Dream big: A $ 700 million jackpot lets you do that

If someone hits the jackpot — the second- largest in U. S. history — faraway fantasies may be within reach.

Ever want your own secret island? How about the chance to bring 66,000 of your closest friends to the Super Bowl — twice? What about a concert in the house, your house?

Attention lottery dreamers: All of this could be yours and more. If someone hits the $ 700 million Powerball jackpot Wednesday night — the second- largest in U. S. history — those faraway fantasies could be within reach.

Though the jackpot would decrease considerably after taxes — the govern- ment takes a 25% cut, and some states take up to 8.82% — here are some ideas about what those big bucks could get you:

A huge influx of cash just screams private island. Islands are surprisingly cheaper than our childhood cartoons made them out to be. The most expensive private island listed by Private Islands Inc., a worldwide seller and renter of private islands, is 110- acre Rangyai Island in Thailand at $ 160 million.

The cheapest islands listed on the site go for a little more than $ 22,000.

If islands aren’t your thing, European castles can prove a great real estate investment. Britain’s Prestige Property Group has many castles and chateaus listed on its website for prices ranging from $ 1.2 million to $ 13 million. If you sprang for the most expensive castles, you could be the proud new owner of more than 53 of them.

Even though we aren’t sure who will be playing in 2018’ s Super Bowl, it’s never too early to invest in tickets. According to StubHub, tickets can range from $ 2,000 to $ 5,000, so you could purchase more than 140,000. That may be problematic considering Minneapolis’ U. S. Bank Stadium holds about 66,655 people. So, alas, you’d have to buy out all the tickets for two Super Bowls in a row. Tailgating wouldn’t be an issue, because with $ 700 million you can buy more than 33 million 24- packs of Bud Light.

If you like the house you’re in and you’re not a huge sports fan, you can always spend your money on private entertainment. Booking Kendrick Lamar for an event falls at an estimated cost of $ 100,000 to $ 150,000. If you pay the popular rapper $ 125,000 per concert, you could wake up to renditions from To Pimp a Butterfly every morning for more than 15 years.

Of course, that was in 2014, and it probably has only gone up.