e4 an automatic draw in pro play?

I heard that some pros go e4 just to secure a draw.

Why is d4 considered to be playing for a win? Or more risky?

Someone pls explain to me because you can't remember all e4 lines and if a pro makes the 3rd best move at move 24 for instance, the opponent can't know the continuation.

An explanation would be cool.

For the most part, at that level, if White doesn't really want to play for a win, there's not much Black can do, regardless of whether White plays 1. e4 or 1. d4.

The average 1. d4 position definitely looks more drawish than the average 1. e4 position, but there are a lot of 1. e4 openings one could play if they wanted to go for a draw. My e4 openings might be good examples (e.g. Black could probably draw pretty easily at top level), but fortunately the best people I hope to beat are more like 2300 and not 2700

http://www.jeremysilman.com/shop/pc/Vigorous-Chess-Opening-Repertoire-for-Black-A-76p3857.htm

All this arguing is like General McClellan and his staff, during the American Civil War, holding up their army while arguing how deep a Virginia river was and if infantry could walk across.  Then Capt. George Custer (later famous for Custer's Last Stand) rode his horse to the middle and said, "This is how deep it is, General."

Taking inspiration from Custer, I went to the Opening Explorer's Master games:

1 e4: White wins 38%, draws 32%, and loses 30%

1 d4: White wins 39%, draws 34%, and loses 27%

White plays 1 e4 17 times to every 13 times for 1 d4 and 6 times for all other moves.

4 of every 9 1 e4 games is answered by the Sicilian Defense 1 c5, and for:

1 e4 c5: White wins 37%, draws 30%, and loses 33%

For non-Sicilian 1 e4 games then, roughly:

1 e4 NOT-c5: White wins 38%, draws 31%, and loses 31%

There's not enough significant difference to claim 1 e4 or 1 d4 is played because the GM wants the draw.

None of the last few posts are addressing what the OP is asking about.

My interpretation is that the OP is asking whether some people can/do play for a draw with e4 or d4, not whether the moves are more likely to result in a draw in general.

However, it's decently clear that one can basically do so (e.g. with much higher drawing probability than e4/d4 in general) with either move.

Edit: meant "either move", not "either color"

Yeah, its hard to imagine playing for a draw with the Sicilian najdorf or something, unless they're going for one of those forced endgames. But the Berlin is the true simplification.