So, here’s a fun way to spend your Saturday night: two lottery tickets — one in Missouri, one in Texas — just hit the Powerball jackpot. Not just any jackpot. We’re talking $1.8 billion. Yes, billion with a “B.” That’s the second-largest lottery win in human history.

Here’s the setup: Deborah Sexton from Davidson, North Carolina hadn’t played the lottery in over a year. Then she saw the Powerball jackpot sitting at $700 million and thought, “Alright, maybe I’ll give it a shot.”

She walked into a Harris Teeter, picked up some Powerball tickets, and almost called it a day. Almost. Her husband suggested she add a Mega Millions ticket too. She did — more out of habit than strategy

The power of positive thinking meets a very shiny scratch-off.

Imagine checking your bank account, seeing a measly £12.40 staring back at you, and thinking, Yeah, that tracks. You're a 39-year-old builder from Norwich. Life is heavy lifting, steel-toed boots, and lukewarm tea. Then, in the most nonchalant “meh, why not?” moment, you grab a scratchcard while picking up a drink — and boom. You're a millionaire.

Sometimes not giving a damn pays off—literally.

You know what’s better than getting into a shouting match with an angry stranger in traffic? Winning $600,000 because you didn’t.

Let’s get one thing straight: adrenaline doesn’t care about your injury. Just ask Marcella Hooker, a grandmother from Warsaw, North Carolina, who literally sprinted on a busted leg the second she saw $912,326 flash across her screen.

Well, holy crap. Someone in Ireland just woke up (or didn’t sleep at all) €250 million richer. Yes, million—with an “M.” That’s not just a “quit your job” kind of win. That’s a “buy your boss’s company, fire him, and turn the office into a llama sanctuary” kind of win.