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A survey exploring attitudes to money found most people would take a guaranteed fifty thousand pounds instead of risking it for a larger reward.
The results reveal differences between age groups and genders when it comes to financial decisions.
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00:00I think right now I'd have to flip for the million, yeah,
00:02cos it's a 50-50 chance.
00:03I know 50 grand, yeah, be all right in your skyrocket, yeah,
00:06be all right in your skyrocket, a little 50 nigger,
00:08but, you know, 50-50 chance.
00:11It's not like double of quits, is it?
00:12It's like a million quits times 20, you know?
00:15Flipping the coin for the million.
00:17Go, you're mice as well, you'd lose some nothing, are you?
00:2050,000, because, what they say,
00:26beard in the hand is better than tuna bush.
00:29Yeah.
00:30If I've got 50,000 now, it'll do me a world of good, and that's it, yeah.
00:34I wouldn't like to risk it for a million,
00:37cos it's a big amount you lose.
00:39It's not a lot of money, really, when you think of it,
00:42and it's nothing to people that's very rich, is it?
00:46Yeah, I do chance and all that, but I'm not a risker.
00:51You know, you've got to have responsibilities and all that.
00:5350,000 is a life-changing amount, and I just wouldn't risk it,
00:57because it's a 50-50 chance of winning the million.
01:01Probably buy a house I've got.
01:03I've got a new car, so I've just got a new car anyway,
01:06so I don't know.
01:08Loads of holidays.
01:09I'd take some time off work.
01:10I think I'd sort my family out, make sure everyone was OK, money-wise,
01:16and then I'd just buy myself something nice and comfortable
01:19and go on a lot of holidays.
01:21I'd have a big cruise, holidays and all that,
01:24just have money that I can access without even worrying about it.
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