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The Most Expensive Billion Dollar House

Tuesday, June 16th, 2009

If you ever wanted to show off, why not buy a billion dollar house that will most likely impress just about anyone.  Well someone did it and built the world’s most expensive house. Mukesh Ambani, the fifth richest man in the world, built his house in Mumbai. This host costed $2 billion, is 550 foot high, 400,000 square foot home in which five people live.

Yahoo Finance actually takes you inside the house with photos of this magestic palace. Link

Take the large ballroom with 80% of its ceiling covered in crystal chandeliers. Does anyone need a house like this? No. But if you have billions of dollars why not? He created jobs for the indian people by using indian labor, indian materials, and purchasing property right in the heart of Mumbai.

I’d rather use my 2 billion dollars to buy 10,000 $200,000 homes around the world, but that is just my opinion…

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What Google Billionaires Fly In, Google Airplane

Saturday, February 14th, 2009

If you were a billionaire would you buy a plane?  The Google Billionaires co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page certainly wouldn’t fly in any normal jet. Rather they fly around in a Boeing 767. Total cost of a new Boeing 767? $180 million new. Of course you could always go the used route like Sergey Brin and Larry Page did.

Just flying the jet to a destination would cost more than some people earn in a year. Why buy a private jet when you can full size?

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Which Casino Games Have the Best Odds?

Wednesday, September 24th, 2008

I found myself at the casino the other day wondering which casino game I would have the best odds in.  Everyone knows that in every casino game, the house always wins, and casino games always have the odds against you.  It’s one of the riskiest ways to try to earn money.

Overall Blackjack has some of the best odds in the casino, along with craps.  However all those old people sitting on the slot machines have the worst odds (besides roulette). You’ll also notice that the higher the amount of the slots, the better chance you have at winning. Putting your money in the 5 cent slots is actually riskier than the $100 slots. Still, people prefer the 5 cent slots simply because it takes less money to play, where as with blackjack, you’re throwing down $10 per hand often.

However, if you find yourself at the casino, here is a list of some games with the best odds to play with the % being the houses advantage.

Blackjack Single Deck 0.20%
Blackjack Double Deck 0.35%
Blackjack Four Decks 0.51%
Blackjack Six Decks 0.60%
Blackjack Eight Decks 0.63%

Craps Pass/Come 1.41%
Craps Don’t Pass/Don’t Come 1.40%

Slot Machines $.05 15.20%
Slot Machines $.25 10.20%
Slot Machines $.50 9.10%
Slot Machines $1 8.10%
Slot Machines $5 5.50%
Slot Machines $25 5.30%
Slot Machines $100 3.90%

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How Many Millionaires are There? More Millionaires Than Ever

Monday, September 8th, 2008

There are more Millionaires than ever with over 10.7 million millionaires.  In Europe the Swiss lead the path with the most quickly growing millionaires, China itself is producing more and more millionaires.

If you counted all the money in the world, you’d end up with 10.97 trillon US-Dollars.  That leaves plenty of room for more millionaires to be created.  In fact, 18 percent of all worldwide households have at least $100,000 in value.

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Of course everyone knows that with rising inflation and energy costs, a million today isn’t what a million was 5 years ago.  In any case, any millionaire is more than well off and can live that sweet life we all dream about.

What about those non  Millionaires?

People are living better and better each year no matter how much you earn.  Would you rather be a rich person in 1912 or a poor person today?  With increasing technology, even the poor can live better than ever, with even those earning minimum wage being able to afford what is needed for survival and even still finding extra cash for outside entertainment.

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