I don’t play regularly, like an old boss of mine used to (he lived in Jersey and he’d play with another guy at work, who lived in the Bronx at the time, and they’d split the costs and he’d buy in Jersey and the other guy would buy in NY), but at those numbers (even the cash option is nearing $200M), you feel like you should at least take a shot, so I’ll probably pick up a $5 ticket before Friday.
Ever daydream about what you’d do with that money? In the old days, my benchmark used to be enough money to buy a baseball team (back when you could pick one up for a hundred mill), but now, I’d settle for a nice nest egg and enough to buy a brownstone in a decent neighborhood.
