+87 @ashmaht Fine, I’ll buy a ticket.

+76 @Cheap-Bathroom-4426 When Saturday rolls around, the cash option going to be over $700+ million. My plans haven’t changed regardless if the amount keeps going up, good luck to everyone playing on Saturday.

+47 @revanchist70 I might splurge and get a second quick pick instead of my normal 1, but considering how little it changes your odds of wining probably not. Edit: As to your second question, I've messed around making a google spreadsheet on what to give away if I win and the largest amount (total) I have listed is a little over $180 million (including the 40% tax on gifts over $13.9 million) and I doubt I'll go any higher than that. Although I care deeply for my family I haven't live near any of them in decades due to leaving home for the military at 17 (after graduation) and only seeing them around Christmas and I haven't even done that since my family moved from my home state. I'm not worried about them hounding me for money because I'll just make it clear that this is a one time gift and cutting off contact won't bother me since I haven't talked to most of them in a long time. Why even give them money? Well my wife has passed and I have no children of my own so I'd rather help my family now while there are still enough of us still alive and young enough to appreciate the money especially since 3/5 of my aunts and uncles have passed away as well as my parents.

+30 @BaronNeutron I’d absolutely take the lump sum, I just wouldn’t want my name in the news

+27 @Inevitable_Cat_7878 After taxes, we're probably talking around $400 million. I would do the following: * Take $40 million and give to various charities. Or setup a charity with the $40 million. * Take $100 million and give that to my immediate relatives. I would help my parents and siblings. I would setup trusts for my nieces and nephews and cut checks for my aunts and uncles and let them figure out how to disburse the money to my cousins and their kids. * Take $10 million to upgrade my life. A new house, new car(s), but nothing flashy. Just a house on 10+ acres for privacy. I would stick to Honda/Toyota, maybe Lexus. I prefer staying low-key when I'm out and about. * For the rest, I would put in investments and just live off the interest/dividends.

+20 @BrettStah I always figured it could help (in addition to doing everything possible to maintain anonymity) to claim the prize shortly after some big event starts dominating the news cycle. Big natural disasters, pandemic, political or military news, etc.

+18 @MasterDarkHero Im gonna buy 32 gb more ram for my PC, then maybe buy lunch with the rest. 

+17 @chriskicks Lol id need to probably 15 million of that to live a lavish life. The rest can go to friends, family and charity. That's an absurd amount.

+14 @CocoaAlmondsRock You can share and still remain anonymous. Use a lawyer in a different state. Give to the person anonymously. Require them to sign an NDA so they don't walk around crowing about it.

+12 @HRslammR Mo money mo problems. Id be more tempted to build a super nice house in my general area. Id still tell no one, but there would be signs. Live like a prince forever versus a king for a while.

+11 @Orcus424 $686.5 is before taxes. With fed taxes you would get $432,537,980. That is before state income tax. The state income tax breakdown is in the link as well as annuity schedule. https://www.usamega.com/powerball/jackpot/2025/12/20 I am not going to buy some crazy amount of tickets. The odds are crazy high unless you spend a crazy amount of money. I was going to share some of the prize money regardless of how much I win. My plans don't really change regarding the lottery amount. The goal is to retire in luxury.

+9 @LPNTed In a day and age where there are people who are literally a hair's breath away from being trillionaires.. even if this thing cashed out at 2 billion... That's still not a lot of money, with that perspective. So no, there is no such thing as too much. I'll definitely keep things on the down low. I'll have multiple businesses to own some properties. I'll have multiple trust funds for my friends/family that they'll have to sign an NDA to start receiving funds. I'll travel...a lot, but usually not stay in any place long enough for people to start figuring out I got what I got. Be generous, but not stupidly so. I had some extravagant fantasies, like owning cars and planes.. but those just draw attention. I think some of the more interesting things I'll do is "tour" with airshows and maybe Indy/f1 over the course of a few years.