denver7 reporter jason gruenauer is in the newsroom and jason, this is part of an ongoing issue in our city. >>>eporter: afforrable housing shortage in denver, the reason why so many people lined up for a shot at a few spaces. those people who were still searching for a roof over their head s tonight. >> they say first come, first serve. >>reporter: that's why 70-year-old faye reece can and her family waited all night long in are freezing temps from for >> i would go stand and an hour, another go stand an hour, come back and warm up. >>reporter: more than a 100 people lined up. the event was cancelled without anyone getting an apartment. >> terrible, devastating, you know, to sit there all night long. we definitely need a place. >>reporrer: so do many other families, more than 20,000 families applied for housing vouchee last year in denver. only 231 of those families now in housing. >> we can't keep up with the demand right now. just given the growth in the community. >>reporter: city leaders say nearly a dozen new housing projects are currently under construction but blame the shortag

and denver7 reporter jason gruenauer has been out talking to people about powerball fever. >> people are lining up to get their tickets f >>reporrer: yeah, and you can take a look here, this is the line at the 7-11, south broadway and third, it's been pretty consistenn, they'veesold more than $9,000 worth of powerball tickets today alone ft just at this location. but while the majority of these people are locals, the state of colorado also seeing an innlux of people from beyond our borders, coming in here, to try to get a chance at that -`potential powerball winner. now, the there are several states that actually don't takk don't have their own state lotteries at all, including in utah. towns just over the border here in colorado, have reported plenty of people crossing over just to get their hands on one of these lottery tickets. that is legal, if you win, you colorado. and our state gets the benefit of the taxes. and a portion of the ticket price, which goes to fund parks, outdoors and tej kags system. -- the education system. >> they do have to come to powerball to get a ticket. t

. >> if you're an office pool, you should keep some things in mind, denvee7 reporter jason gruenauer is live on broadway downtown, and jason, what should our viewers know? >> an attorney tells me, number one, use common sense, this is the line here at the seven-eleven, people not stop buying the powerball tickets, all day long and most likely, odds are, i guess you could say, at least one of them, are in one of those office pools, any time you try to split up a billion dollars, it's going to come with complicationings, so if you can, the lawyer i spoke to, said, word up a contract, a one or two line one, and have everyone sign it, that way it will protect you frommlosing out on any of those winnings and stop others from making a claim to it. >> it can be a very simple piece of paper that says, hey, we all kicked in $2 for this ticket, we're all signing it. split it and you post the contract in a conous place in the office. >> the cut off point for sales is 7:30, so just over an hour -- an hour and 15, you have to get in one f these lines to get the ticket, the drawing is at 8:59 p.m.

denver7 reporter jason gruenauer ran the numbers to see how mmch insurance is going up. and jason, you found ways you can minimize the cost. >> that's right, the average healthcare premium in this state increased 7% from 2015 to 2016. according to the division of regulatory agencies. there are things you do to reduce the extra cost, even turn it into savings. going up, but people can actually mitigate that. >>reporter: how? first, know about and use tax credits, the amount is based on your income. and changes from year to year. depending on your situation, you could end up paying less this year, than last year. >> with the tax credit going up, with premiums going up, we have a number of customers, who are staying with the same coverage this year, that they had last year. the premium that they're required to pay is less because the tax credit went up and reduced their net premiums. >> second, shop around. insurance companies insent vise you to switch by offering lower rates than the competition, similar to cable companies, just by switching within comparable plans, we foun

denver7's jason gruenauer is tracking thhs story, and jason, they're all part of a crime ring. >>reporter: yeah, 6 arrests have been made, so far, including the so-called ring leader, he would force young girls to have sex for money at area hotels like the one behind me, in and around the denver area. according to this grand jury indictment, 29-year-old brock franklin, found at least three young girls on facebook and coerced them into a life of pros prostitution and drugs. he would force the girls and money. now, some of the charges, that ring now faces, includes human trafficking of minors, forced prostitution and pimping along with sexual assault. arapahoe county district attorney's office, one arrest is still pending, that would make 7 in all. has been bond out of jail, that ringleader, again, allegedly, who faces 39 felony counts, is being held in jail tonight, without bond. reporting live in denver, jason >>> now, talk about lousy luck, a man cleaning his gun accidentally shot his neighbor, when he fired a bullet through the wall. a colorado springs man says the weapon mis

denver7 reporter jason gruenauer is in downtown denver, jason, this alleeedly involved at least three young girls? >>reporter: and those girls were allegedly found on facebook, and coerced into a life of violence and prostitution. all of that according to this grand jury indictment, it claims that those three girl s along with several other women, were this, here in denver and have sex for money. 29-year-old brock franklin is the name of the gentleman who they say the leader of this ring of a at least six other people. according to that diechlt dierjts franklin used -- indictment, franklin used drugs and alcohol, posting ads on back page.com in order to advertise. franklin and one other ring member are also charged with assault, and rape of at least one of the prostitutes. now, so far, 6 arrests have been made, one is still pending. the entire ring according to this indictment, now face 59 total felony charges, franklin himself, faces 39 of those. including human sex trafficking, child prostitution, and rack teerg. reporting live in downtown denver, i'm jason gruenauerrfor denver7. >>

. >> jason gruenauer says it's about making a display. >>reporter: if we've learned anything from the most popular dinosaur movie of the 90s, it's the simple truth that. >>reporter: yes, we're talking some kind of scraping going on heeshg but they haven't understood what it meant. >>reporter: aleontologists say these markings are from mail dinosaurs showing off for potential mates. >> 50 or 60 of these in western colorado. >>reporter: scientists translate that to dinosaurs similar to the t-rex. a pre historic foreplay. >> showing off and the females are choosing the animal that is you know, makes the most -- best display. >>reporter: that would draw another parallel between this type of dinosaur and modern day birds. >> i hoped you wouldn't ask that. >>reporter: at dinosaur ridge, >> yes. >> and you know, scientists were able to make the educated guess that these ating areas here were seasonal. >> and drup groups -- groups of dinosaurs would meet yearly. >> the women decide. >> mike. >>> we learn so much on this show, all right. let me sh