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According to Powerball, there is one lucky winner of a two million dollar Powerball ticket somewhere in Virginia that has yet to be claimed.

I'm not a hater. >> and you want to be the first billion dollar winner? >> yes, i want to be it, so i will see you at the podium. [ laughter ] >> right. >> reporter: and north carolina has never had a billion dollar winner, but the carolinas have, and the largest mega millions dollar jackpot ever, so it is 1.5 billion in 2018, and that was in south carolina, so i think it is time for the tar heel state to have a winner as well. i have my ticket, and i hope that you have yours for the drawing tonight. >> i am wishing you the best of luck, and no one deserves more than you do, and know that ever...

More ticket sales, and the jackpots keep growing. $2 billion in november. $1.3 billion last july. $1.5 billion in 2018. in michigan 78 hospital workers just split a million dollar jackpot. >> it's a fantastic feeling. >> reporter: so why have today's power ball and mega millions jackpots gotten so big? essentially mega millions changed the numbers matrix, the field of numbers that you choose from. before 2017 the first set of numbers was between 1 and 75 and the megaball was between 1 and 15. today the first set of numbers is between 1 and 70, and the second set, the mega ball, 1 to 25. the ch...

No, you didn’t win the Powerball on Saturday night, but then, no one else did either. Now? The grand prize has reached a level never seen before.

No, you didn’t win the Powerball on Saturday night, but then, no one else did either. Now? The grand prize has reached a level never seen before.