$476 million Mega Millions jackpot

I don't usually participate in this kind of thing. I don't think I've ever come across anyone who's won more than a tenner on the lottery and that's after spending years plugging away at it every week. Of course maybe if you pooled the money you would have spent every week into 52 entries for one draw a year and slightly improve your odds but even that doesn't seem to cut it for me, I'm too pragmatic. I'd also hate the short-lived celebrity of winning, and not just for the leeches that would inevitably follow.

Not that I don't entertain fantasies of winning. I always think I would cordon a large sum off into savings, give some to family/friends/charity and then spend the rest on securing myself somewhere to live and getting myself out of debt (student loans yay). However, I know I'd indulge some frivolous purchases. I do that on a much reduced scale anyway when I come in under budget for the month and suddenly want to spend money on all the things.

Jam it back in, in the dark.