Billions of dollars in prizes are given away each year by companies worldwide through competitions, contests, sweepstakes and lotteries.
You may have seen stickers on product labels, advertisements in magazines, or on television promising you the chance to win.
Most are legitimate, some are not, knowing the difference can save you time and money and soon have you enjoying regular prize deliveries straight to your door or bank account.
Where to find competitions, contests and sweepstakes that can change your life? The answer is simple.
Everywhere.
The trick with being able to locate the chance to win, is simply being open to it.
It's like buying a new car.
You purchase your new car, proud of it and thinking how unique and lovely the colour is.
Then you leave the car lot and start seeing hundreds of other cars that look just like yours.
When you start entering, start winning, you then start noticing all the easy ways that are open to you to win big.
Here's a quick list to get you started: Magazines - If you regularly purchase magazines you may have already noticed competitions and sweepstakes in them.
Most magazines run contests of some sort and many do so on a regular basis.
In fact in most countries there are generally entire magazines dedicated to running competitions.
Websites - There are thousands of websites that run contests.
They give away anything from cars to cash to beauty products.
It's as easy as finding where they are and entering.
Most are free to enter, some require signing up to a mailing list, or purchasing a product, but on many websites its as simple as filling in a form and hitting send.
Grocery Store - One sure fire place to find sweepstakes and competitions is in the supermarket or grocery store.
Food companies want you to buy their products.
One way to increase their sales is to offer prizes in return for purchasing their products.
Use this to your advantage.
Television - It's becoming common place for tv shows to run contests to help boost their ratings.
These will generally involve phoning in, sending a text message from a cell or mobile phone, mailing in or even website entries.
As you can see, there are ways to win everywhere around you.
Start looking and taking notice and you will be surprised about what opportunities really do exist.
Enter away, and start winning.