You might want to look at this thenAlthough, taxes wouldn't be due until the following year. That gives you a year to get an accountant and figure out how to divide the money up between charities, investments, etc. so that you get taxed the least amount. Because when you have money, you can afford to legally cheat the system.
And you aren't really "losing" any money with the lump sum option. That cash amount is the same amount that would otherwise be getting shoved into a government-run savings account, and the "$1.5 Billion" number is just the estimated total including compound interest over the lifetime of the annuity. But due to inflation, I imagine that grand total 20-30 years from now and the lump sum today are probably worth about the same.
https://www.usamega.com/powerball-jackpot.asp
The ideal way to do it; you have a year to claim it; you go and buy a small island in the south pacific and create your own country; then get the US to want to help you out and want you to be a friendly (like Guam or Soma) then cash your ticket; plus you can get aid from the US.
Or something like that
