Money Dilemma: Would u rather a sure $10 MIL vs a CHANCE at $1 BILLION?

[playahaitian]

You all heard about the Quicken Loans/Warren Buffet $1 billion NCAA bracket contest?

https://tournament.fantasysports.ya...racket/challenge/?qls=BDB_B14qlb03.qlredirect

I got a question a co-worker asked me (heard it on the radio I think)...

What if you made it all the way to the the Elite 8...perfect bracket so far.

and Quicken Loans contacts you and makes you a ONE TIME offer...

If you quit NOW and forfeit from the game they will give you a GUARANTEED TAX FREE $10 MILLION NOW!!!

But of course you are longer eligible to continue in the contest

Remember you are only a few games away from a BILLION $$$$...

However the odds of picking a perfect March Madness bracket – even with just 64 teams (the contest omits the “first round” of games), is 1 in 9 quintillion. It’s actually 1 in 9,223,372,036,854,775,808, to be precise.

REMEMBER the $10 MILLION is guaranteed tax-free...if you continue and get ONE GAME wrong...

YOU GET NOTHING!!!​

So what would you do???!!!​

 

[Flawless]

10 mill

 

[justfacts]

10 mil plz. either way I'm going apeshit at the audi dealership

 

[largebillsonlyplease]

$10 million. Not even a choice. soon as they said 10 million tax free i say ILL TAKE IT.

fuck the tournament you better BELIEVE if you got to the final game whatever team you picked would be getting FUCKED OVER on all calls and lose that game. they'd pay the refs $10 million to fuck you out of a billion in a HEARTBEAT.

 

[shanebp1978]

You had me at tax free.

10 Mil tickets.

If one can't make it happen with an influx of 10 million.

 

[Give Me 3ft.]

damn,

ima take the 10 million, i guess.

must not be a real gambler,

'cause im only 7 games away from the billy.

if i managed to get ALL the other games correct

to this point, 7 shouldnt be anything im not willing to bet on calling correct.

 

[Better]

playahaitan...

...this is like asking me would I rather fuck Maliah Michel or Marsha Warield?

 

[Maxxam]

10 mil plz. either way I'm going apeshit at the audi dealership

10 mil is the correct answer

 

[playahaitian]

$10 million. Not even a choice. soon as they said 10 million tax free i say ILL TAKE IT.

fuck the tournament you better BELIEVE if you got to the final game whatever team you picked would be getting FUCKED OVER on all calls and lose that game. they'd pay the refs $10 million to fuck you out of a billion in a HEARTBEAT.

I didn't even consider that

 

[playahaitian]

damn,

ima take the 10 million, i guess.

must not be a real gambler,

'cause im only 7 games away from the billy.

if i managed to get ALL the other games correct

to this point, 7 shouldnt be anything im not willing to bet on calling correct.

I was SHOCKED how many people said...let it ride!!!

that they (cacs) would REGRET for the rest of their lives if the bracket was perfect but could live with turning down the 10 MIL...

 

[playahaitian]

playahaitan...

...this is like asking me would I rather fuck Maliah Michel or Marsha Warield?

 

[mathtest]

10 mil, i have a better shot of flippin that 10 mil into a billion than winning that billion

 

[KA$H]

10 million dollars eaaaaaaasy...

 

[Give Me 3ft.]

I was SHOCKED how many people said...let it ride!!!

that they (cacs) would REGRET for the rest of their lives if the bracket was perfect but could live with turning down the 10 MIL...

talk is cheap!

its easy to say that, not having to really make that choice!

of course there are a few people who would let it ride & gamble.

not the average person though!

 

[justfacts]

I'd do it...fuck it

 

[playahaitian]

I'd do it...fuck it

 

[Give Me 3ft.]

I didn't even consider that

i didnt either!

lbops mind went in that direction though.

i wonder if we just see shit as rigged, especially

if its going to benefit us.

 

[Solomon]

Looking at the poll. We finally agree on something.

 

[SamSneed]

10, lbop is a black computer

 

[SKATTA]

A bird in the hand is better than two in the bushes.

 

[southrue]

I'm taking the 10.

 

[Coldchi]

gimme the 10.......
....and im amazed at the poll.............not one wishful dreamer in this bitch

 

[Mr. Del]

No diss to the OP, but how did you expect the responses to turn out? It's a no brainer.

 

[John Million]

10 mil, i have a better shot of flippin that 10 mil into a billion than winning that billion

yup

 

[actinanass]

im taking that 10 mil, and chill for a minute

 

[Salty Nuts]

10 Million easy

 

[playahaitian]

No diss to the OP, but how did you expect the responses to turn out? It's a no brainer.

I know it was for ME but I'm telling you most white people took awhile to answer and rationalized the hell out of it...

and also I was surprised that regardless of race there QUITE a few stone cold gamblers out there.

Many were like if they calling me they must KNOW I'm gonna win.

And the interns were also not too smart.

I was happy the only young sister was like I'm gonna invest in and keep working and not touch it for like 20 years.

I'm telling you many people would feel like they are WAY TOO close...

A friend of mind got deep into it and said that this question shows you how those tea party crazies and many poor white people (probably poor in general) think.

And usually vote against their own best interests because they genuinely BELIEVE that one day THEY will be millionaires so they don't want the laws to hurt the wealthy.

 

[playahaitian]

welp...my brackets already ruined.

 

[NewyorkRealTalk]

10 mil

 

[4 Dimensional]

Imagine losing that billion in a last second shot. No sleep for years. I'm taking the 10 mill

 

[Daddy43205]

better to walk away with somethin then nothing.

 

[Better]

Imagine losing that billion in a last second shot. No sleep for years. I'm taking the 10 mill

That shit would haunt damn near anyone for years.

 

[World B Free]

 

[BDR]

10 bill

Fuck imma do wit a billion that's guaranteed

 

[curryshotta]

10 million

that 1 billion dollars adds too many variables