The jackpot for Saturday's Powerball is at an estimated $800 million as of this writing, a record high.
The odds of winning are slight - one in 292.2 million, USA Today reports - but someone's 2016 will start off in style.
As the Powerball jackpot brews, we rounded up the stories of 11 past lottery winners. They don't all have happy endings. In fact, many lottery winners end up blowing it all.
Read on to see what these lucky folks spent their millions on: