November 29th, 2010
In the end, most of us have to work to make money
As far as I can tell there are few ways of making an instant, life-changing fortune. A one-time event that will give you more money than you can ever spend, that will release you from the day-to-day slog that most people live with.
Lotto
A first prize on the Lotto will turn you into an instant millionaire. You will be able to buy the house of your dreams and the car of your choice. And it’s so easy. All you have to do is choose 6 numbers out of 49. Nothing to it, right? Here’s how you calculate your chances of wining: 49 x 48 x 47 x 46 x 45 x 44 divided by 1 x 2 x 3 x 4x 5 x 6. Answer: you have a 1 in 13,983,816 chance of winning the lotto. Go for it!
Progressive slots
You do this in a casino at one of the slot machines. First make sure that you choose a progressive slot machine, meaning one that is wired up to a whole lot of other slot machines, either in the same casino or in other casinos. The more slot machines in the loop, the more you may win. What happens is that every time someone drops a coin into one of the participating slots, the jackpot you are about to win increases by the amount of that coin. So as there are hundreds of slots in the loop and hundreds of people playing these slots the jackpot could be gi-normous – millions of dollars. The odds of you hitting this jackpot – I don’t know, it’s impossible to calculate mathematically but it must be close to zero. But according to reports from the casinos there are occasional winners.
Inheritance
This is the easiest and the most straightforward of all money-making systems. All you have to do is to select your family very, very carefully and keep one eye firmly focused on the family fortune. It’s a sure-fire winner. Be sure to be born into a wealthy family, preferably one with good, solid old money.
Then there’s the internet
The Internet, the modern day source of everything. Write “making millions” or something similar into Google and you will transported to site after site promising that you can make a million by the end of the day/week/month/year. All you have to do is send in $79 to this address and the secret will be mailed to you. Yeah, right!
Lastly the share advisory services
They promise to make you rich by giving you the names of shares that will soar thousands of percentage points as soon as they NY Stock Exchanges open. Their advice is unlimited and offered in good faith but you still have to send in, not $79 – remember you are a stock exchange player with lots of money – $379, and you will receive an email with the name of the share that is going to put you into instant retirement. Yeah, right again!
