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officials tell us they have at history. nearly $1.6 billion. hundreds gathering outside the 7-eleven where the winning ticket was sold. wright has the latest tonight plus fascinating advice from past winners. >> tonight's jackpot is approaching $1.6 billion --onight millions of americans tuned in to see the powerball drawing of the century. moments after tonight's drawing, lotto officials tweeted, we have a winner in california. a jackpot-winning ticket was sold in chino hills. we're still awaiting ress. the winning ticket apparently sold at this 7-eleven store. meaning someone will beor sharing, that jaw-dropping $1.5 billion jackpot. the largest the u.s. has ever

making this a $2 1% club. in theory, at least. >> can we get in there? >> sure, you can. you can have an umbrella in reporter: we indulged our inner billionaires, shopping for cars -- >> i could get used to this. >> reporter: andt you need. >> reporter: plenty of others were dreaming too. all across america. >> i feel 100% r: powerball pandemonium. >> it's been insane. >> reporter: inspiring billionaires lining up patiently, dreaming of. >> the winner! >> that can't be the winner, we're getting the winner. >> this is the winner! >> reporter: 300 million tickets sold just today, almost one ticket fors country. some people placing multiple bets. >> this is the office pool? >> yeah. >> you're entrusted? >> i'm entrusted. fly away in the wind. >> reporter: 1.5 billion, enough

>> how mgoing to buy? >> i don't know, we'll see. >> reporter: and hollywood a-listers. the gas station across from the golden globes did a brisk business sunday lot of customers that come and buy for stars. >> reporter: in reality, your chance of winning is pretty much the same whether you buy a ticket or not.ter hickey of 538. >> they say you can't win if you don't play. do you think that's a fair statement? >> i think it's at statement. i don't know if it constitutes a strategy. i guess that you're marginally increasing your probability of winning from zero to . i think that's enough zeros. there might be one more. >> reporter: the odds of winning? 1 in 292 million. in other words, don't feel badr didn't come in. >> complete the sentence for me. the odds of doing blank are bigger than the odds of winning the lottery? >> if you selected a on earth, just any random

that they actually represent pennsylvania in congress. >> reporter: in october, lottery more of those little white balls, making it harder to win, and that's what's driving up the sense as it gets bigger your chances of winning improve? is that true? >> not really, no. the chances of $40 million or $1.5 billion, they're the same. >> reporter: okay, i'm not sure i quite get the math. but if i'm a don't have to worry about math. right? prepare for when i'm a >> reporter: if i'm a billionaire i could easily afford a better ride than bruno mars and travis mccoy in that music video here we have the porsche. >> reporter: a car like this would be chump change. for this car? >> yes.ay walter durso at manhattan motor cars took my

>> you can probably get into a lamborghini, maybe a porsche >> reporter: letting us test drive the rolls-royce phantom, price tag $650,000. >> now what would be your next purchase? >> well, i think we need park it. real estate. >> reporter: in midtown manhattan, noble black showed us the penthouse in the baccarat elcome to the penthouse. >> reporter: a 7,400 square foot apartment -- >> oh, yes, this is what you oss from rockefeller center. >> you'd want to be body confident, i think, to be in a bathroom like this. >> it's not suitable for shy ou're a billionaire you can afford curtains. >> if i care ask, the price tag? >> the price is $60 million. >> $60 $60 million. >> you could buy several? >> you could buy several, have one in every city. >> reporter: with cash to last a of the epic

>> there you go. >> it's hen jewelry leech won $310 million in october, she was clear she wasn't going back to work. >> oh, i quit reporter: with this much money, you could quit in style. >> i'm here to tell you that i'morter: remember joey quits who went viral quitting with the help of a marching band.or a mere $1 million, hire justin timberlake to tell your boss to -- or get any number of big-name acts to deliver the news.t doing this. >> reporter: that isn't ambitious enough you could follow in the steps of gwen dean who had a message this godaddy super bowl ad. >> hi, ted. i quit. >> she just quit her job. >> yep. >> in front of 100 m>> job, baby. >> reporter: rates for this year's super bowl commercials are estimated at $5 million for

the powerball winner cou bowl infomercial. but before we all get carried away, most experts in instant wealth, like "shark tank's" barbara quitting isn't always a good idea. >> you keep a pattern going, it helps you have discipline. yes, you shouldn't change anything radically, least of all yourr: still, more money than most of us can imagine. just ask former lotto winner ewe isenberg. >> my life changed completely. >> reporter: a former electrician who won $5 million in 1981, back then the los angeles largest lottery payout dy wanted a piece of me. i met the governor cuomo, mario cue bowl mow, celebrities, johnny carson, oprah r: nearly 35 years later he squandered all the money. his advice? >> go slow a little bit. enjoy what you're doing. >> reporter: lou, having won big back in plays the

including today. >> are we going to win the powerball? >> you keep hitting mye going to win, yes. >> reporter: hoping lightning will strike twice. while he may not be rich anymore he says he's rich at heart. >> now the only thing i'm happy with is my for her, i love her. and i didn't have that before. >> reporter: so assuming, like me, you didn't win,ur odds of winning the powerball were slim to none. your odds of being happy anyway are much, much better. for "nightline" in new york. coming up next on "nightline," why these people, who are terrified of roller oluntarily riding a roller coaster. tips on how you can conquer your deepest fears. 20 years after "the lion king," theking the lead. the making of "the lion guard."

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fear is part of the human condition. it serves an evolutionary purpose. fear can keep you alive in an. but when it keeps you from driving your car or getting on a plane, fear can be unnecessary and destructive. tonight one radical and frankly for facing your phobias head-on. it won't be easy. here's abc's linzie janis in our series "project you." these students, there is nothing amusing about this ohio amusement park. >> reporter: they're not here for the fun.

coaster capital of the world to ully overcome, their biggest fear. >> how are you feeling? >> i am feeling nervous standing will they find the courage to buckle up and ride? or beg to get off? >> how many of ride a roller coaster or think about riding a roller coaster, get a little bit of fear or anxiety? or not these terrified students signed up for this. they're human guinea pigs in abnormal psychology class. >> which brings us to what fear project is about. >> reporter: in this unique face your fear project, professor kevin myer teaches students to overcome general anxiety andgh immersion and exposure therapy. >> everyone's going to get something out of this. >> reporter: the class, including lexie, zach, and mary,ed to overcome their own mental corkscrew. >> we're dealing with roller

the techniques they're going to learn in this class are to all sorts of anxieties and fears. >> reporter: nearly 40 million adults in this country suffer some form of anxiety disorder.nd panic disorder to the more extreme form, phobias. and many of these different anxieties can be treated and even cured using a common >> we teach people how to relax, how to relax their bodies so they can learn to control their more mindful of what they're thinking what they're feeling. >> reporter: so chances are if you're afraid of something, there may not be a classlp you overcome it. paralyzed by icy roads? take this bridgestone winter driving school in colorado. >> no brakes. >> reporter: or afraid to fly? >> oh my god. oh my god. >> reporter: take a class in fearless flying from a retired

i think maybe this is my first time flying so -- just getting over that hurdle. ohio, to get a baseline read on the level of fear amongst professor myer's few to cedar point eight weeks early. lexie is touring the safety feature of the 93-mile-per-hour millennium force. >> are those like come down or do they push them down? >> they do not release until we give the train power from >> i see younger kids who are happy to go on this. i'm 21 and afraid and it's almost embarrassing. >> reporter: she says she's hoping in eight weeks not only will she be able to ride, but to be able toryday anxieties. >> i hate to go anywhere with a crowd. >> reporter: mary tout knows exactly how lexie feels. her overthink a ride on top thrill dragster. >> i don't think i can ride that. >> reporter: she's skeptical

fear. >> as i'm standing here now i feel sick to my stomach.y the least. i guess my goal is to at least get farther in line, let alone ride 6'6" zach irwin has never ridden a roller coaster because he's consumed with the idea he might fall out. >> a very intense fear, w or not. >> reporter: but he's hoping he'll be able to join lexie on the millennium force in seven weeks. >> extremely important -- >> reporter: in preparation for the big day professor myer teaches his class a series of tep one is learning how to breathe. breathe in slowly to a count of five. >> reporter: breathe and focus on the present. write a letter from your future self telling you what it felt like to succeed.w you think by watching point of view videos. >> it gives their brain another option -- >> reporter: professor myer says

make them work. >> i came back to my room later and did the breathing exercises. and i came out of it really eporter: eight weeks later, lexie is seeing no noticeable change. >> i think the breathing exercises that we've been doing have actually been working more than ie finally kind of slowing my thoughts down. >> reporter: zach has newfound determination. >> it's kind of, you know, go big or go home >> reporter: but mary is still racked with apprehension. >> how are you feeling? >> a little sick to my stomach right p breaths are say your mantras. . distract yourself. it is going to be fun. are you okay? >> i'm good. we'll power through. >> check yourlear of the gates. the door now closes.

of truth. >> how do you feel right now? >> so proud.h. >> just looking at it -- looking at it's i think. >> reporter: and mary? she trades her tears for cheers. >> how do you feel?s over with. i actually had fun. >> what does it mean that you conquered this fear? >> it means that i t was anxious for me. was able to just push through it and know that i was confident enough to do it. >> reporter: confidence they hope will follow themrest of their lives. >> now i can do anything. >> good for you! well done. >> reporter: for "nightline," i'm linzie janis in .

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how do grownups create cartoons for kids? >> my son came home. he playsh his friends every thursday. they have this imaginary superhero team that fights imaginary bad guys. that's when it hit me. we've put the prideland. sort of the avengers meets the lion king. >> reporter: so the lion guard is simba's son and his ies posse, keeping peace on the plains. we're behind the scenes. >> when you're on the freeway, stuck in traffic, you get a lot of r: jose is a character creator. a blend of his brother and his boss. >> when you draw you have to imitate. if he's upset you have to beomatically comes onto the paper. you put your acting into the character. >> reporter: meanwhile in the writer's room -- >> i don't know if you know this about the cuckoo. cuckoo is a terrible parent.os in africa. >> reporter: perhaps on the poster tacked to the office wall.

and look at.ant to go with something smaller. like a dicdic but we couldn't say it on a juniorter: they consult zoologists to get the animal behavior right. apart of course from the fact that they talk. >> later, on "lion guard," rob lowe, sarah hyland, and some new s totally fine. >> number two here at 14 minutes. >> hey, our flowers! >> reporter: and my john made it into the show. >> hey, our flowers! >> reporter: "the lion guard" tv movie premiered in november with record ratings. clearly thesethey're doing. i told you i couldn't do it. >> that's enough. >>it! you would right on pitch.

>> i hate you all. >> reporter: i'm nick watt for "nightline" in los angeles. for nick watt. thank you for watching. stay tuned for more on the winning powerball ticket. perhaps more coming up. "world news new" all the latest. tune into gma first thing in the morning and as always