With the Powerball cash payout of $443 million many would likely pay off debts and help family, but they could also buy:
• An Airbus A380 airplane ($436.9M).
• The Minnesota Wild (which, according to Forbes, was worth $400M in 2016).
• 27.6 million take-home buckets of Sweet Martha's cookies (or about 5 buckets per Minnesotan).
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