Make your own odds russian roulette?
 

My friend asked me this one day and i love asking the question to others.

How many chambers in a revolver your would need to play russian roulette for say 10 millions dollars? the amount is meaningless just that you would be set for life.

My answer to his question was 1/1000, i have suffered too many beats to go less than that.

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1 in 5 million sounds ok to me

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im talking the lowest number u would accept ahahahah

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There was a thread about this awhile ago.

I think 2-3 years ago I would have gone with 20 chambers, but now I would probably go with 5,000.

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This depends on how long I have to live. If I'm an old dude, I go with 6 chambers or less. I'm 22 now, so I go with 100 chambers.

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8 chambers

edit i'm 28 years old

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that's an interesting question. man umm i really dont want to die just yet and im kind of scared, whatever the percentage of me dying getting into a car and driving to work is ill take that percentage. to the poster that says one in 5million or whatever thats just not very smart if there's bargaining involved since your chances of just dying of the multitudes of possible accidents day to day is much higher than that anyways.

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yeah but u dont get paid that much to drive a car of fly in a plane. in fact u pay to do it sometimes. So im willing to take a much greater chance....something to think about

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1.

That's how I roll.

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yeah but im assuming im a MUCH better driver than the average person [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img], anyways i looked up the chance for dying in a car accident, it's 1 out of 19k.

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yeah but im assuming im a MUCH better driver than the average person [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img], anyways i looked up the chance for dying in a car accident, it's 1 out of 19k.

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Per time you drive?

Give me enough money to live my life and I'd do it with 6 right now, maybe 3.

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being dead is -ev.

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How many chambers in a revolver your would need to play russian roulette for say 10 millions dollars?

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im talking the lowest number u would accept ahahahah

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OOT chooses one chamber. Please pull the trigger.

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8 chambers

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Anyone saying anything less than 500 is lying their asses off or needs clinical counseling. There is no way, when it came down to it, that you would do it. BB&V is full of the reasons why this is such a dumb proposition.

money isnt everything.

i would give it a whirl at about 1 million.

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There was a thread about this awhile ago.

I think 2-3 years ago I would have gone with 20 chambers, but now I would probably go with 5,000.

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Yep, here's the thread...

The Ultimate Gamble

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Am i missing something? With two people playing RR, it doesnt matter how many chambers there are.

If your talking about one pull of the trigger only, then id accept a fairly low number depending on the cash offered.

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I think 1000 sounds about right.

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Honestly...standard gun.

1 in 6 for 10 mill.

I'm literally down all i have is a girl and she's better off without me.

What a stupid question.

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Do you have any idea how ridiculous a revolver with 1000 chambers would look?

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Honestly...standard gun.

1 in 6 for 10 mill.


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at first i thought it would be a high number for myself. but now that i think about it i would definitely do it with 6 chambers. for me, i really don't see how it couldn't be the right decision.

Also, i think i am happier than the average joe about life in general.

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Honestly...standard gun.

1 in 6 for 10 mill.


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at first i thought it would be a high number for myself. but now that i think about it i would definitely do it with 6 chambers. for me, i really don't see how it couldn't be the right decision.

Also, i think i am happier than the average joe about life in general.

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Do some EV calcs on this, at least in your head before you say something that dumb

dying in your 20s>>>>>>>>>>>&gt ;>>>>>>>>>>>wor se than the amount of joy you would get out of 10 mill for 60 years

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I actually think i'll have a more interesting life NOT being *totally* financially secure. Having an infinite bank account will take one of the joys of life out.

And coupling that with the avoidable risk, however small, to my life means i wouldn't take the gamble.

Although, if i was being rational about it, i suppose i'd set the odds somewhere close to the odds of dying on a trans-continental flight, since I'm willing to risk that for no financial gain.

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Honestly...standard gun.

1 in 6 for 10 mill.


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at first i thought it would be a high number for myself. but now that i think about it i would definitely do it with 6 chambers. for me, i really don't see how it couldn't be the right decision.

Also, i think i am happier than the average joe about life in general.

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Do some EV calcs on this, at least in your head before you say something that dumb

dying in your 20s>>>>>>>>>>>&gt ;>>>>>>>>>>>wor se than the amount of joy you would get out of 10 mill for 60 years

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i did and i very much disagree with your position. different people have different tastes, preferences, and utility curves.your statement is probably true for you but its not at all the case for me

edit: the wording of the OP suggests you are getting paid 10 million dollars to pull the trigger. at least thats how i interpreted it. which is a pretty important factor to me. if 10 million was the prize for not getting shot then i might have to up it into the neighborhood of 8 chambers

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Is there any way I can just point this gun at someone else and pull the trigger? I really like my life a lot....

