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MICHAEL STRAHAN (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) All right, thank you, Robin. Now to some good news this Friday morning. An estimated $750 million are up for grabs in the Powerball drawing tomorrow night. Just a few days after that billion dollar jackpot. T.J. Holmes is here. And, T.J., these big jackpots they seem like the new norm. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

TOM LLAMAS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Finally tonight, conventional wisdom says the key to a Patriots win in tomorrow's Super Bowl is stopping the Falcons high-flying offense. But could it come down to a hoodie? Here's ABC's TJ Holmes. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

LAUREN LYSTER (ABC NEWS) (Voiceover) Tonight, we're just hours away from one of the biggest jackpots in Powerball history. $415 million up for grabs and Lotto officials say if there's no winner now, the jackpot grows to more than half a billion Wednesday and $1 billion next Saturday. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

MICHAEL STRAHAN (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) All right. We're counting down to the Oscars, which is just three days away now. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

TOM LLAMAS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) All right, Pierre, thank you. Next to that other extraordinary development, the Powerball drawing and no winning ticket in the $949 million jackpot. Everyone, including myself, checking their tickets with those winning numbers, but no dice. So those millions now roll over. The new jackpot, more than a billion dollars. Here's ABC's Clayton Sandell. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAN HARRIS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Hey, good morning. We are a nation in the grips of Powerball fever. Millions of us buying tickets an act that really is a triumph of hope over math. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

ROBIN ROBERTS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) All righty there, Matt. Thanks so much. Our thanks to you. But right now we've got the fever, the Powerball fever. The big drawing is tonight. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

BILL WEIR (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Happy Friday to you all, thanks for being with us tonight. Well lottery billboards hang over our rush hour traffic jams as taunting reminders of what could be. Their big bold announcements of tens, sometimes hundreds of millions of dollars, just there for the taking. And tonight, countless Americans across the land are filing into gas stations and delis, scraping their wallets clean for a chance at the largest powerball jackpot in history, and enough money to never be stuck in traffic ever again. Here's ABC's David Wright. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAN HARRIS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Now to something slightly less terrifying. The long lines and high hopes for tonight's Powerball drawing. The jackpot is at 320 million bucks. ABC's Gio Benitez is out buying tickets right here in Manhattan this morning. Gio, good morning to you, sir. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

MARYSOL CASTRO (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) This weather report has been brought to by... Now back to the race for the Triple Crown. Last year alone folks spent 14 billion dollars in horse racing, and some say there's a science to it, others say it's just superstition. But, you can bet on anything from what the television ratings will be to who the winning jockey is expected to thank first. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]