The Idea
The way I looked at it, if I took $39 and went to buy groceries, I wouldn't be able to get all that much. On the flipside, if I took $39 to a casino and lost it all, I wouldn't be all that upset. With that said, I decided I was going to try something — I was going to take my roll of stamps and send 100 letters to 100 different companies, asking for free stuff. I figured that I couldn't do any worse than blowing the $39 at a casino, and who knows... maybe a few of these places would actually send me something good.
Here in the Philippines, one could try and join Wowowee and try to win One Million Pesos. That's all for the cost of a SMS Text Message and bus fare to the TV Station. They changed the mechanics since there's a risk of dying in a stampede before...
