James PackardLotto fever is at its highest tonight, amid a drawing for one billion dollars or more.
"You won't win if you don't play," said Kimberly Neely, who played the lottery.
A nation of players is ready to part with hundreds for a shot at that big jackpot.
"How much are you willing to spend on the lotto? Uh, about $200," Neely said.
But what does one do with a billion dollars?
Or with this jackpot’s cash payout of $747 million?
"Retain legal counsel," said Larry Wigger, an economics professor.
And experts say remain anonymous if you can.
But then with all that cash, think of the possibilities: you could fly roundtrip from London to Singapore in the nicest mid-air suites out there more than 64,000 times, buy the most expensive home in the U.S. twice, buy a private island in Thailand, build a custom home, a private runway, and buy a private jet, afford to go to space with Jeff Bezos – 25 times.
You could also buy a new laptop for three quarters of a million impoverished students in America or donate enough money to help secure water for life for nearly a million people.
In other words, you could change the world in big ways with that kind of cash.
One of the heads of Raising Cane’s bought a lottery ticket for each of his 50,000 employees, hoping to change at least one life in a big way.
"This is us taking care of each other, standing by each other as a family so,"said AJ Kumaran Co-CEO and COO of Raising Cane's.
Of course all of this is only possible if you're the big winner.
