american history. so many people have things that look like this. this is sour show s. your chances of winning, odds aren t great. 176 million to 1. do you have greater odds of dieing from a bee sting, but i want to get one thing out there right way. this is a rare lottery. usually the expected value of a ticket, of $1 ticket is well below a buck and lotteries are bad bets. the pot s grown so large this time and so many people are playing, that expected value of a ticket based on the $640 million jackpot and about 175 million playing, a little over $3. if you haven t bought a ticket, might as well. a lot of people are imagining what a win could do to their lives. there were lines for tickets in 42 states and the district of columbia s lottery tickets reach $3 million an hour. these are numbers that have never been seen before, and it adds up to more than just a windfall for the lucky winner. in 2010, lottery sales generated nearly $18 billion in profits for state governments.
white trash but fancy was my name reba on life and love and what s behind the twinkle in her eye. and known in america. mega millions. the stunning paycheck you have to see to believe. this is piers morgan tonight. good evening. our big story tonight is one dividing the country. the trey son martin case. the man who shot trayvon martin says it was self defense. tonight aisle talk to an attorney for the martins. this is what george s brother robert told me last night. who was screaming there, robert? that s my brother. how can you be so sure? because trayvon s family are equally adamant it s their boy. you know, that s a very sensitive thing to talk about. i don t blame them for being as equally adamant. i don t blame anybody whose meam member they believe or perceive to hear on a tape for being equally adamant. i would expected nothing less actually. i know that that s george. joining me now is one of the attorneys of trayvon martin s family. natalie jackson. wh
presidential candidates about their marathon battle. and your child or grandchild may be the target of identity theft. it turns out youngsters are at high risk for a crime that could scar their financial record for years to come. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. it s looking more and more as if the united states supreme court will cut the heart out of the health care reform law, that s the part which would require americans to buy insurance. if that mandate is found unconstitutional, it s an open question whether the rest of the law could survive. the court held three days of historic arguments this week. kate baldwin and jeff riff toobin were both inside for every minute of those oral arguments. let s start with kate. first of all, what was your take? you know it s impossible to predict. but after three days, as you mentioned, and more than six hours of oral arguments on the fate
so from new york to san francisco, people in long lines outside grocery, convenience and liquor stores waiting to buy mega millions tickets. wait times hit two hours outside the blue bird liquor store in hawthorne, california, near los angeles. why are people waiting there? well, it sold $20 million worth of winning tickets over the years. and st. mary s, georgia, population 17,000, bursting at the seams today thanks to people driving across the border from florida. florida s one of eight states that don t take part in the mega millions lottery. but in 42 states, it s a day for big dreams. a new house for my family and my kids and my grandparents. a lot of people would benefit. a lot of people would be happy. our mary snow tracking lotto mania in new york city. mary, what s it like there? reporter: well, john, so many dreams of early retirement and people pondering the what-ifs. there s been a steady stream inside this 7-eleven on west 42nd street here in manhattan.
the house of representatives passes paul ryan s 2013 budget plan. i applaud my colleagues for the tough decisions they have made to try to do the right thing for the country. the problem is we already know how this story will end. zero democrats voted for this budget which means it s dead on arrival in the senate. democrats say it ends medicare as we know it. as for the president s budget, it s a no-go too. according to republicans, it s a campaign document that raises taxes and doesn t rein in spending. here s the bottom line. america hasn t had a budget in 1,065 days. both sides say this is a tragedy but instead of compromising or embracing the bipartisan revenue raising and the blueprint of the gang of six or the simpson-bowles commission, both sides put their own budgets out knowing full well they won t pass. the blame, they say, goes to the other side of the aisle. we don t think that the president s led on this issue by virtue he s given us four budgets with liter