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this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening, we often cover history around here and history was made today-- a world record jackpot. at least $640 million in the megamillions lottery. the odds of getting all six numbers numbers right are long. 1-176 million. today in new york state three million tickets were sold every hour and the same type of thing is happening in 41 other states. have a look at the lines in new york and in california this evening. the drawing is just a few hours away. john blackstone is at a johnstand in los angeles. john? >> reporter...

world. how can you not play? and it's so much and it's so much fun because serve so excited about it and everybody's talking about what they would do if they won. >> reporter: crowds from nevada-- one of eight states that that don't participate in megamillions-- have been crossing into california, waiting for hours to get in on the the action. the jackpot has been growing since the end of january. the last time there was a megamillions winner. when the total passed half a billion dollars, even those who never buy tickets started buying says lottery official russ lopez. >> it was like...