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<blockquote data-quote="Aries" data-source="post: 3827993" data-attributes="member: 44328"><p>Your odds of winning the big jackpot are somewhere in the neighborhood of 1 in 300,000,000</p><p></p><p>Just by way of a fun comparison, here are the odds of some other things that are also not likely to happen to you. <img src="/images/smilies/rollinglaugh.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":rollingla" title="Rollinglaugh :rollingla" data-shortname=":rollingla" /></p><p>(from <a href="https://oddsseeker.com/news/what-are-your-odds-of-winning-the-lottery" target="_blank">What Are Your Odds Of Winning The Lottery?</a>)</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Being struck by lightning: 1 in 10 million odds (or 30 times more likely)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Dying from improperly using a right-handed product as a southpaw: 1 in 4.4 million odds (68 times more likely)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Becoming an astronaut: 1 in 12 million odds (25 times more likely)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Being struck by a meteor: 1 in 700,000 odds (438 times more likely)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Winning an Olympic gold medal: 1 in 662,000 odds (453 times more likely)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Dating a supermodel: 1 in 88,000 odds (3,409 times more likely)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Dying in a plane crash: 1 in 11 million odds (27 times more likely)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Becoming president: 1 in 10 million odds (30 times more likely)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Being wrongfully convicted of a crime: 1 in 3,703 odds (81,015 times more likely)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Being hospitalized over a pogo stick injury: 1 in 115,300 odds (2,601 times more likely)</li> </ul></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Aries, post: 3827993, member: 44328"] Your odds of winning the big jackpot are somewhere in the neighborhood of 1 in 300,000,000 Just by way of a fun comparison, here are the odds of some other things that are also not likely to happen to you. :rollingla (from [URL="https://oddsseeker.com/news/what-are-your-odds-of-winning-the-lottery"]What Are Your Odds Of Winning The Lottery?[/URL]) [LIST] [*]Being struck by lightning: 1 in 10 million odds (or 30 times more likely) [*]Dying from improperly using a right-handed product as a southpaw: 1 in 4.4 million odds (68 times more likely) [*]Becoming an astronaut: 1 in 12 million odds (25 times more likely) [*]Being struck by a meteor: 1 in 700,000 odds (438 times more likely) [*]Winning an Olympic gold medal: 1 in 662,000 odds (453 times more likely) [*]Dating a supermodel: 1 in 88,000 odds (3,409 times more likely) [*]Dying in a plane crash: 1 in 11 million odds (27 times more likely) [*]Becoming president: 1 in 10 million odds (30 times more likely) [*]Being wrongfully convicted of a crime: 1 in 3,703 odds (81,015 times more likely) [*]Being hospitalized over a pogo stick injury: 1 in 115,300 odds (2,601 times more likely)[B][/B] [/LIST] [/QUOTE]
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