if nobody wins tonight and there's been no winner of the jackpot since mid october, if nobody wins tonight then the jackpot rolls over christmas eve to a cool $950 million minimum. which probably, bearing in mind tickets have been selling at half a million a minute, will go to $1 billion. >> you sound a lot like austin powers when you say that. million dollars. so listen, the smartest thing that you can do tonight, let's say there is a winner, they're watching cnn, what's the smartest thing that you can do tonight after you pick yourself up off the floor? >> reporter: right. so if one of your tickets is the winning ticket, the first thing you need to do is make sure you look after it very safely. then tomorrow you need to claim it. if it's the number one ticket, i assure you there will be advisers coming out the woodwork. the megamillions people will provide bankers, advisers, all