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The odds of winning the $1.1 billion Mega Millions jackpot is low. One in 302,575,350 to be exact.
As people scramble to buy their tickets before the Mega Millions drawing Tuesday night, the chances of winning the jackpot continue to dwindle. The Mega Millions jackpot is up to $1.1 billion dollars—the sixth largest jackpot in US history. No one has won the Mega Millions jackpot since April 18.
The odds of winning the Mega Millions jackpot is 1 in 302.6 million, according to the Mega Millions site. While the chances of winning smaller prizes are significantly better, you are far more likely to get struck by lightning, be attacked by a shark or die in a plane crash than to win the $1.1 billion prize.
Nicholas Kapoor, a statistics professor at Fairfield University in Connecticut, beat the odds and purchased a winning Powerball ticket in 2016.
“I always buy a Powerball ticket to show my students how improbable it is to win,” Kapoor told USA TODAY.
But the unexpected happened and Kapoor won $100,000. He assured his students that his case was a one-off “statistical anomaly.”What are the odds of winning Mega Millions?
Here are five statistically improbable events that are more likely to occur than winning the Mega Millions jackpot:Getting killed by a shark
According to recent data from the International Shark Attack File, there is a one in 4.
