Powerball jackpot at $1.7 billion after no-winner draw - Reuters

[TexasTowelie]

The $1.57 billion Powerball jackpot draw has not produced a winner so far.

[Oopsie Daisy]

1. I'll get ONE ticket today. One is all it takes.

My weekly lotto budget is $4.00. I keep trying. Maybe someday.

[markie]

2. so

this informs me this fine morning, that collectively we have enough discretionary income to significantly help house the homeless and feed the hungry.... or something like that oh, our collective priorities are so interesting

[getagrip_already]

4. maybe not all of them, but a good start,,,

You would get somewhere between $600M-$700M before taxes if you took a lump sum payment. Figure 40% for taxes, fees, bloodsuckers, and the like.

So maybe you would end up with $350M out of that pot? That's a conservative estimate of course.

Houseing 500 families a month would cost about $1M. So $12M/year for 500 families. You can see that pot isn't infinite.

[markie]

7. yes not all...

however the full 1.7B would go to helping... if that is what we collectively wanted

[getagrip_already]

3. mine, Mine, MINE!!!!!

And I'm going to use it to humiliate tiny by getting on the forbes 400 list with it. Hey, if he can do it with less than 500 million, so can I!

Then I'll become the next george soros. Bwa ha ha ha ha,,,,,,,,,,,

[TexasTowelie]

5. You are going to need a second stroke of luck or some lucrative investments.

The cutoff to get on the Forbes 400 list in 2023 was $2.9 billion.

[getagrip_already]

6. I have two cats I value at $1B each,

and a 2008 honda odysey thats worth at least $500M. Plus my kids beanie babie collection; those are worth at least $10M each!

No problemo.