answer:I’m glad there wasn’t a single winner. It’s a shame there weren’t more. I’d hope that people who ‘played big’ had the money to spend. I have friends that are splitting their time between rural Missouri and Las Vegas. They’re getting a little ‘bang’ for their buck, but I don’t see the difference. I wouldn’t be surprised if they were into the Powerball $5–10,000. In any case, they have been home from Vegas since 12–31 and their flight to Vegas leaves today. At least one of them has to be home the last fay of January for business. And no, they don’t have a residence in Vegas. Hotel largess. I doubt the money spent by most of the ‘big spenders’ means much more to them than the $12 I spent means to me.