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[–] chryseos-geckota ago 

1 million would definitely do for me. It'd be incredibly tempting to "flip the coin," but I think I'd take the million. Probably 20 years work for most of that to earn that much, after taxes.

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[–] 5169520? ago 

A million bucks is enough to live comfortably for the rest of your life. I'd happily take it, as long as it was tax-free.

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[–] Fred ago 

50% chance. I take worse odds weekly when I buy lotto tickets.

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[–] brucethemoose 0 points 11 points (+11|-0) ago  (edited ago)

That's easy.

Sell the $100 million gamble to a rich investor for $40 million, walk away.

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[–] purr 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

You're clever. That would work...if they believed you.

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[–] goatsandbros 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

An investor this rich would probably be smart enough to offer you $2 million (take it or leave it).

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[–] brucethemoose ago 

It's a competitive market. Just ask someone else, play them off each other.

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[–] DickHertz ago 

Somebody gives you a million dollars and the first thing you do is bet it on a coin toss?

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[–] rwbj ago 

The million and it's not even close.

Index funds have been hitting returns pushing towards 10% for many years now. That million is potentially worth $100k a year - indefinitely. Even if we assume we pay about 40% taxes on it, that's $60k a year and capital gains in countries like the US are taxed unreasonably low meaning we're paying a lower tax rate on that 60k per year than you'd pay if you worked for and earned $30k a year.

As a software engineer that's enough to be able to work on whatever projects I want for the rest of my life without ever having to concern myself with commercial viability.

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[–] NorwegianBlackMetal ago 

If you invest a million dollars properly you can retire on it. But I choose answer C. I have a gun and i take 101 million.

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