Billion Dollar Powerball Dreams
If I win the Powerball, I won’t change. Well, that’s not exactly true. I’d buy a home in Santorini and stuff the 14-car garage with Ferraris of every vintage. I’d own my own Slurpee machine. Wait, scratch that. I’d own 12 Slurpee machines, so I’d never have to worry about waiting for a defrost cycle.
I’d buy a yacht that’s so big that it docks by GPS. I’d own several homes that I’d never visit. I’d refuse calls from George Clooney for no reason. I’d have a secret underground lair. I’d have sharks with freaking lasers on their heads. Wait again, that’s Doctor Evil. My point is, $497 million dollars is huge money. If you live for another 50 years, thats $20 million dollars every single year. A billion dollars in $100 bills would weigh over 22,000 pounds.
But for now, let’s talk about the real-world numbers. Today marks only the second time the Powerball has passed the BILLION dollar mark. That’s literally a million dollars, one thousand times over. Here’s where the “but it’ll be next to nothing after taxes” crowd chimes in. You’re right, if you consider $497.3 million dollars nothing. Hell, you could make that in a weekend, huh?
While there was a not a big winner over the weekend, there was a single Floridian who matched 5 numbers along with the Powr Play option, which will net a $2 million dollar prize.
The last time the Powerball had a big winner was way back in August, when a single ticket paid $206 million dollars. The current chances of winning the Powerball are one in 292.2 million. Source: WFLA.com
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