Would you pick a £1m lump sum or £1,000 a week for life?

If you won the lottery and had the choice, would you pick a £1million lump sum, or take £1,000 a week for life?

That was the question posed to nearly 7,000 Britons by pollster YouGov recently, and it is fair to say opinions are divided.

While the answer may seem obvious to some, Britons are split on what they would choose - as evidenced by the fierce debate it caused on social media website X.

In YouGov's survey, some 55 per cent of respondents said they would take the £1million lump sum, while 41 per cent said they would take the weekly £1,000. The rest said they didn't know.

Interestingly, 66 per cent of 18 to 24 year-olds said they would opt for £1,000 a week, while only 17 per cent of those aged 65 and over would also choose the weekly payment.