Tuesday, April 7, 2009

What are the odds?

Recently, my friend's dad got 5 of the 6 lottery numbers and won a bunch of money.

according to Wikipedia, the odds of winning the florida lottery is 1:22,957,480

(the odds of what her dad won are 1:81,409)

according to the national safety council website, you are:

4 times more likely to die from legal execution than win the lottery

3 times more likely to die from being hit by lightning

about as likely to die from excessive heat or cold from a man made origin

about as likely to die from being confined to or trapped in a low oxygen environment

2 times more likely to die from being struck by another person or from the explosion of a pressurized device

11 times more likely to be killed from an accident when you are an passenger in an animal drawn vehicle.


That is why I will never buy a lottery ticket.

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