I was just sitting here thinking about what I would do if I was the only person that won the $314 million in this past weekend's Powerball.  I can't even wrap my head around how much money that is. 

I think that if I won, I'd take the annual payments for the next 29 years.  That would make me 56 when the money is done coming to me and I'd clearly have probably the best "retirement" ever.  Come to think of it, if I won the lottery now, I'd be starting my retirement as soon as I got my first check.  Of course, I'd finish school, since that is an important thing to me.  But, I'm not sure that I'd be too worried about finding an entry-level job.

I was trying to think of what I would do with the money and I came up with the usual stuff of giving some to friends/family, buying a house, etc.  But I really thought hard about what I would do after that stuff:

1)  Donate money to my school to build a new basketball arena and get the naming rights.  How many of your friends have their names on something other than their underwear?

2)  Attend a game in every baseball stadium in one summer

3)  Attend the Rose Bowl

4)  Try to buy into a professional team

5)  Set up a scholarship fund for kids that need help going to college

I had some ideas that wouldn't be very wise as well:

1)  Invest in the "Bad News Kennels" fight club

2)  Let Scottie Pippen invest my money for me

3)  Take betting advice from Tim Donaghy

4)  Bet on Barbaro to win another Kentucky Derby

5)  Hire Bob Knight as a sensitivity coach

What would you do with the money?  Let me know....

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