The grand prize in the show is 45.6 billion Korean Won. In British pounds, that’s around £38 million. That’s not just “motorbike money.” That’s “buy a small Scottish island and still have enough for a lifetime supply of Irn-Bru” money.
To put it in perspective: £38 million is like winning the lottery, but instead of a cheesy press conference with an oversized cheque, you have to survive a game of Red Light, Green Light. Stressful, but the tax implications are simpler.
It’s also 5,423 times the average UK salary. Imagine your boss handing you that after you’ve just completed a spreadsheet. “Great work on those quarterly reports, Dave. Here’s enough cash to retire your entire family tree.”
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First, you’d pay off your mortgage. Then your mum’s mortgage. Then your mate’s mortgage who still owes you a tenner from 2019. That’s about £10,000 spent. You’d barely dent the pile.
You could buy 380,000 Greggs sausage rolls. That’s enough to feed the entire population of Newcastle for a Tuesday. Or, you know, one very determined food blogger on a weekend bender.
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You could also afford seven of the most expensive houses in London. Each one comes with a basement cinema and a spare room that you’ll just use to store your growing collection of regret after realising you still have to live in London.
