owners a lot of people will get money. we asked the store owner what he thought about his wins. i m very, very happy, whoever bought some from here. i m so thankful for my chino hills people, they support me all year long. reporter: totally excited about it. a sweet guy. he s actually been here cleaning up the store even after winning. michaela. such pride. and it makes you also realize how many lives are changed by just one ticket, right? again, we don t know if it was a pool of people that won that prize. we ll have to wait and see. sara, thank you so much. exciting moments there. coming up in the next half hour, we ll speak to the head of the powerball game with the record breaking draw. state television in tehran broadcasting disturbing video of ten u.s. sailors on their knees, hands on their heads after being taken custody.
to 26. those game changes from the matrix leads to a larger average jackpot but it also decreased the odds of winning from 1 in 175.2 million to 1 in 292.2 million. gary grief is chairman of the powerball game an joins me now. gary, good to have you with me. so much is made about the epic pot that is up for any american to win. but explain why we went with this game change back in october. well, thomas sh i m glad to hear the president s press secretary is up to date on the latest powerball jackpot. but i will tell you that we were listening to our players across the country. when we made that change in october, our players like big jackpots and we had been going through somewhat of a slump coming to offering players these exciting jackpots to play for. we made that game change back in october and the powerballs gods
tickets with five of the six numbers were sold in el segundo and modesto. must be something in the water out there in california. so this is the second big ticket winner sold in the bay area in two months. on december 17th a megamillions ticket sold for, in san jose for a record 648 million-dollars prize panned to think the california just got in the powerball game less than a year ago. jon? jon: somebody is smiling this morning. yeah. jon: arthel neville, thanks. sure. from california to milwaukee. the milwaukee brewers have a new top dog. jon: very nice. jenna: meet hank, the team s new unofficial spring training mascot, named after none other than than hank aaron of course. the scrappy little pooch wandered into their training camp in phoenix a few days ago and winning hearts. you can see why. a staff member took him to the vet for a shot and bath. he is making rounds, a little bit of a celebrity and hanging out with staff and players and