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What would you buy if you won Friday's world-record $640 million Mega Millions jackpot? That's this week's thought-provoking question being thrown around online and offline across the U.S.
You can purchase plenty of things with the half a billion dollar prize, including the eight gems we rounded up in the gallery above. "Mega Millions" is currently number one on Google's hourly updated list of top 20 trending topics, so you're not alone in wanting to get in on all the action.
Lottery tickets cost $1 per play. To win, a player must match all of his or her six numbers on a ticket to the numbers picked during the drawing. The jackpot is paid in 26 annual payments or in a smaller cash option.