Million $$$ or risk it all with a coin toss?

[Two_Six]

I just finished watching Rebel Billionare on FOX Rochester, channel 131 and Shawn won the competition. Before he won the million dollars, Richard gave him a choice; he could chose the million dollars and walk away or he could risk it all with a coin toss. Shawn had a decision to make, he could either take the million dollars and walk away or he could risk it all with a 50/50 chance coin toss.

[crookedking]

i'd like to say that i'd flip the coin, but i'd just take the money, spit in my opponents face, and run away with my shorts around my ankles.

[Liqwid]

why why why would u not take the money....

~d

[CodaDrummer]

Haha, take the money for sure. 50/50 aren't good enough chances for me to give up one million dollars.

[crookedking]

Originally Posted by Liqwid

why why why would u not take the money....

~d

i'm sure there was a good reason to flip the coin...like another million, or something.

[Liqwid]

Originally Posted by crookedking

i'm sure there was a good reason to flip the coin...like another million, or something.

oh...

~Dalyn

[Kandyapple]

yah what was the other option???

[Bevvy Swift]

yea what was he flipping the coin for if he could just walk away with a million dollars?

[crookedking]

WE, THE PEOPLE OF FNK, DEMAND SOME ANSWERS TWO SIX!

[COMATOS3]

if flipping the coin would give me more money...(depends on how much more)...i might do it. otherwise i wouldnt even think and grab the million.

[neoh]

^ and that's why everyone thinks your a douche bag.

he did the damn right thing, from a business perspective, fucking rights. He took the million dollars, not for himself, but for all his employees and co-workers, sometimes it's not always about yourself.

[trance4life]

flip the coin, be a man

[Grapes]

A sad, sad man who cries himself to sleep every night over the million dollars he didn't collect.

Look, $1,000,000 and $2,000,000 are probably going to make you equally happy. Either one of them is going to allow you to pay off any debts you might have, and buy some nice toys, and invest, and go get hammered with friends to celebrate. Beyond that, everything else is just gravy.

SO WHY THE FUCK WOULD YOU RISK 0?

Makes NO SENSE.

[crookedking]

Originally Posted by Grapes

A sad, sad man who cries himself to sleep every night over the million dollars he didn't collect.

Look, $1,000,000 and $2,000,000 are probably going to make you equally happy. Either one of them is going to allow you to pay off any debts you might have, and buy some nice toys, and invest, and go get hammered with friends to celebrate. Beyond that, everything else is just gravy.

SO WHY THE FUCK WOULD YOU RISK 0?

Makes NO SENSE.

maybe it was three million?

[Berta]

walk away..i'd be pretty happy with a million and i'd probably shoot myself if i flipped the coin and lost it all, so i definatly wouldnt take that chance

[BongMan]

I would take the cash moon the camera and walk off and get shitfaced wake up the next morning pay off all my bills and buy some fun toys

[mux]

Man, them's not even *close* to betting odds.

I don't care if it was ten million, why risk losing it all?

[Custard]

you know how much fame you would make from losing it all?

look at that william hung. he risked it all, and it blew up in his face. now he has a 2nd cd being released.

[mux]

*shrug*. So which would you prefer - being famous for being an idiot in front of millions of viewers, or a really nice fully-paid-for house, car, and not having to work for a couple of years?

You'd be famous all right. So was John Bobbit.

[Two_Six]

Well if Shawn took the 50/50 chance and flipped the coin and it landed on heads (if he called heads) then he would of got a chance to work with Richard or something like that, flipping the coin was worth alot more than a million dollars.

Anyways he chose the million dollars cause he wanted his company "Love Shack" to expand and he said he would use the money for that. Richard was happy with his choice and he still let him work with him and gave him a chance to chose his right hand man (someone who was also on the show) and he chose Gabriel. Shawn also gets some shares in "Virgin Galactic", a company that will take people into space for $200,000 a pop.

If I had to chose I would also chose the million dollars; donate like $50,000 to the Tsunami Relief, pay of all my debts/my families debts, buy a sweet car and a house. With the rest of the money I would take a nice long trip somewhere exotic and tropical. Then when I would come up I would invest the rest of the money into my business "Victory Stones".