Whoever did that math is silly.

I could give every household in America $13. It's $4.33 that they would get apiece, not $4.33M.

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Winning that much money would be like buying gold in some mmorpg, or whaling your way through some other online game. Once you own everything, what else is there to do? I think you would end up being pretty bored after a while, perhaps even depressed.

Probably the only way you would be happy with that that much money is to start donating it, at least you would have a purpose.

Me personally, I'd pay off the balance of anyone who put up a deposit for RZ. Then open my own arcade in the biggest empty spot at the local mall and set everything to free play

Doh! ......you are correct, I just ran the numbers and it's more like $11.00....lol.

If it was $11m, it would mean that every household would have had to buy like $12m worth of Powerball tickets!

I'd be able to afford to HAVE a pinball hobby for starters....

Buy the playboy mansion and stock it full of pins and throw one hell of a party! Of course all pinside members welcome!

I'd buy out all the upcoming Ghostbusters pins from Stern under a special arrangement, and throw them off a rooftop while videotaping it for my Youtube channel.

More Money = More Pins!

... and for the hard to find pins, two words: Bounty Hunters.

I'd buy up the new Movie and do the same!

As far as my pinball hobby; I would start my own pinball company. And, I would hire a dedicated team to produce some unique pinball machines; both licensed and unlicensed games. Start up costs would be huge, but 1.3 billion makes that quite easy. Also I would need a larger house to house my huge pinball collection. I would likely start a barcade; despite never turning a profit. Just so people around here could be exposed to pinball and it would serve as a gathering place for local tournaments.

I won't even get into what I would do outside of pinball. But, it would involve skiing, motorcycles, music, dogs, watches, firearms, cars, my own land and probably some interesting adventures.

Wondering if this is for real or click bait ...

I'd drop the term, "wish I were closer" out of my repertoire and take some road trips.

I'd sign up for Carl's pinball lessons.

Shasta and sandwiches for everyone!

Who said anything about a mansion? Giant warehouse!

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So you would actually give more money to JPop???

Or were you planning to Spend money suing JPop, and continually bring suit for any reason your retained attorney can provide, eventually getting the rights for the pinball via class action, and ultimately buying a pinball co and making the game for all to enjoy?

This might be more satisfying for the hobby

Add another million for sanitization.

Need to throughly scrub all areas the "black light" shows there are.........ehem.....fluids
And also
The aroma of sex and old man smell will need removed from everything

Then guess what. Greed takes over, massive inflation, everyone is poor again.

This doesn't speak very well of the Australian education system there Wamprat...

That is DEFINITELY Jilly's on Queen East in Toronto. I used to pass it every day on the way to work. If you had asked me this morning what are the odds of seeing a pic of that place on Pinside today, I would have said less than the odds of winning powerball. This should be a good mathematical sign for someone in here.

I would fund the completion of Magic Girl because I just want to have one and play it. And would like for everyone who tried to get one be able to have one too.

3) Build custom pinball oriented hotel/convention center

Ha!

Okay, probably that too! I have been trying to do that too, but not through my own money. Thought I was successful before, turns out not so much :-/

I would behave like I had a lot more money?

I think it would be more fun to follow the plot of the movie Arthur 2 where every job he starts, the family buys out the business and lays him off.

"Oh hey, some guy bought this Design firm and he's rehiring a whole new staff, we have to let you go John"
"Oh hey, some guy bought this McDonalds and he's rehiring everyone from scratch, we have to let you go John"

It would be a boon for all things old as old beat up classic cars even rust buckets and old totally worst condition pinball machines would be given a new life as I would pay to have them restored to original condition. So the hunt might change, but the thrill would still be there. Just from finding the most old beat up and bringing back to life instead of finding the best possible for the lowest price.

As long as I am among the first 300 people they hand out the $4.3 million to, I am ok with their math being wrong.

Yesssss. Make me one as well please. Huge Phan!

Phish pinball will be sick! I am friends with David Welker (rift artwork) and he has already agreed to do the artwork on it!

Now I just need to win the powerball tonight to make it all a reality! Any phish head pinhead gets a phanLE

With an authentic languedoc topper?

LOL and a fight bell as a floor button for some modes!

YES! Fightbell to the beat to rack up points

Pinball would be one of the last things on my mind most likely. I've been working on a few jukebox/touchgame projects and I haven't played a pin in over a week. Imagine if I had Powerball winning as a distraction?

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After things settled down, debt was taken care of, family members with hands out taken care of, and a bit of traveling, we'd probably settle down and figure out where to put down roots, and buy a nice but not too crazy house.

However not too crazy house would include killer space(s?) but gameroom/bar/theater area filled with arcade, pins, bowlers, racers, etc. Would plan on a nice mix of EMs, 80's, 90's, DMD, and NIB machines. Would probably have a pin or 2 setup at each family members house as well for fun.

Could I create a pin based barcade in the area? Maybe once we settled down and were looking for something to get involved in that wouldn't wipe us out.

I'd get my NGG fixed.

It's funny how people get hyped up about winning $300M as if winning $1M wouldn't satisfy most fantasies. $1.5B just tells me that they have yet to match numbers in 19 drawings to any of the 3 billion tickets sold so far. Wouldn't you rather see it spread out as five $1M raffle drawings every day for a year?

I'd buy a nice house in Hawaii and upgrade my house here in Colorado so that both would have huge game rooms. Then I'd stock each game room with at least 20 pins each. I'd get many of the Sterns available now NIB and go with the premium models. No more pros if you had that kind of money.

Id overpay for a tail light mod for my Creature

Would never need to ship another pin, I'd send my servants to inspect and pickup games. They would also bring them inside the hut, level them and set playfield at 6.5 degrees pitch.

Set up a currency exchange to offer at par rates for verified Canadian pinheads who are importing NIB machines.

Here is a meme me and my daughter made. I would probably get a free standing building near the house and have 30-40 pins and about 20 dedicated arcades.

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Not much. Just provide a railroad steam engine for my living room and a T Rex automaton to keep it company.

LTG : )™

How would winning Powerball change your pinball hobby?

I will let you know in 25 years when I return from my bender in Las Vegas.

I'm Going to build my own amusement park with Black Jack and Pinball! In fact, forget the Black Jack!

As far as pinball is concerned, I'd simply buy the pinball machines on my wishlist: Tales of the Arabian Nights, Theater of Magic, and Breakshot. I'd also add in a Iron Man Vault Edition for a total of 5 machines (I already own one - ST Pro). That'd be enough. I'm sure I'd buy a couple more in the future.. Star Wars

Penthouse suite in Las Vegas with a 100 escorts! I'd even have my pinball machines delivered up there. My own pinball arcade on the top floor!

I would donate a large chunk of money to Boston childrens hospital. Those poor kids, anytime I see pictures it breaks my heart.

As for myself, I'd buy a house in York Beach, Maine, where my parents had one for decades. It's where we lived in the summer and I played pinball all the time at the beach.

I would continue buying machines, and I'd play them. Host parties with pin people, tournaments would be with free NIB games on the line.

I'm not sure my life would be all that different, I just think it would be a lot easier to just do anything I wanted at anytime.

It s up to 2 billion now and international news

It's easy to be cynical about this but it's cool that everybody gets their dream for $2.

Ok $6, I'll fess up to spending $6 tonight.

But all you people who spent $8 or more are idiots.