The Powerball jackpot has currently reached a record-breaking, whopping $1.3 billion. There's probably one question on your mind that if you're one of the countless Americans who snatched up tickets, how will you spend all the money?
We have a few suggestions. After spending our days staying updated on the best in luxury real estate, here are five investments you can indulge in when you get to be the lucky one.
5th Avenue
The $80 million dollar Manhattan mansion, whose property was owned by a Mexican telecommunications tycoon named Carlos Slim Helú, stretches eight stories and it comes furnished with eight bedrooms and ten bathrooms. These are for you to fill up with everything else you splurge on with your newfound cash. is the owner of the said establishment. According to Forbes' current estimation, the property has a net value of more than $77 billion.
Outdoorsy Opulence
Escape all the people asking you for money is possible with this $50 million Colorado getaway. The ginormous 17,000 square foot manse sits on Popcorn Lane,well perhaps the most amicably named street ever (that even popcorn haters are not meant to be exempted).
SIlicon Valley
Lottery winners obviously have the benefit of luxury of not working if they deem so, but you can still deceive people into thinking you're a successful and outstanding tech entrepreneur with this $88 million Silicon Valley estate. One of the most luxurious homes in Silicon Valley history is currently owned by Tech entrepreneur Kumar Malavalli who has recently listed his Los Altos Hills estate for $88 million.
Palace in Florida
Technically, it's not an actual palace, but it's very close. The huge $139 million estate is equipped with every essentials a lottery winner needs, which includes an Imax home theater and a 1,300-gallon aquarium. This Hillsboro Beach, Fla., mansion that, is the most expensive home publicly listed for sale in the United States listing at $139 million.
Pristine Islands
You could spend an enormous amount of cash on one private island alone, but isn't dropping a full $100 million and pick up a set of three pristine islands with 50 beaches among them sounds more luxurious, sophisticated and superior all at once? The trio of isles - also known as the Cayonetas Islands - are shelter to over 19 miles of coastline, 1800 acres of land, and a whopping 50 beaches and on top of this they also house 12 new sub-species of birds that cannot be sought on mainland.
