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WYR $1 million now or every day your chances of winning $1 billion increase by 0.005%? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/wouldyourather@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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If you choose the first option, $1 million will be immediately added to your bank account, however if you choose the second option, starting from today everyday your chances of winning $1 billion increase by 0.005%. If you accept your chances will start at 0% and keep increasing.

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[–] [S] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

  1. There's a draw once a year. So yes cumulative.

  2. Can only win the billion once.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    Starting from today, everyday your chances of winning $1 billion increase by 0.005%.

    That wording 100% says to me that you get a try every day to win the billion. Looking at it like you would in a legal case, it stands as an every day chance since a year timeframe was never mentioned in the original prompt.

    Sure, the million would be nice, but In today's economy "cheap" houses that used to be 100-200k near me are going for nearly half a mil.

    The billion is the clear answer to me. Short of some extremely bad luck, you're getting that billion in a year or few. You gain 1.825% per year which doesn't seem like much, but you're getting that ~2% chance every single day.

    A few years of living like I already am for a statistically guaranteed (but unpredictable) billion dollars is a win to me.

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