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NIH: estimated 24,000 lightning fatalities annually; 10x as many injuries i.e. 240,000
World population projected to reach 8.0 billion in Nov 2022
:: Odds of being struck by lightning in a year:
240,000 / 8 billion = 1 in 33,333
Powerball jackpot odds per ticket: 1 in 292,201,338
Mega Millions jackpot odds per ticket: 1 in 302,575,350
Odds of a jackpot win if you buy 1 ticket for each draw in each game (104 tix/year each):
Powerball: 1 in 2,809,628
Mega Millions: 1 in 2,909,378
:: You're at least 42 times more likely to be struck by lightning than to win a lottery jackpot.
Looking at it another way... if you lived 1.42 million years and bought a ticket for those two lotteries at every draw, odds are fair that you'd be struck by lightning around 42 times and maybe win 1 lottery jackpot.