The mega millions jackpot just reached $630 million without a winner. And with that, offices around the country are full of hypothetical chats about “what would you do if you won?”
For those of us who weren’t born on a yacht, work is a non-stop grind that we’d rather opt out of. That’s why the idea of winning a big jackpot is so exciting — all the riches of a lifetime’s work in an instant.
But with the old adage that “time is money,” we got curious. Just how many years would you need to work in order to match the mega millions jackpot of $630 million? We built a calculator to find out.
Enter your annual income below, and we’ll tell you how many years you could save by just winning the lottery instead — duh!
Annual Income
Incredible, eh? But it does bear mentioning that you only have a 1 in 302.6 million chance of actually winning the Mega Millions.
Still, it’s fun to dream of getting a huge lump sum of cash and saying goodbye to the working life. And maybe imagining the look on your boss’s face when you tell them about your sudden and dramatic pay raise.
Author
Matthew Zane is the lead editor of Zippia's How To Get A Job Guides. He is a teacher, writer, and world-traveler that wants to help people at every stage of the career life cycle. He completed his masters in American Literature from Trinity College Dublin and BA in English from the University of Connecticut.
