Now the estimate is worth the jackpot $ 1 billion. That’s just $ 500 million of the highest Mega Millions jackpot ever – $ 1.537 billion, all won by one ticket holder in South Carolina.
But it is also very highly it is unlikely that you will win everything: the chance of winning the jackpot is one in 1 out of 302,575,350.
Sorry about that. You can still try your luck with the lottery. But it is much more likely that you …
Your chance of getting lightning is approx. 1 out of 500,000, says the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This is still a fairly unlikely event, but Southeastern states are at greatest risk – especially Florida, which is considered the “lightning capital of the USA” because more than 2,000 people there have been struck by lightning in the last 50 years.
Be allergic to water
Only one out of 230 million people have an allergy to water, a condition called aquatic urticaria, according to the BBC. People with the rare allergy develop hives when their skin comes in contact with water.
Become a saint
You have a 1 in 20 million according to Gregory Baer, author of “Life: The Odds”, Chance of Sanctification in the Catholic Church. Before his book release in 2003, he told ABC News that you had a better chance of being named pope.
Become a movie star
You may have star power, but you also have a 1 out of 1,190,000 chance to play on the silver screen, according to “The Book of Odds” by Amram Shapiro. Hollywood is no joke.
Make it in the NBA under 6 feet long
Strangely specific, sure, but if you’re less than 6 feet tall, you have 1 in 1.2 million chance according to the New York Times to become a professional basketball player. However, if you were 7 feet tall, you would have had a 1-in-7 shot, but getting that tall is also incredibly rare.
If you are still trying your luck with the lottery
The next Mega Millions drawing is Friday at 11pm ET. If you win everything, your cash option is $ 739.6 million, which is definitely nothing to sneeze at. But do not feel too bad if you do not score big points – the chances were not in your favor anyway.