thursday, the illinois lottery handed out 900 free lottery tickets at a small grocery store to celebratethe largest jackpots in u.s. history the drawing takes place tonight. get your tickets that's the news update this hour back downtown to "squawk alley." david, i'm sending it back to you. >> okay. i'll take it thank you, sue. >>> markets in europe are closing with italian budget concerns top of mind let's get to seema mody for the european close. >> david, it was this time yesterday where u.s. markets fell lower after the european close. look how stocks there are finishing for the week we're mixed on the day italy benchmark finishing barely above the flat line after steep losses in the previous session having the fourth straight weekly decline the real action in the bond market volatile session for the italian bond market, closing lower, reversing earlier gains after the european union warned of breaches in italy's draft budget, the ten year at a four year high. the eu is asking the italian government to make changes to the draft budget plan on monday. italian banks suffering notable l

the fourth largest in u-s lottery jackpot history. the largest jackpot in mega millions history was 656-million -- shared by winners from kansas, illinoisyland in 2012. the drawing is at 8 p-m. ( darya ) coming up on the kron 4 morning buzz... the warriors star in lord of the rings tonight at oracle.. we'll take a look back... a look forward and then a look way back at when you were 5 years old and the ball hit you in the face. kinda like it felt last night when the 49ers lost in the last minute. ♪ from the start, the c-class was ahead of its time. [ indistinct radio chatter ] still, we never stopped making it stronger. faster. smarter. because to be the best, is to never ever stop making it better. introducing the new c-class. visit your local mercedes-benz dealer for exclusive offers. ( james )( darya ) welcome back to the kron 4 morning news. let's get a check of the forecast. plenty of sunshine again today with temperatures just a bit cooler than yesterday's. highs will still peak in the 70's and 80's along the bay and inland with 60's for the coast. much calmer winds today with a noticeably cooler start to the morning under plenty

the numbers. though there were no jackpot winners, there were still, according to the lottery, 15 second-tier winners in california, florida, illinoishere were at least four of those. the second-tier tickets could be worth for a few thousand to up to $1 million. so that is something that according to texas -- to lottery officials there are many who don't claim that because they focus on that. the answer, how could the number get so high. remember october of last year, mega millions, basically changed their odds, changed the rules to make the payoffs fewer and farther between. so what's happening now is fewer people are winning the jackpot. of course, that usually means people are interested once it makes -- once the jackpot goes beyond the $500 mark. that is perhaps one of the reasons why the number has gotten so high. again, look at your tickets, look at the -- the numbers. make sure that those aren't second tier. we should mention that four of those second-tier tickets were here in new york. but likely not going to be our pool. again, worry not, spirit of optimism, it is still alive. $1.6 billion up for grabs now if you win come t

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