and high-fiving the manager and our abc's lauren lyster rushed to good morning. >> reporter: good morning, reena and kendis. someone who shopped at this southern california 7-eleven is 1 in 92 million this morning, the odds of winning the nearly $1.6 billion jackpot and california lottery officials say a winning ticket was sold here. >> can you believe it, america? a world record jackpot. it is coming to you right now. >> it was the more than billion dollar moment people across the u.s. were waiting for. >> all right, now for your winning powerball number, good luck to you. it is the number 10 tonight. >> reporter: and that moment undoubtedly changing the life of the lucky powerball player who bought one of the winning tickets here at this chino hills 7-eleven crowds showing up last night after it was revealed. [ cheers and applause ] >> happy and very excited. >> reporter: it's almost like we won even though we didn't >> reporter: call it a sign of powerball fever sweeping the nation. tickets ahead of the drawing selling at a frenetic pace of 1.3 $1.3 million a minute during rush

, as well. abc's lauren lyster has more. >> your winning powerball number -- >> reporter: the powerball grand prize climbing to $1.4 billion monday. after no one matched all six numbers to score saturday's $949 million prize. there were some million dollar winners, though, someone in maz. >> hopefully it's one of our regulars. >> reporter: in suffolk, virginia, too. >> maybe me. i come here all the time. >> reporter: others still thinking about how they'd spend the big winnings. >> pay off bills. live very comfortably for the rest of my life. >> toss the money around. you can't spend it all. >> reporter: it turns out winning a stash of megalottery cash can be squandered with stunning speed. 70% of people who hit it big lose big within just a few years. in 292 million, yes, you're still more likely to get attacked by a shark or struck by lightning but here's a virginia man whose car was struck by lightning and who's playing powerball with a message of hope. >> the reality is, people do get hit by lightning. they do get by sharks. all that sort of thing so it is possible to be t

-old makeup artist lauren seems to have cracked the code. >> i was receiving around 35 messages a day. >> deemed the most messaged new york women on okay cupid, she chronicles dating woes and wins in her new book, "popular." >> i still don't get texts returned but i get a lot of people asking me how do i get more messages. >> reporter: now she's revealing her tried and true formula for the most eye-catching profile pictures. tip one, use a selfie. >> lighting is everything when you're taking a selfie. the best angle is a little bob your eye line and make sure you're looking into the camera. >> tip number two, post a photo that can start a conversation. >> not only do i have a picture wearing like a hockey jersey but i write it in my interests. so a lot of guys can relate >> reporter: for tip three, her secret weapon. a dating app called the grade which she is a paid spokesperson for actually rates your photos. >> as you set a photo as your main picture, it will gather actual data that shows you what the response rate is for that photo. >> reporter: but above all, when it comes to

first place. >>> good morning. i'm phillip mena. >> and i'm lauren lyster. our top story it was a tense but uneventful new year around the world. people turned out, not letting threats ruin their celebration. >> reporter: take a look at these live pictures of new york's times square. just hours ago, it was packed with a million revellers and 6,000 police officers. >> three, two, one -- happy new year! >> it's finally 2016. and people around the world are ringing in the new year with those three familiar worlds. >> all: happy new year! >> from a jam-packed times square in new york all of the colorful fireworks displays painted the night sky. new zealand was the first, with australia nipping at its heel. lighting up the famous sydney harbor. celebrations from hong kong to tokyo illuminating the night sky. in dubai, even with a hotel fire raging nearby, the world's tallest building, the burj khalifa, 1.6 tons of fireworks carried on their display as scheduled. all across the globe millions crowded historic landmarks just to get a glimpse of the fireworks. cities around the world are

phillip mena. >> and i'm lauren lyster. our top story this morning, it was a tense bubut unevenul new year around the world. despite terror warnings, peop turned t, not letting threats ruin their celebration. >> take a look at these live pictures of new york's times just hours ago, the crossroads of the world was packed with a million revellers and >> three, two, one -- happy new year! >> it's finally 2016. and people around the world are ringing in the new year with those three familiar words. >> all: happy new year! >> happy new year! >> from a jam-packed times square in new york, all of t the way to moscow, crowds cheered as colorful fireworks displays painted the night sky. new zealand was the first with australia nipping at its lighting up the famous sydney harbor. tokyo illuminating the night sky. one show in particular left the worldatching in aifferent kind of awe. in dubai, even with a hotel fire rang nearby, the world's khalifa, 1.6 tons of fireworks carried on their display as schedud. all across the globe m millions crowded historic landmarks just to get a glimpse of the f

lauren lyster. >> i'm phillip mena. happy new year. >> happy new year to you. >> absolutely. we spent this new year's hanging out here at work. >> we have the party favors to prove it. we should ring in the new year with 2016. >> that's right. did not stop the celebrations and it won't stop the celebrations us being here at work. >> let's keep it going. i'm sure there are plenty of people that had a wonderful new year still wanting to enjoy a little fun and some news. >> exactly. so if you just came home from partying, happy new year everyone. down in times square, we could hear the fireworks going off when it hit midnight. >> you have good ears. could you really? >> absolutely, up in the office there. >> i was watching the tv. watching the countdown. >> thankfully everything went off without a hitch. that is where we begin with those new year's celebrations worldwide, the tensions and the unprecedented security. >> more than a million revellers watched the ball drop in times square right there. many waited hours unable to leave because of the security not even to go to the bathroom.

with news 13's lauren brigman who is live from the westgate shopping center in asheville. lauren. 3 it's now 4:xx. here is a look at what you can expect for the next three days. 3 3 3 it's a very interesting trend sweeping through minneapolis. how residents are turning their clothes into works of art. 3 3 the same winter storm that's hitting our area.. has the nation's capital bracing for blizzard conditions. much of the east coast will get smacked by this dangerous storm. it's being called 'epic' -- comparable to the 'snowmageddon' that crippled the mid-atlantic in 20-10. officials say more than two- feet of snow will fall in some places. streets and highways quickly froze, causing several accidents. 3 "it was pretty rough driving home, and it took a while. it took him a hour to get four miles.""i would have hoped anticipated this a little better, and treated the roads." the public is asked to stay off the roads, especially during the height of this storm tonight and early 3 3 the winter weather is bringing a quirky new trend in outdoor art in minnesota. people are freezing their j