Well you'll need to win lottery - or perhaps putting out a begging bowl maybe a sound business plan.

Destiny

You can work there destiny. Forever

I thought that myself once; "OOOh, if I won the PowerBall, I could have the money to buy the props I need and the time to rehearse with them, but not the need to perform for a living anymore d'oh!"

...and I looked up bankrupt lottery winners;

http://answers.google.com/answers/main?c......d=141224

If I won the lottery, first I'd set up my son's college fund; then I'd retire and use the cash to catch up on hobbies- like finally making the illusion building workshop I've always wanted to have. Hmmm- maybe I could rent out shop time to needy magicians!

On a side note-

What Sorceress never realized was that the government already can. All prizes won from contests and gambling, as well as bonuses received from your workplace, are subject to a 50% tax rate. And before you blame one politician or another, it's been that way for many, many years.