That said, I would probably go at like...1 in...40.

40 Sounds about right...I mean there is SOME %age that says I'll be dead in the next year anyway right? So the # of chambers would correspond to well under that number....

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Anyone who is saying 500, 1000, 5000 + chambers is not forgetting reality. I'm sure we all do things far more dangerous than a 1 in 5000 chance of killing ourselves. Ever weaved through traffic at 100+mph? Ever forget to wear your seat belt?

The thing is, if we really thought of our lives as "pricesless" or worth Billions, than our society would be totally different: speed limit at 5mph, helmts + body gear at all times, eating only the most nutrious possible meals to live as long as possible.... etc,etc,etc.

So before you say you need 289374237 chambers, just think about how you live your life, do you really live like you value it as priceless? I bet not.

I'd go for 1-25.

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50


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i think this question would be better if we got more money for having less barrells.

that said. id do 50

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16 chambers.

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Honestly...standard gun.

1 in 6 for 10 mill.


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at first i thought it would be a high number for myself. but now that i think about it i would definitely do it with 6 chambers. for me, i really don't see how it couldn't be the right decision.

Also, i think i am happier than the average joe about life in general.

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Do some EV calcs on this, at least in your head before you say something that dumb

dying in your 20s>>>>>>>>>>>&gt ;>>>>>>>>>>>wor se than the amount of joy you would get out of 10 mill for 60 years

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If you die in your 20s it's just a bang and then nothing (expecting no afterlife). You won't suffer or know how happy you would've been if you'd lived another 60 years.

According to this logic it would be correct to take any odds for that 10 mill.

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10 million is way too little to get any reasonable number of chambers. A person could easily blow through that in less than a year living it up. 10 million wouldn't even be enough to get a huge mansion, a few sick cars, and a decent yacht.

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Anyone who is saying 500, 1000, 5000 + chambers is not forgetting reality. I'm sure we all do things far more dangerous than a 1 in 5000 chance of killing ourselves. Ever weaved through traffic at 100+mph? Ever forget to wear your seat belt?

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I'm pretty sure there are very few people that have ever done things that have 1 in 5000 (or worse) chance of getting killed.

Only thing that I can think of now that's close to that range is an average BASE jump.

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Anyone who is saying 500, 1000, 5000 + chambers is not forgetting reality. I'm sure we all do things far more dangerous than a 1 in 5000 chance of killing ourselves. Ever weaved through traffic at 100+mph? Ever forget to wear your seat belt?

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I'm pretty sure there are very few people that have ever done things that have 1 in 5000 (or worse) chance of getting killed.

Only thing that I can think of now that's close to that range is an average BASE jump.

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Average base jumps are much more life-threatening than 1:5000.

That said, 100 chambers.

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Average base jumps are much more life-threatening than 1:5000.

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By average I meant jumps done by experienced jumper (at least some skydiving experience is he/she's a first timer).

It's pretty hard to estimate, because it's not a regulated sport and nobody knows how many jumps have been made and also the amount of total jumps is so low there's no statistical significance.

Only numbers I've seen are (saw it on a BASE forum, don't know if they are correct) these:

Bridge (where jumping is legal and organized in one day a year): 1 death per 15,000 jumps
Terminal wall (where jumping is organized) in Norway: 1 death per 3,000 jumps

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The more i think about it and the more i think about my current situation somewhat similar to beardy faced man i was hassling in BBV(he's pretty cool btw). I'd take 1 in 3 for 5 mil.

Anyone got 5 mil to burn and a sick sense of humor?

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1/200 for $10 million.

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So far we've only been talking about one bullit which is obviously no fun 'cause you have at least 50% of living (Unless you go 1 1).
Lets heat things up a bit and hear if someone would go for example 2 bullits in 3 chambers!

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Honestly...standard gun.

1 in 6 for 10 mill.


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at first i thought it would be a high number for myself. but now that i think about it i would definitely do it with 6 chambers. for me, i really don't see how it couldn't be the right decision.

Also, i think i am happier than the average joe about life in general.

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Do some EV calcs on this, at least in your head before you say something that dumb

dying in your 20s>>>>>>>>>>>&gt ;>>>>>>>>>>>wor se than the amount of joy you would get out of 10 mill for 60 years

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If you die in your 20s it's just a bang and then nothing (expecting no afterlife). You won't suffer or know how happy you would've been if you'd lived another 60 years.

According to this logic it would be correct to take any odds for that 10 mill.

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assuming you have no friends, no family, no gf, no prospects, dreams, etc?

cmon, get real

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Seriously, if you knew you were gonna die instantly, id go as low as about 1 in 50.

Im 23, and about 8/10 on the happiness scale.