40 Things That Are More Likely to Happen Than Winning the Lottery

The odds of winning a Powerball jackpot — no matter the size — stand near 1 in million Chances of taking home Mega Millions' top prize

Let's get this one out of the way: According to the National Weather Service, you have a 1 in 15,300 chance of being struck by lightning,

better odds than winning the lottery than win the lotto, with the odds being 1 in 3,500,000 32 You've got a better shot at becoming an astronaut given the odds of 1 in 13,200,000

better odds lottery In a lottery in which you pick 6 numbers from a possible pool of 49 numbers, your chances of winning the jackpot are 1