$929.1 Million cash payout, freakin’ insane. Every person you ever knew would suddenly become your best friend for life. Twenty years ago I won 2nd prize in Mega-lotto which back then was $175,000, I took home $110,000 after taxes. EVEN with that amount I had friends, even co-workers I barely knew asking me for money or money to invest in a business. I eventually put it towards a house thank God.
I was just reading - the way to avoid the plague of “friends” is to form a lottery club. It can be two or more people, and you don’t have to share the prize equally. Call it the Main Street Lottery Club or something and have a lawyer be the public face of the club (required for public pictures and such). Nobody has to know you’re in the club.