here's linzie davis. . >> reporter: hitting the jackpot has never in any loti anywheretery anywhere amounted to this. and some statisticians say the pot could still grow to a billion dollars. if you take the lump sum of that and pay taxes presuming you're married and don't make any money the rest of the year week, still talking north of 350 million big ones. and the odds you'll win something, 1 in 25. your odds of winning big, on the other hand, are only 1 in 292 million. but you can bet your bottom dollar that's not stopping people from pressing their luck. and the top ten biggest u.s. happened within the last three years. and most often in pennsylvania, indiana, and missouri. and the numbers drawn most frequently in the last four years, 8, 54, 14, 39, and yes, the traditionally unlucky 13. perhaps the most important tip of all, and this one may sound obvious, david-s hold on to that ticket. one for in new york sold a $130 million winning powerball ticket and a year and a half later the winner still hasn't come forward, david. >> unbelievable. linsey, thanks. hope to see you on from sony pi