Propostrous Powerball Prize

Last week on November 8th the largest Powerball jackpot was won, with a whopping 2 billion dollars as the prize. The way that it can reach such a high number is the number of people buying a ticket, the grand prize is determined by game sales and the annuity factor. It took over three months to accumulate to this amount.

The lottery is quite the gamble knowing that about half of the jackpot is influenced by ticket sales and the fact that it took over three months for someone to win it.

Aware of this fact Lincoln Brookhart 11th said, “I think I still would[buy tickets], I mean I’m not a gambler but I think every once and a while is ok. But I didn’t know that a lot of it was ticket sales that a lot, so many people are buying tickets!”

The chances to win the lottery are about one in 300 million. While none of us will likely win the lottery, let us imagine for the sake of storytelling.

“If I won I'm not telling anyone, no one. I'll just magically have 2 billion one day,” said Ysabel Lerma, 11th.

While this might be selfish it could be a nuisance to have to deal with people only wanting to talk to you for your money, so instead of calling it selfish, it can be seen as being cautious about who you are friends with.

“I would give a lot to my parents[money, if he won the lottery] because they raised me first of all,” said Lincoln Brookhart. “I’d get a sick house, a lot in investments, a sick car, and hopefully set up my kids for life.”

When someone wins the lottery there is little that could ruin that day for them, so it would be quite challenging to contain your excitement on a day like that. It could be a big change, but some people enjoy having the consistency of working a job.

“I think I would tell my girlfriend…or my mom,” said Lincoln. “I wouldn't want to just sit around all day though that’d get boring fast.”

The winner doesn't receive all of the money though; a large sum of this amount of money is taken by the government.

“That's Fricked!” said Ysabel Lerma. “I would be fuming!” said Lincoln.

And while it's unfortunate that the government takes this much money, 600 million dollars is still assumedly enough for people to live lavishly with. People could buy lots of things with that large amount of money - Air Jordans, AirPods, an extravagant trip., But ultimately when MHS the students were questioned about what they would do with their winnings, Muskies showed nothing but kindness. Most individuals' first response is they would buy their mom a house, or their dad a new truck, and they were just being generous with “their” money. Showing just how much good is in our school.