A £111million jackpot is up for grabs in Friday's Powerball superdraw on September 25, a sum that would place a UK-based winner among the wealthiest people in the country, with a bank account rivalling the likes of Adele and Harry Styles.
Property and Footballers in Reach
St John's House, described as the largest house built in Britain in over 100 years and inspired by the mansions of the 1920s, is expected to sell for at least £100 million upon completion. The 60,000 sq acres of land alone is worth £20 million and sits in the village of Rawsden in the Cotswolds. The estate includes a helipad, guest houses and its own private museum.
Football is another option. After the 2022 World Cup, Chelsea spent a then British record £106 million on Argentine youngster Enzo Fernandez to bring him to Stamford Bridge; he then joined Man City earlier this month for £125million. Barcelona's World Cup winner Lamine Yamal is currently worth £190million, meaning the jackpot could buy just over half of him.
Cars, Chocolate and a Caribbean Island
A legendary Mercedes Benz 300SLR sold at auction in 2022 for £110million, the biggest car sale of all time. Racing legend Stirling Moss described the Benz as: "the greatest sports car ever built by anybody anytime".
At 35p each, £111 million could buy 285,714,286 Cadbury's Freddo Frogs, amounting to nearly 5,000 tonnes of chocolate. Water Cay in Turks and Caicos, listed at £80million, is pitched as "one of the most significant development opportunities remaining in the Caribbean". Largely underdeveloped, it is a short boat ride from the mainland.
Streaming and Robot Butlers
Each episode of Stranger Things season 5 reportedly cost Netflix an average of $50 million, or £37 million, meaning the payout would cover exactly three episodes of the Duffer Brothers saga.
Consumer humanoid robots such as the Unitree G1 are priced at around £15,000 each, so the payout would net around 7,400 machines — enough to fill about 10% of Old Trafford.
Most Drawn Powerball Numbers
Data from Playcasino shows 44 is the most drawn Powerball number of all time at 226, with 42 and 23 following closely at 224 and 223 respectively. At the other end, 22 is bottom over the decade with just 73 appearances, followed by 40 (86 times), 43 (88) and 1 and 18 (90 each).
The experts at Playcasino said: "The balls don't remember what was drawn last week or back in 2004, so every line has the same 1 in 139,838,160 chance of winning. If you do play, keep it as a bit of fun and spend what you can afford".
