5 Things More Likely To Happen to You Than Winning Powerball

By Kara Seymour

It’s fun to dream.

An especially fun thing to dream about is what you would do with a half a billion dollars.

The drawing for what will likely be the third-largest Powerball jackpot in the game’s history is Wednesday, which has a lot of people dreaming about their next life as a millionaire.

Lottery officials estimate the prize will be about $485 million, with a $327.7 cash value.

But don’t get too excited: the odds of winning the jackpot are one in 175 million, according to lottery officials.

Which means you are far more likely to experience the following oddities in your life than win the big prize:

Having identical quadruplets: 1 in 13 million

Love babies? Look on the bright side, if you don’t win Powerball, you have a better chance of having four identical bundles of joy, according to ABC News.

Shark attack: 1 in 11.5 million

You’re much more likely to be attacked by a shark than win Powerball,according to experts at the University of Florida’s International Shark Attack File. There are about 65 shark attacks each year, Discovery News reports.

Becoming president: 1 in 10 million

Do you have aspirations to be the leader of the free world? If you don’t win Powerball, keep your chin up. You’re more likely to achieve your dream of becoming president than hitting the jackpot, according to International Business Times.

Death by asteroid: 1 in 700,000

Maybe the dinosaurs would be around to try their hand at Powerball had it not been for a pesky asteroid. Discover Magazine puts the odds of dying from an asteroid impact at about one in 700,000 over the course of a lifetime.

Struck by lightning: 1 in 3,000

A lightning strike seems like the freakiest of freak accidents, but it’s far more likely you’ll be a victim of this natural phenomenon than get rich from Powerball. National Geographic puts the odds of getting struck by lightning over the course of a lifetime at 1 in 3,000.

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