Have you ever wondered what the chances are of being eaten by a shark? Attacked by a grizzly bear? Or being struck by lightning — twice?
Tim Chartier, a professor of mathematics and computer science at Davidson College in North Carolina,: Winning the lottery is the equivalent of flipping heads on a coin 28 times in a row. Twenty-eight times!
For Powerball, winners pick five different numbers from 1 to 69 for the white balls and one number between 1 and 26 for the red Powerball. To calculate the odds, there are 11,238,513 possible combinations of choosing five different numbers from 1 to 69. Multiply that by 26, and you get the 292,201,338 to 1 figure.There are, however, a few things you can do to improve your chances.
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