - it just is not fun to me and I always feel the odds are against me. My life is worth way more than a million bucks

haha and I would not be able to think of the gamble in any other way than only valuing my life worth a chance at $1,000,000

arunkumar · May 2012

No I wouldn't. I don't want to die, at least not anytime soon! If the 1% chance of death meant I would not get married and have a family and watch my children grow up, then I wouldn't take the risk. . I gambled $20 once at a casino and I lost it so quickly that I decided I'll never gamble again. LOL Plus I've always said I'm bad luck when it comes to the lottery.

LADY324 · May 2012

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-club-boards_july-2012-weddings_would-you-buy-a-1-lotto-ticket-that-had-a-99-chance-of-winning-1000000-but?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding Club BoardsForum:066005ef-215f-48b1-8655-328b41e07c52Discussion:d95008c8-35a4-45d3-aef9-e171a75c7b90Post:f667442e-1f7a-49f3-9aa4-dbf2670d359c">Re: Would you buy a $1 lotto ticket that had a 99% chance of winning $1,000,000 but...</a>:
[QUOTE]How painful would the death be? Either way... YES
Posted by k8888[/QUOTE]

lol

BrightFirefly · May 2012

Nope. Just not worth that small chance of death.

dawnleanna1 · May 2012

Def yes. We all have to die sometime. Better to live the risk imo.

BmoreBride311 · May 2012

No! A 1% chance you will die doing anything is pretty huge. A LOT more than walking down the street. And I'm absolutely not a risk taker, so this was easy for me, as well.

shelby8020 · May 2012

Yes I would go for it lol

ILoveToRobot · May 2012

I do my fair share of tisk taking and gambling but I couldn't ever gamble my life. Like arunkumar said I have a life to live still! I guess personally I don't see $1M as a life changer seeing as how I'm only a quarter of the way through it.

littlemoments324 · May 2012

It all depends how many others were in that 1% category...but me probably not...FI yes...I'm afraid of dying lol...I have a hard time with death in general let alone the death of myself...haha...

michelle11988 · May 2012

I wouldn't do it. $1 million isn't worth the 1% chance in my opinion. A million would be nice but it wouldn't be worth it to die.

hmacsine · May 2012

In Response to Re:Would you buy a 1 lotto ticket that had a 99 chance of winning 1,000,000 but...:[QUOTE]Nope. Just not worth that small chance of death. Posted by BrightFirefly[/QUOTE]
This!

BmoreBride311 · May 2012

Meagan - you have to answer it, too! Not fair to post and run! haha

Carla1019 · May 2012

After Uncle Sam gets ahold of my 1,000,000, it goes down to 500K. I would say NO.

But if it were 100,000.000. Then the answer would be yes. We take a chance of dying every time we drive a car.

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