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To use the service to place bets. gerri, you can promise anything you want. was there a sudden increase in betting? >>gerri: it is march madness. people are getting their office pools together and the folks at pay pal say this is illegal so they are making them sign acceptable use policy. "you may not use pay pal for activists involving gambling, game, or any activity with an entry fee and a prize." now i never win but people make money off of this. >>shepard: in some states here in this country an office pool is illegal. >>gerri: wisconsin. it is a misdemeanor. can you get in trouble. >>shepa...

He here's gresham, our line producer. so could this be affecting some productivity? >> i would say yeah. after all, we're all chatting about it, setting up office pools, planning parties. consulting firm challenger made crack at it. they estimate that employers lost $1 million in wasted work during the week leading up to last year's super bowl weekend. so taking into can't that 111 million americans watched the game last year, the firm used average employment and wage figures to estimate that american employers lost $205 million for, get this, every ten minutes that employees spent talking, ya...

Nothing. >> it's a lesson the publishing industry should watch very closely. >> yes, there is that. >> talk about another arcane industry that isn't moving with the times. america's newest mega-millionaires could claim their prize today. one winning ticket was sold. seven new york state workers are said to be splitting a $319 million jackpot. see these office pools work. >> what if you were the one that didn't have $5 that day, so now your seven office mates -- >> well, that would make the owner of the store in albany that sold the winning ticket very happy. >> it's great that somebody that ...

65. it is a single elimination tournament with games being played in several cities culminating with the final four being played in houston april 4th. fans across the country fill out brackets like these entering into office pools hoping to be the lucky one who picks the eventual winning team. i did one of these with the help of many other people. that is, by the way, where my knowledge of basketball stops. so to help break the rest of it down for you, let's bring in si.com's b.j. schecter. what makesing this so big around the country? >> well, i think it's huge because you mentioned the brack...

Newspaper journalists have been targeted. more than 100 attacks in the past week. that includes one journalist who was killed. when it comes to the super bowl, we know about office pools and bets on the game. what about bets on the national anthem. yes, believe it. later a look at whether dallas will be able to get the ice cleaned up in time for the big game. [ female announcer ] now, give dry, damaged hair a whole new life!