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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Melissa Chan](https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Jan 13, 2016 4:42 PM UTC  African American businesswoman throwing money in the air African American businesswoman throwing money in the air Jose Luis Pelaez Inc-Getty Images/Blend Images  by [Melissa Chan](https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Jan 13, 2016 4:42 PM UTC If you’ve just [won the world’s largest lottery](http://time.com/4177143/powerball-jackpot-increase-billion/), you’re probably looking to Scrooge McDuck dive into a vault of gold coins to celebrate your life-changing new wealth. The options are endless after scoring the[ $1.5 billion Powerball jackpot](http://time.com/4178926/powerball-numbers-drawing-watch-live-stream-online/). Here are some possible purchases to consider: **Luxurious doomsday-safe condos** Don’t let your luck run out even if there’s an apocalypse. Millionaires have a chance to ride out doomsday in style with an [underground luxury bomb shelter](http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/04/10/why-not-spend-the-apocalypse-in-a-luxury-condo/), complete with pool, movie theater, library, an on-site private school, a community garden for planting fruits and vegetables and a built-in state of the art security system—all priced at $2 million per floor. Kansas entrepreneur Larry Hall had sold at least four of these bunkers as of 2012, AFP reports. [One line of survival condos costs $1.5-3 million.](http://www.businessinsider.com/luxury-doomsday-condos-2014-11) **9.3 million doughnuts covered in gold and champagne** Sometimes you just need 9 million doughnuts that are [covered with icing made with Cristal champagne](http://time.com/4169320/gold-champagne-donut/) and 24-karat Gold. A New York City restaurant can make your dreams come true for $100 a piece. You could save some of your fortune by buying them by the dozen. **The Playboy Mansion—with Hugh Hefner as your tenant** The Playboy Mansion [went up for sale Monday for $200 million](http://time.com/4174936/playboy-mansion-for-sale/), and the five-acre West Los Angeles estate comes with 29 rooms, a game house, home theater, wine cellar, a rare zoo license and the swimming pool with a grotto where Playboy bunnies are known to party. Hefner is also part of the package.  The Playboy Mansion Michael Tran-FilmMagic/ _Read More_**:** [How to Watch the $1.5 Billion Powerball Drawing Live ](http://time.com/4178926/powerball-numbers-drawing-watch-live-stream-online/) **Your own personal Killer Whale Submarine** Plunk down your newfound cash on a _Free Willy_\-style adventure. Hammacher Schlemmer in 2012 designed a $100,000 Killer Whale Submarine that can breach from the water and even looks like a real whale, [CNET reports](http://www.cnet.com/news/killer-whale-submarine-a-killer-personal-submersible/). It travels underwater at 25 mph. _Titanic_ and _Avatar_ director [James Cameron partially purchased an $8-12 million submarine](http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/Deepsea-Challenger-Sub-Involved-in-Truck-Fire-318309791.html) to set a new record in 2012 when he spent six hours underwater collecting footage for National Geographic. **Ballistic shield briefcases** The world is a scary place. Protect yourself with a _James Bond_\-like briefcase that turns into a ballistic shield. The $479 item was made by China’s Leison Global to safeguard businessmen and women working in dangerous environments, [_Bloomberg_](http://www.bloomberg.com/bw/articles/2012-05-29/white-collar-commando-a-ballistic-shield-briefcase) reports. **Your own at-home emergency room** Leaving the house is overrated when you’re a billionaire. Now you can build your own emergency room at home for about $1 million. Rich people can forgo health insurance if they pay a monthly fee, totaling up to $30,000 per year, for concierge medicine, the [_Huffington Post_ reports](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/16/concierge-medicine%5Fn%5F1353155.html). **The world’s largest residential pool** The biggest backyard pool in the world, located beside a mansion in Texas, costs over $3 million. The tropical getaway boasts a 40,000-square-foot main pool that takes 750,000 gallons of water to fill, six waterfalls, a 21-foot slide, a 500-foot lazy river, a bar, an outdoor kitchen and a kiddie area, [according to Curbed](http://curbed.com/archives/2012/05/08/heres-a-look-at-the-largest-residential-pool-in-the-world.php). **A personal fleet of private jets** Fly everywhere in your own Gulfstream G650, which is the biggest and fastest private jet in the market, according to [_Business Insider_](http://www.businessinsider.com/tour-the-65-million-gulfstream-g650-2014-10). At $65 million a piece, you can have one for yourself and buy some more for about a dozen friends—or you can keep all 12 to yourself. **A levitating bed** Kim Kardashian and her husband Kanye West last summer [reportedly](http://www.dailystar.co.uk/showbiz/454599/Keeping-It-Up-With-The-Kardashians-Kimye-attracted-magnetic-bed) spent about $722,000 on a king-sized bed that floats up to five feet off the ground. Or you could just buy the celebrity couple’s entire Los Angeles mansion for about $20 million. **Apple Watches for all your pets** The son of China’s richest man ticked off some social media users last May when he bought $28,000 worth of Apple Watch products for his dog, [CNBC reported](http://www.cnbc.com/2015/05/27/rich-chinese-man-buys-2-gold-apple-watches-for-dog-.html). American pet lovers can one-up him multiple times now. The cash payout of the largest lottery prize in history is $930 million in cash without taxes. [Experts say](http://time.com/4169112/powerball-lottery-winner/) big winners should first hire a lawyer, a financial consultant and a tax expert before going on a spending spree. Otherwise, you risk [joining a notorious bunch of past-winners](http://time.com/4176128/powerball-jackpot-lottery-winners/) who frittered away their fortunes and have wound up broke, divorced, or even killed. 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