Squid Game has returned with Season 2 on Netflix, and the fans have several questions. One of the most prominent among them is about the prize money the winner of the eponymous game receives and how much that money is when converted from South Korean won to US dollars. In Season 1, Lee Jung-jae’s Seong Gi-hun ultimately wins the prize money, but the entire ordeal leaves him traumatized. In Season 2, he joins the game not necessarily to win the money but to put an end to the said game.
So, here are all the details of the prize money in both seasons of the show.
Here’s the prize money Squid Game Season 1 and 2’s winner gets
The prize money in both Seasons 1 and 2 are the same, and it’s 45.6 Billion won.
In Season 1, Gi-hun wins against Cho Sang-woo in the final game but refuses to kill him. However, the latter makes him promise that he will take care of his mother, and dies after stabbing himself in the neck.
After returning home, Gi-hun discovers that his own mother is dead. He spends a year without doing anything with the money and discovers the truth about Oh Il-nam. He eventually decides to share his winnings with Sang-woo’s mother and Sae-byeok’s brother.
The prize money is not one of the key aspects of the narrative in Season 2. It has effectively been replaced with Gi-hun’s desire for vengeance and justice. Either way, things end disastrously for him this season. Although he survives and will likely appear in the now-confirmed third and final season, several of his allies are killed, and a player revolt fails.
How much is 45.6 Billion won in US Dollars?
Per the conversion rate as of December 26, 2024, 45.6 Billion won equates to 31.1 million in US dollars.
While it may not be proportionally as big a number as 45.6 Billion, $31.1 million is still a considerable amount of money. Moreover, it can drastically change a person’s life no matter where they live, as shown in Squid Game.
