Powerball Lottery Jackpot: Does It Pay To Buy Into The Frenzy?

Does It Pay To Buy Into The Lottery Hype?

Every now and then, we go completely bananas over the lottery.

Even though it's more likely you'll get killed by a falling coconut than win the lotto, sky-high jackpots can make people do utterly insane things, like steal from great-grandmothers or lie about stashing a winning ticket at McDonald's.

This week's $337 million Powerball jackpot -- the fourth-largest cash pile in the game's history -- got us all thinking about what it would be like to win big. As personal finance writers by trade, we at HuffPost Money got into a debate about whether or not it's financially responsible to buy into the hype.

What do you think? Does it pay to buy a lottery ticket?

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