How big does the lottery jackpot need to be to let you quit your job?

Sure, someone has to win, but banking your future well-being on a cheap ticket, a handful of carefully chosen numbers and near-impossible odds isn’t financial planning – it’s wishful thinking. But if you’re fond of daydreaming about winning the big jackpot – Friday’s Lottomax jackpot is $38 million, after all – how much would you actually need to win to quit your job for good? That depends on an array of factors, including how you plan to live your live going forward, how old you are and what kind of financial legacy you want to leave, says investment adviser Kathryn Del Greco at TD Wealth.