Whoever wins the monster Powerball jackpot will have the world at their fingertips — but they’re going to have a hard time spending their spoils in one go.

Saturday night’s drawing is expected to be worth $1.7 billion, clocking in at the third largest lottery jackpot in history. But that mountainous sum is only available to winners patient enough to wait out 29 years of annual payments worth about $56.6 million per year to start (minus taxes, too.)

Winners preferring a lump sum up front would walk away with about $770.3 million if they hit Saturday’s jackpot — though that drops to a paltry $485.3 million after federal and state taxes are taken into account. 6

Nevertheless, Saturday’s jackpot will be so gargantuan that even the most prolific spendthrift will have to get creative t

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