domestic phone spying untugal. and tomorrow president obama meets with the heads of tech companies to move forward from the scandal. a winter storm sweeping across america. many people getting a second battering of wild winter weather and many places hit with more snow paralyzing much of the midwest tonight. are you ready to play who wants to be a millionaire? the jackpot is $586 million. the drawing is tomorrow. if no one wins before christmas it could be a merry holiday for someone. the jackpot could climb to $1 billion. that s tonight s speed read. and the ads of big name celebrities and social media push. hhs is trying to get the young
the sores to $586 million with a cash payout of 316.5 million. it is the second largest jackpot in the history it can increase again before tonight s drawing. the odds of winning 159 million. if no one wins tonight the jackpot for the drawing will begin at $800 million. nice. if you travel you could use some of that cash. airfares are going up. the new budget deal is to blame. lauren simonetti is here with the fox business network with more. listen up air fair getting more expensive. you have congress to thank. on july 1st the security fees you pay on air fair are going up not just a little bit but up 120 percent to 5.60 for each one way domestic flight it is all part of the bipartisan budget deal
look at this and go out and spend their money because i ve already got the winner right here. i m pretty confident about it. you look at this number, $586 million. you said almost half a billion dollars. it is the second largest mega millions jackpot ever. it s the fourth largest lottery jackpot ever. if you re wondering what the cash payout is, it will be 316 1/2 million dollars. i think a lot of people would be happy with the half. you guys talked about the odds. keep in mind, mega millions made it a lot harder to win back in october. it used to be one in 176 million. now the odds, you said it, one in 259 million. put that in perspective, you have a better chance of becoming the president of the united states. you have a better chance of getting hit by an asteroid. you have a better chance of getting hit by a falling coconut and dying than you do of winning the mega millions tonight. but there is still going to be plenty of people playing. i m one of them. i m pretty darn confident.
and could get bigger before tomorrow night s drawing. and if no one hits the jackpot by next week, it could reach $1 billion by christmas. that is crazy. it s amazing. wow. that is crazy. susan, thanks very much. the ridiculist is coming up next. we ll be right back.
weather advisories, from pennsylvania up to parts of maine. eastern parts of that state could pick up a foot of snow. we are under a winter storm warning out there through the day today and we could be seeing that snow continuing out there across parts of new england through tomorrow morning before the storm gets out of the area. current temperatures high temperatures are forecast today as we head into the afternoon hours across the great lakes and the northeast into the 20s and 30s for many of you. let s head back inside. all right. you know what would warm up people? being filthy rich. yes. the mega millions jackpot now soaring to $586 million. half a billion. the total could easily increase again before tonight s drawing. your odds of winning, one in 259 million. chris from fox 26 is live from houston, texas. chris, did you buy your ticket? and our ticket? reporter: i ve got a set of ten numbers right here. i m ready to go. i didn t want to ruin it for everybody. i don