This has to be pure luck

Reply #12

Coin Toss — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 18:55:54 GMT

Chewie

This isn't a book about systems and doesn't have a thing to do with how to win, the author is a certified financial planner and talks much more about trust funds, various investments, and how it all works than he does about winning the lottery.

The theme of the book is more keeping what you win.

One of the things mentioned in the book (and ow many think of this) is buying a kidnap and ransom insurance policy.

EEK

Reply #11

emilyg — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 18:02:38 GMT

amazon has used ones for around $11

Reply #10

Raven62 — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 17:19:09 GMT

When the Publisher realizes that their will be a Limited Number of Multiple Income Streams Generated by a book: They make it pricey. Some folks trim the grass in the Cemetary while others push up the Daisies. For a price Oprah will recommend anything.

Reply #9

ryanm — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 16:57:58 GMT

The lottery is all about luck.

Reply #8

Chewie — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 16:50:22 GMT

Oh, and to make the author richer off of your money. From what I hear, its expensive, so he is making a nice little sum. Better then working in a cemetary trimming the grass around tombstones. Strange how that works. Now, if only Oprah would put it on the recommended humor list

Reply #7

Raven62 — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 15:55:57 GMT

Infinite Financial Freedom was written for entertainment purposes only, so basically everthing you read in it is a joke.

Reply #6

Coin Toss — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 15:54:44 GMT

Dave Barry said one of his teachers tole him he couldn't laugh and joke his way through life.

I just thought something like playing the lot number on a box of doughnuts and sinilar things to win millions was pretty incredible.

For all the threads you can read here and real life discussions people have about hitting the lottery, it sure seems like luck and destiny are a much bigger factor than scientific and mathematical theories (on the pick 5 and 6 games).

Reply #5

Chewie — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 15:46:11 GMT

These people who write books when they have no idea of how to win amaze me. I remember Business 101, a professor telling me how the business world works. He spent two years at Xerox and became a teacher, never seeing the business world again, except in books or movies. I had had twenty years in the real world, with major coporations; Boeing, Sprint, Verizon, Sears, etc. None of them did what the professor said. Newly hired college graduates talked about all the principles, and brain-stormin... [ More ]

Reply #4

jim695 — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 15:28:25 GMT

Lottery history is replete with similar stories. I remember reading several years ago about a woman in Florida who won a jackpot there. I can't recall how much she won, but I believe it was a record amount at the time. Anyway, she chose her numbers from her morning newspaper; she said she just played the first six numbers she saw, and it paid off for her.

Stories like these are only good when people actually win with their off-the-wall methods. When they lose, we chalk it up to their obvious... [ More ]

Reply #3

Badger — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 13:54:43 GMT

Pure luck? The odds are so high against a single ticket hitting a major jackpot game that no method, no matter how odd, is any better or worse than another. You can spend 40 hrs/week trying to predict the numbers that will fall, and not get it. And you can just pick 6 or 7 from somewhere and get it. IMHO spending time trying to figure the larger jackpot games isn't worth it. You do just as well if you pick numbers out of a hat, assuming you aren't trying to win the smaller tier prizes. If yo... [ More ]

Reply #2

Coin Toss — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 02:56:38 GMT

Yup, sorry, that's it Infinite financial Freedom.

Reply #1

sirbrad — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 02:09:57 GMT

Do you mean Infinite Financial Freedom? Yeah I been wanting to get that book for awhile now, but it seemed a little pricey, and I heard much of the content is outdated. Would love to still get it, but wish they would reprint an updated version.

This has to be pure luck

Coin Toss — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 01:58:00 GMT

From a book I mentioned before -Infinite Freedom, What to do Before and After You Hit the Lottery:

Some of the more unusual ways that multi-million dollar winners have reportedly picked their winning numbers include using these:

A dart board's numbers hit by throwing darts

A camera's serial number

The rural route numbers on the commute to buy the winning ticket

The serial number from a Social Security check

Dream visits from a deceased grandfather

The lot number on a box of... [ More ]