Aurora – Tonight’s Powerball drawing will be the largest jackpot ever at $340 million, and no Coloradan has ever won the prize in the four years the state has participated.
What might you buy with that winning ticket?
How about a National Hockey League team, such as the Colorado Avalanche, priced by Forbes at $246 million? Perhaps 1.75 million iPod Nanos that could be stacked like pancakes 7.5 miles into the sky?
Or you could fill your garage with 1,803 Fort Knox gold bricks. Are you thirsty? The winnings could buy 93,150,684 grande pumpkin spice lattes at the Starbucks in Cherry Creek.
Of course, this is all before taxes.
People contacted Tuesday as they bought their tickets had different plans.
“I plan to pay off some bills and buy a new car,” said Tajia Byndum, 27, of Aurora, who bought three tickets.
“Pay all my bills, buy a boat and go on a trip,” said Cory Jovanovich, 33, of Littleton, who bought five tickets.
“I would probably end up giving most of it away, to my church or set up a scholarship,” said Brandon Dehamer, 22, of Highlands Ranch, who bought a ticket for himself and his brother.
“I would build a couple more community centers for kids and adults … and I would get my fiancée a bigger ring,” said James Malone, 41, of Aurora. “But not like the one Kobe Bryant bought. But a big one.”
Bryant’s ring cost $4 million. Malone actually could buy 85 of those.
Before taxes, of course.
Staff writer John Ingold contributed to this report.
Staff writer Jeremy Myer can be reached at 303-820-1616 or jmeyer@denverpost.com.
