NOW UP TO ONE POINT 28 áBILLION DOLLARS. WMUR'S GRACE FINERMAN HAS MORE FROM MERRIMACK. <NAT, CLIP 160, 13:09:24:20 "HOW MUCH ARE THE TICKETS? 2 BUCKS. I'LL HAVE 10," 13:09:27:18> GRANITE STATERS... WAITING IN LONG LINES... TESTING THEIR ONE IN ABOUT 300 MILLION CHANCE IN WINNING THE THIRD LARGEST LOTTERY JACKPOT IN U-S HISTORY. <CLIP 153, 13:05:54:08 "PAY OFF A LOT OF BILLS, HELP A LOT OF PEOPLE." 13:05:56:15> <CLIP 155, 13:06:44:08 "CERTAIN CHARITIES AND ALL MY TOYS." 13:06:48:12 AND ID THROW A FEW YOUR WAY, YOUR WAY, YOUR WAY 13:06:53:04> <CLIP 152, 13:04:45:28 "DEFINITELY MY DAUGHTER FIRST, MY FAMILY, AND THEN WHOEVER IN NEED I WOULD HELP AND I WOULD DONATE." 13:04:52:04> THE STATE'S HAD 3 JACKPOT WINNERS OVER 100 MILLION DOLLARS IN THE LAST 6 YEARS... ACCORDING TO THE NEW HAMPSHIRE LOTTERY. <01:03 SO THE ODDS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE ARE CONSIDERABLY BETTER IT SEEMED." 01:08> <CLIP 150, 13:03:43:22 "ONE OF THOSE WINNERS BOUGHT THEIR TICKET FROM RIGHT HERE, REED'S FERRY MARKET. THAT PERSON CLAIMED A 560 MILLION DOLLAR GRAND PRIZE... AND LATER TOOK THEIR WINNING WAYS TO COURT IN A BATTLE TO REMAIN ANONYMOUS." 13:03:55:26> AND WITH MORE THAN A BILLION DOLLARS ON THE LINE áTHIS TIME... MEGAMILLIONS TICKET SALES SKYROCKETED. <03:32 "WE'RE GONNA EXCEED 200-THOUSAND DOLLARS AN HOUR IN THE STATE AND AT THAT POINT REALLY IT'S JUST HUMAN INPUT AS THE LIMITING FACTOR, IVE ONLY GOT SO MANY STORES OPEN AND SO MANY TERMINALS RUNNING, YOU'RE REALLY TALKING ABOUT THAT'S THE CAP OF OUR LIMIT IN TERMS OF THE STATE PROCESSING." 03:48> HE SAYS TOURIST SEASON IS BRINGING ADDITIONAL PEOPLE TO PLAY. <03:54 SO WHAT I RECOMMEND IF YOU BOUGHT AND YOUR OUT OF STATE, FIRST MOVE HERE YOU KNOW IT'S A GREAT STATE TO LIVE, BUT WE'RE THE ONLY NEW ENGLAND STATE THAT DOESN'T TAKE STATE INCOME TAX." 04:04> THAT TAX BREAK... WOULD SAME THE WINNER 35 TO 40 MILLION DOLLARS OF THE CAS