This Wednesday, a lucky US Powerball player could walk away with a staggering $1.5 billion in the world’s largest ever lottery.
Yes, that’s the set jackpot amount to be won in the United
States lottery this evening, enough to make you just as rich as the
chairman of leading emerging markets media group Naspers, Koos Bekker,
or $400 million richer than Tanzanian billionaire Mohamed Dewji,
provided you don’t need to pay tax.
Even though they say money can’t buy you happiness, the US jackpot can sure do a lot to get you closer to it.
If luck is on your side and you end up being the winner, here are some ways that you could spend the $1.5 billion:
- With the Seychelles’ GDP just over $1.4 billion, you could
buy the whole country and keep a few million dollars as change.
- The world’s most expensive car, the Maybach Exelero, is a
whopping $8 million. With $1.5 billion you could buy 187 of them, that’s
if you’re that into luxury cars.
- At $737 million, you could buy yourself the world’s most
expensive plane, the US military’s B-2 spirit jet, and have enough
change to buy the world’s most expensive private jet, the Airbus A380
($500 million), which is owned by Saudi Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal.
- Stuck between who’s your favourite football player between
Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo? With the $1.5 billion you could buy
both their teams with Real Madrid’s worth estimated at $746 million and
FC Barcelona at $657 million. That way, you can have all the access you
want with the players for a fair judgement.
- Thinking of buying businesses in South Africa? You could
easily take control of the gaming and gambling world by buying Tsogo Sun
($1.41 billion) and still have $80 million left over in change. The
Clicks Group ($1.24 billion) would also be another good investment
leaving you with over $200 million change. If you were to go into
mining, Impala Platinum ($1.22 billion) would be a lucrative investment
leaving you with a good chunk of change.
- In Kenya you could buy British American Tobacco Kenya
($782 million), Diamond Trust Bank Kenya ($449 million), Kenya Airways
($69 million) and Total Kenya ($30 million) and still be left with over
$160 million.
- You could buy Ecobank Transnational Incorporated ($1.39
billion) in Nigeria or Guinesss Nigeria PLC ($908 million) amongst other
investments.
Of course in order to stand a chance of winning, you would have to
play. Thanks to the lottery ticket Concierge Service, you can now buy
tickets for each US Powerball draw online regardless of your
geographical location. However your chance of winning is 1 in 292
million.
By: Aviwe Mtila.
Review: Emerging Market Formulations & Research Unit, Flagship Records.
For The #FacebookTeam