markymark Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 CNN) -- There was no winner in the Mega Millions lottery Friday, pushing the jackpot to $550 million, lottery officials said. That drawing will be Tuesday. The winning numbers for the $425 million Mega Millions were: 19, 24, 26, 27, 70 and Mega ball 12, lottery officials said Friday. The Mega Millions jumped to more than $400 million, rolling over for the 20th time after no winner was picked in Tuesday's drawing. Odds of getting all six numbers correct for the second-largest Mega Millions jackpot are about 1 in 259 million, according to the lottery company. You have more than 1,000 times better chance of an asteroid or comet killing you -- and that's using the long odds, according to Tulane University. Which is to say, astronomical. The latest probability is up from the old odds, which were about 1 in 175 million. Of course, you'd probably have a hard time telling this to the trio from Illinois, Kansas and Maryland who split the record $656 million kitty last year. It's worth mentioning that you have a one-in-15 chance of winning something, even if it's just getting your dollar back, while the odds of winning the second-place $1 million prize (that is, matching five balls but not the megaball) are about 1 in 18.5 million. Those numbers are hard for the average person to fathom, so maybe it's easier if we provide you a list of things that are way more likely than collecting a Mega Millions jackpot. From the Harvard School of Public Health: • Chances of dying from a bee sting: 1 in 6.1 million. • Chance you will die from being struck by lightning: 1 in 3 million. From the University of Maryland Medical Center: • Chance of having conjoined twins: 1 in 200,000. From U.S. Hole in One, which insures golf prizes for holes in one: • The chance of an amateur golfer making a hole in one on a par-3 hole is about 1 in 12,500. • The chance of a golfer hitting a hole in one on consecutive par-3 holes: 1 in about 156 million. From a 2011 State Farm study on collisions between vehicles and deer: • The chance of hitting a deer with a vehicle in Hawaii, the state where State Farm says deer-vehicle collisions are least likely, is 1 in 6,267. From the National Weather Service: • The chance of being struck by lightning over an 80-year lifetime: 1 in 10,000. From the Florida Museum of Natural History, based on U.S. beach injury statistics in 2000: • Chance of drowning and other beach-related fatalities: 1 in 2 million. • Chance of being attacked by a shark: 1 in 11.5 million. Good, ahem, luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandruff Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 When I was picking up beer yesterday I saw it at 550 million, fucking crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purple Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Yeh theres more of a chance to die intransit to buying the lottery ticket than actually winning it. So crazy rare. It's rarer than b2b2b hilts (1/500)^3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow_Dl Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 This is insane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zenith Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 wow that'd be nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casper Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 DAMN CRAZY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigervu Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 There's no point in buying tickets honestly. Best to just save up and buy yourself a twinkie or a box of cereal with a toy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bug ee Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Australians is lucky if it gets to 100m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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