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Without a winner, quickly approaching the longest streak of 25 winless drawings back in 2000. you now have a one in 259 million chance of winning mega millions. the worst odds of any american lottery ever. still, statisticians say someone is bound to win eventually. >> the higher the lottery value is the more people are interested in playing. what we typically find is the more people that play you get a decent probability of a winner. >> reporter: as tradition would have it, this past friday 13t...

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Amount hours ago, make it the second largest prize in american history. now folks are lining up at convince stores to get the luck. lottery officials say the odds of winning are one in 259 million. a little perspective. if i thought of asking you to name one person in the united states, the same odds. i jive you choose the lump sum you will walk away with $341 million before taxes. officials say they expect people to buy 70% of all the possible number combinations, which means theres nearly a on...

You used to pick between 1 and 56. now you choose between 1 and 75. so more numbers means more combinations, means youve got, you know, longer odds of winning. what are those odds? 1 in 259 million. that got us wondering, what would that look like? i want to illustrate that. heres your odds of 1 in 10. we have ten dollar bills lined up. im going to pick a winner. that was easy. imagine this line stretched out into 259 bills. what would that look like? if i laid out these bills end to end length ...

Various combinations covered which means there are 25% of the numbers that will be uncovered. so if very likely nobody is going to win this one. it will roll over and could roll over just shy of a billion dollars, which is kind of fright think. >> not bad money if you can make it. nbcs kerry sanders. appreciate it. wrap it up, see you tomorrow 11:00 a.m. eastern time tomorrow. alex wagner with "now" coming your way next. sir... ill get it together i promise... heeheehee. jimmy: ronny, how happy ...

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Could affect the markets. do you want to be as rich as some of the worlds biggest stars? people like bono or mariah carey? all you have to do is win tonights megamillions jackpot, collect the $636 million up for grabs. alison kosik is over at a 17 eleven on 42nd street in the manhattan. a huge amount of money. youre meeting a lot of people there waiting in line. whats going on as far as lottery fever in new york city is concerned? >> you can feel the energy, you can certainly sense the excitemen...

Ing why do they dont want them? >> thats an interesting question. the reason that the odds have gotten so tough have gotten so long is because the lotto officials in october changed the rules, meaning they made it so instead of choosing your five numbers between 1 and 56, now you choose between 1 and 85. then youve got the gold ball. you choose between 1 in 15 instead of 1 in 46. what that essentially means is youve got more numbers, more combinations. less of a chance to win. but you know what?...

Least productive in history in terms of the number of laws that have been enacted? >> absolutely hands down it is on pace to do so. look at the numbers. you can see them starkly. right now, are 57 bills have been enacted into law, and that just pales in comparison to what weve seen in congresses past. were only one near into the congress, congresses are two years long. theres 57 again next year, it wont come close to what has been done in the past. what are some of the major things left undone? ...

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