Things That Are More Likely Than Winning the Lottery

Just how likely is it that you'll hit it big in the lottery? Well, the odds are much worse than the probability of your death as a result of one of these:

• Plane crash: 11 million to one 
• Car accident: 106 to one
• Falling out of bed: 2 million to one
• Flesh-eating bacteria: 1 million to one
• Lightning strike: 1.2 million to one
• Dog mauling: 118,776 to one
• Snakebite: 50 million to one
• Shark attack: 3.75 million to one

Turns out swimming with the sharks is safer than petting a dog, driving your car, or sleeping in your bed.

There is one thing that you stand less of a chance Dying from...

Let's say you play for 50 years, that's 2,600 weeks.

The probability of no win over 2,600 weeks is:

(1 − 1/13983816)2600 = 0.999814...

That means the probability of winning (after 50 Years) is: 1 − 0.999814... = 0.000186...

Still only about 0.02%

And you would have spent thousands for that small chance.

If you are healthy you have a bigger chance of winning the lottery than of dying of COVID-19