Pay It Forward (MyLot Exclusive #1103)

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"The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others." ~~~~~~~Mahatma Gandhi (Saturday, October 2, 1869 --- Friday, January 30, 1948 --- Aged 78) Very recently, I was inspired by someone...If you're a World Class Master Detective, you might be able to figure out who it was. If you're not a World Class Master Detective, you won't be getting any fun ruining Spoilers from me. But I will give you one hint: It wasn't Mahatma Gandhi...To figure out a fun way to give away money. The premise is basically this: You have a lot of money. In my case, I'm giving myself $100 Billion. It's less than I deserve but you gotta start somewhere. Next, develop a different or unusual way to spread some of it around. This is what I came up with on my first attempt. There will be others because once is not enough. Step #1: We would get a high roller suite and an adequate number of adjoining suites at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. Next, we would invite some family and friends, say 10 couples to keep the hypothetical math simple, the actual number would probably be different, maybe more, maybe less, because not everyone is in a relationship and some people can't just go to Vegas for four days at the drop of a hat. Step #2: Now, we have 20 guests in Vegas and we are paying for everything. ((Some of you are saying, "Sir, why do you keep saying 'We?' You don't have anyone, Sir." The answer is: This fantasy was inspired by someone else but it's still mine and I'm not going to be single in it)) and at some predetermined point, everyone would gather in the casino where we would give everyone $10,000. Step #3: For three hours, everyone would gamble, trying to turn the $10,000 into as much as possible or die trying (Financially. With the gifted money. There will be no actual pain or suffering in this exercise. Unless it is consensually requested and agreed upon and that, if it did come to pass, would be a MyLot After Dark only topic). Step #4: At the end of the three hours, everyone gets to keep whatever they win and we will donate an equal amount (Including the original $10,000) to the charity of their choice in their name. Everyone who loses everything will get another $10,000 for themselves plus $10,000 to their charity. So everyone gets at least $10,000 plus 4 days in Vegas, all expenses paid. Whoever makes the most money will get a bonus $1 Million sent to their charity. That's the basic framework. I assume there will be prizes as well for everyone but I haven't worked out those details yet...I'm back to saying "I" because my imaginary girlfriend is currently just supplying ideas that I can't talk about here. One last thing. This is the perfect time to do this. The holidays are coming but are still far enough away. The first big one, Canadian Thanksgiving, is still 8 days away. So a lot of people would have time for this and most of them and their favorite charities could really use some extra money right now. The other one last thing: This is really too good of an idea to stay imaginary. So all I have to do is figure out a way to generate $100 Billion tonight and we can get this started tomorrow. It shouldn't be that difficult. If you have a fun idea for giving money away, put it in the comments.