The lottery is now at $900 million and by the next drawing could be $1 billion. Cash value will between $500 and $600 million. Odds of winning are 1 in 302 million.
Get One! Dont be left out.
Morbid curiosity got the better of me, so I ran a couple of income tax calculators.
After estimated income taxes, the cash value payout would be about $450 million. Yeah, I think I could find a way to be happy on that kind of money.
Step #1 is that nobody would ever know that I won it - that would ensure happiness by deterring the parasites who would otherwise come out of the woodwork.