Everyone likes money and everyone likes stuff that doesn't require putting too much thought or effort into it. This little site called Instant Cash Sweepstakes does wonders in combining both of those things.
What it is: Instant Cash Sweepstakes is a survey site where users take mini surveys to win cash and prizes. Every survey has 3 multiple choice questions (like interactive the widget above) mostly created by users on a wide variety of topics. There are instances where the site has their own surveys. This is done to test users’ honesty which is important because all users are ranked by 10 levels called a TrustScore level. Users with higher TrustScore levels get opportunities to take more surveys per session, win more tickets and coins per session and the chance to earn more money per random survey.

Who can join: To sign up for Instant Cash Sweepstakes, users have to reside in the US and be at least 18 years old.

What you need to apply: You will need an e-mail address and a Paypal account to sign up to Instant Cash Sweepstakes.

Cost to sign up: It’s absolutely free to sign up. In fact, ICS will give you a small stipend (about 25 cents) to sign up.

How much you can make: This is a legitimate survey site however if you’re looking to make money quickly this opportunity is probably not for you (I have many other suggestions so click on the 'Make Money' tag in the sidebar). From my experience, about 95% of your sessions will give you one survey where you will get a chance to earn .01-.11 cents. The survey that gives you the cash prize happens at random so there is no way of knowing which one it is. Users can ask to cash out their account when it reaches $2.00.

Ways to get the payout faster: There are a few ways you can make the money faster. Along with the random opportunities to make money from taking surveys there are 2 drawings you can enter. The first drawing is through the tickets you win after ever survey. All tickets you win are automatically entered into a daily drawing where the prize is $50. Be warned, since all your tickets are entered every day you will lose them every day (At the time of this post the daily drawing is held at 8pm EST)

The next way is through coins. Like tickets, coins are won after every survey you take. However coins stay in your account until you use them. You can use them either to buy tickets to enter into the $50 drawing or you can enter coins into a $2 drawing that happens every 4 hours (If you’re wondering, no I’ve never won the $50 drawing twice and I have won the $2 dollar drawing twice three times. It is my goal to win the $2 drawing once per month and I've been successful 3 of the last 4 months..as of July 2012). Also keep in mind that you are eligible to take a new set of surveys 3 hours after you have completed the last survey of your session so you can accumulate tickets and coins very quickly.

If you don’t like your odds to win through the drawings then the last way you can increase your take is through referrals. You can refer anyone to create an account as long as they are 18 or older and have their own Paypal account. Instant Cash Sweepstakes is unique in that nearly every prize your referral wins (tickets, coins, cash and the $2 drawing) is matched so that you win the same thing. There is also no limit to how many referrals you can have so the possibilities are endless. You cannot make multiple accounts to help yourself though as you will be banned.