Mega Millions Winning Lottery Odds

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Winning Mega Millions Lottery Numbers - March 30, 2012

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[photogallerylink id=115361 align=right]With the Mega Millions topping over $640 million dollars now, lets take a minute to talk about the odds of you actually winning. The odds of winning the Mega Millions is 175.7 million to one. You have a better chance at getting hit by lightning, 576,000 to 1 odds on that. Take a look at what other things could happen to you based on the odds today.

  • Odds of suffocating in bed: 2,000,000 to 1
  • Odds of getting killed using a right-handed product, if you are left handed: 7,000,000-to-1
  • Odds of being killed by the escape of radiation from a nearby Nuclear Power Station: 10,000,000-to-1
  • Odds of dying in a Plane Crash: 11,000,000-to-1
  • Odds of bowling a 300 game: 11,500 to 1
  • Odds of getting a hole in one: 5,000 to 1
  • Odds of being an astronaut: 13,200,000 to 1
  • Odds of winning an Olympic medal: 662,000 to 1
  • Odds of injury from fireworks: 19,556 to 1
  • Odds of injury from shaving: 6,585 to 1
  • Odds of injury from using a chain saw: 4,464 to 1
  • Odds of injury from mowing the lawn: 3,623 to 1
  • Odds of fatally slipping in bath or shower: 2,232 to 1
  • Odds of drowning in a bathtub: 685,000 to 1
  • Odds of being killed sometime in the next year in any sort of transportation accident: 77 to 1
  • Odds of being killed in any sort of non-transportation accident: 69 to 1
  • Odds of being struck by lightning: 576,000 to 1
  • Odds of being killed by lightning: 2,320,000 to 1
  • Odds of being murdered: 18,000 to 1
  • Odds of getting away with murder: 2 to 1
  • Odds of being the victim of serious crime in your lifetime: 20 to 1
  • Odds of dating a supermodel: 88,000 to 1
  • Odds of being considered possessed by Satan: 7,000 to 1
  • Odds that a first marriage will survive without separation or divorce for 15 years: 1.3 to 1
  • Odds that a celebrity marriage will last a lifetime: 3 to 1
  • Odds of being on plane with a drunken pilot: 117 to 1
  • Odds of being audited by the IRS: 175 to 1
  • Odds of having your identity stolen: 200 to 1
  • Odds of dating a millionaire: 215 to 1
  • Odds of dating a supermodel: 88,000 to 1
  • Odds of finding out your child is a genius: 250 to 1
  • Odds of catching a ball at a major league ballgame: 563 to 1
  • Odds of becoming a pro athlete: 22,000 to 1
  • Odds of finding a four-leaf clover on first try: 10,000 to 1
  • Odds of a person in the military winning the Medal of Honor: 11,000 to 1
  • Odds of winning an Academy Award: 11,500 to 1
  • Odds of getting a royal flush in poker on first five cards dealt: 649,740 to 1

Get the winning numbers for the Mega Millions drawing on March 30th, here!

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  • http://www.amsoil.com/1140738 mikey z

    I have been collecting 4 lottery money for about 9 years here at work over the years I’ve had 10 people to 20 at times it’s time to win and this big one would be nice I got 15 in it now i wishing 4 this one. ;-)

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