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We've all dreamed of what we'd do if we won the Powerball Jackpot, but living here in Montana, have we ever had a big winner?

Check out some of the new scratch offs that you could win big time with.

Is it possible that someone in Montana is walking around with a dollar bill worth over 100 grand? It is, in fact, the odds might be better than you think.

We often joke that Bozeman tends to be a black hole for "high tier" Montana Lottery winners, but that streak was broken this month as as Bozeman got a lucky winner of $75K. (A 'high tier' winner is a prize of more than $600.)

Montanans are more savvy about winning the lottery than I would have guessed. With another ginormous jackpot on our hands, chatter about "what I'd do with the money" is on everyone's mind.

First, check to see if you and I are friends on Facebook at least. Just kidding. A lottery jackpot win is a serious matter and there are some things to do and NOT do if you find out you're a winner.

The Powerball is now over a billion dollars, which means that Montana could have a new billionaire soon. If you were to win all that money, what would buy?

The winning ticket for the annual Montana Millionaire contest was sold right here in Missoula.

How much longer though?

The prize for Friday's Mega Millions jackpot has climbed to $900 million after no one won it Tuesday.

The Mega Millions lottery drawing being held Tuesday night is now for a pot of an estimated $636 million, not far off from the record $656 million Mega Millions prize awarded in March 2012. If there's no winning ticket, then Friday's drawing could top $1 billion.

The winner of the largest Powerball prize ever, $590 million, is Gloria C. Mackenzie, 84, of Zephyrhills, Florida. Lottery officials made the announcement in a news conference Wednesday afternoon.