{"id":80374,"date":"2026-07-28T03:56:48","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T03:56:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/would-you-choose-50000-over-the-chance-of-1m\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T03:56:52","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T03:56:52","slug":"would-you-choose-50000-over-the-chance-of-1m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/would-you-choose-50000-over-the-chance-of-1m\/","title":{"rendered":"Would you choose \u00a350,000 over the chance of \u00a31m?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Lots of people might opt for the \u00a350,000 guarantee, deciding that it is a life-changing amount of money in itself.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">After all, it is \u00a310,000 more than the median average earnings for full-time workers in the UK for an entire year, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ons.gov.uk\/employmentandlabourmarket\/peopleinwork\/earningsandworkinghours\/bulletins\/annualsurveyofhoursandearnings\/2025\" class=\"ssrcss-1e0jzsh-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">according to official statistics<span class=\"visually-hidden ssrcss-i2z2ig-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0\">, <!-- -->external<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">But younger people generally earn less and yet, <a href=\"https:\/\/yougov.com\/en-gb\/daily-results\/20260722-c0b92-3\" class=\"ssrcss-1e0jzsh-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">according to this survey<span class=\"visually-hidden ssrcss-i2z2ig-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0\">, <!-- -->external<\/span><\/a>, those aged 18 to 24 are more willing to take the bet on \u00a31m than any other age group.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Some 28% go for the coin flip, compared with just 11% among the over-65s &#8211; their grandparents&#8217; generation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">There is a different tipping point for everyone. Repeat the survey but instead guarantee \u00a35 or offer a 50\/50 chance for a \u00a3100, and most people will probably go for the \u00a3100 bet. After all, lots of people bet at least \u00a32 a week hoping for a National Lottery win.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">As those amounts rise, so your appetite for risk becomes clear.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/cn0njd4e2evo?at_medium=RSS&#038;at_campaign=rss\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lots of people might opt for the \u00a350,000 guarantee, deciding that it is a life-changing amount of money in itself. After all, it is \u00a310,000 more than the median average earnings for full-time workers in the UK for an entire year, according to official statistics, external. But younger people generally earn less and yet, according [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":80375,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[61],"tags":[3895,10479],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80374"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80374"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80374\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80376,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80374\/revisions\/80376"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}