sign needing a giant post-it of sorts. the m replaced with a b. for the first time in mega millions history, the jackpot has soared to a jaw-dropping $1 billion. lines growing and excitement soaring, too, from coast to coast. in chicago, lottery officials inviting people to try to catch as many free tickets as possible. tonight, people everywhere sharing this moment. dreaming it s going to win. a never-ending vacation. i d travel the world. reporter: dancing. and promising. that s the winning ticket and if i do win, this is the last time you will ever see me in penn station. reporter: the odds are not in our favor, but they show there is a chance, 1 in 302 million. and some incredibly lucky person could potentially win this, and tomorrow night s $470 million powerball. the odds, 1 in 88 quadrillion. you re going to buy the yankees and an island in the caribbean? yes.
tickets. you wonder what are the odds of actually win something the odds of actually winning both lotteries at the same time is one in 88 quadrillion. it s a massive number. you have the odds of just playing the powerball. that s less money involved. the odds are one in 292 million. so high. even worse when you consider the megamillions. you re more likely to be enter the sainthood and more likely to be attacked by a shark, more likely to get a royal flush in a poker game than winning this lottery game. we have alfred here. have you bought a ticket or is this your first time? my first time. how are you feel something. anxious. anxious? i want to win. what would you do with the money? my and my family would be set for life. we re good. so alfred is excited.
steve: megamillions jackpot is now soaring to $970 million ahead of tonight s big drawing. ed: kristina partsinevelos from our sister network, fox business, is talking to people right here in new york city. they re hoping to hit it big. what is it looking like? it is true. right now it s a little bit quiet. people are coming in all morning to buy the megamillions and powerball megamillions is 970 million. powerball is 340 million. you re making more if you win both, which the odds are one in 88 quadrillion, you would get $1.4 billion total. so i stopped this lovely young man, jetting out, you doesn t buy lotto tickets, do you? no. somebody told me about it in the locker room. he said it was a billion dollars. reporter: total of both together it is 1.4 billion. okay, good. i bought three. one more me. two for my friend i m having
at $470 million, you re looking at close to $1.5 billion up for grabs. so of course, you have these lovely smiling people behind me. sir, you bought your ticket? no speak english. so he got a ticket. he hopes he wins. every person that walks into this store has been buying tickets what are the odds? what are the odds of winning the powerball and the megamillion? 1 in 88 quadrillion. if you focused on the megami megamillion, you re more likely to hit a royal flush in power or get attacked by a shark in ocean. your odds are not great. are you buying a ticket? i am. what would you do with the money? i would. i would have so many money.
i don t know where to begin. after federal taxes, state taxes and city taxes, you d only be able to take $565 million is that okay? that s good. that s fine. we have many people still happy. one woman said she was palpatating because she was buying the ticket. neil: so you have the megamillions, better than a billion and the powerball over $400 million. so the odds again you said of winning both of those? 1 in 88 quadrillion. neil: wow. do you know how many zeros that is? it s a lot. exactly. neil: all right. i better tell hannity that. he has no idea. thank you very much, kristina. it s stunning. so what do you do? you know the drill and you know