Powerball Jackpot Grows to $500M

Tonight's Powerball Jackpot has become the 5th biggest prize in U.S. lottery history!

Match all 5 white balls and the red Powerball number and you could win FIVE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS.

That's an insane amount of money. The cash option will net you just under $338M, and then of course you have to deduct taxes...but you'd still wind up with more than $200 mil!

I don't know about you, but first thing I'd do is call a good lawyer, then find a good financial planner...

Then maybe I'd let Duzzy know...and then I'd lay low for as long as possible!

I'd pay off my family's debts, make sure college is paid for the little ones I love, make a few charitable donations, and then I'd fly off to an island until enough people forgot how stinkin' rich I am!

After that? Game on. I'd travel non-stop, go to the world's best restaurants, take classes, and just spend time with my loved ones.

I used to want piles of designer shoes and houses all over the place...now I'm more about the experiences...maybe I'll keep a staff with a personal chef, trainer, hairdresser, and masseuse.

The thing is, it's WAY to easy to blow all that money and wind up right where you started...so I'd try to stick to a budget! Let's say after taxes you wind up with $220M...planning on another 60 years on this planet (adjust as necessary) that's about $3.6 million a year.

Even still...$3.6 MILLION every year, for the rest of your life? I don't know about you, but that sounds pretty damn good to me! $2 and a dream, right?