After no numbers matched the $1 billion Mega Millions jackpot last Friday, it has soared to $1.6 billion, becoming the highest lottery jackpot in history. The previous world record-holding jackpot was when the Powerball hit $1.59 billion in 2016. Along with Mega Millions, the Powerball jackpot went up nearly $145 million after none of the numbers drawn matched any tickets. However, buying a lottery ticket is not likely to make someone rich; the odds of winning are 0.00000033%, or one in 302.5 million. The next Mega Milllions drawing is this Tuesday, October 23rd.
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Would you let the public know if you won over a billion dollars?
I would try to keep quiet about winning the lottery, even if it was only for $1 million, because I would not want people to start asking me for money.
What would be the first thing you buy if you won the Mega Millions jackpot?
I would go buy a King Ranch F-350.
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Work on expanding on your personal thoughts(-3). Be sure to comment three different days. I will give you a break since you were gone most of the time.
I would not want people to know if I won the lottery. People would think that the lottery is rigged since I won, and they would be calling me rich. I feel like people would get jealous if they found out that had won. I don't like to tell my people how much money I have recieved. I feel that its kind of greedy. The first thing I would do is buy a nice car and then buy a huge house.
I I agree. If people knew that I all of a sudden had a ton of money, they would probably start acting differently towards me.
1) I would not want people to know I won becuse then there would be theifs and I wouldn't know who my real friends are but I would be a little more spendy.
2)I would by the new dodge demons then probably a new house and then probably invest the rest and make a living off the profits.
I wouldn’t be so worried about thiefs, because I would keep most of it in a bank or in investments. A Demon would be a good car to race.
i wouldnt because there are people that would try to get to me and say oh you owe me money for this or something like that and you would only get about 600 million due to taxes i would buy a new house and re pay my mom and dad back
I think that a lot of people would come asking for money, even if they didn’t deserve any. I would buy something nice for my parents.
oh god yes id probbly donate some here and there save some fish a lot more buy to nice of stuff and then ruin it or go bank rupt. I would buy a couple big peices of land for hunting purposes.
That doesn’t sound like a very sound plan, but it’s your money. You could probably buy a lake if you really wanted with that much money.