But then again, the odds for one single ticket to scoop the massive prize would be one in 292 million chance, so hold your horses.
The Powerball lottery is played across 44 states, and this weekend’s mammoth jackpot will be the largest ever in US lottery history. The previous record holder was a $656 million Mega Millions jackpot, which was split between three winning tickets back in March 2012.
If you did win the Powerball jackpot outright and decided to take the cash prize, you’d get $428.4 (€393) million before taxes. Else, you’d get an 29-year-long annuity paid into your bank account, which would work out roughly at a cool €22m a year.
Not bad, we say.