Comparable odds to winning a Lotto jackpot

When you look closely into the odds of winning a particular jackpot, it’s often hard to get those odds into perspective.

By showing you what the odds are of other events or scenarios helps put the Lotto odds into a different light.

To win a Lotto jackpot you have to match 6 numbers from 1-49 for the draw in which you have a Lotto ticket. If you only have one ticket for a particular draw, then the odds against winning are 13,983,815 to 1.

Already I can see your eyes glazing over as you try to imagine what that really means. To help you, here is a list of things that are more likely to happen to you than winning a Lotto jackpot.

More likely

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Dying in a plane crash – 11,000,000 to 1

Every year approximately 1,300 people die in plane crashes.

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Killed by a lightning strike – 10,000,000 to 1

Each year approximately 5 people are killed by lightning with men being 4 times more likely to be struck than women.

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Killed by radiation from Nuclear Power  - 10,000,000 to 1

These odds are coming down as the risk of terrorism increases and as other forms of energy run out.

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Dying in a terrorist attack – 9,300,000 to 1

These odds were calculated in 2008 the year after 2,000 people died worldwide from terrorist attacks. They are probably not so low now.

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Dying from a snake bite – 3,500,000 to 1

Believe it or not, around 25,000 people die each year from snake bites. Luckily for us in the UK, over 10,000 of them are in India

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Falling out of bed and dying – 2,000,000 to 1

In the United Kingdom about 20 people each year die from falling out of bed. Those at greatest risk are the very young and the elderly.

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Being killed on a bus 13,000,000 to 1

Public transport is one of the safest forms of travel.

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Deaths from a road accident – 8,000 to 1

In Britain almost 3,000 drivers, passengers, cyclists and pedestrians die in road accidents every year. Worldwide, over 3,000 people die every day from road crashes.

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 Knowing that you have more chance of those things happening to you helps you to understand what odds of 14,000,000 to 1 really mean. Whilst we all hope that our numbers come up when we are checking our lottery results, we certainly don’t want our number to come up for any of those scenarios.

Less likely

On the other hand, you might be pleased to find out that you have MORE chance of winning a Lotto Jackpot than any of these happening to you

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Dying from a shark attack – 300,000,000 to 1

Luckily fewer than 40 people die each year from shark attacks, although this number is slowly increasing as more of us holiday on coasts where sharks feed.

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Dying in a fairground accident – 300,000,000

Fortunately, fatal fairground accidents are very rare in this country.

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Being killed by a falling coconut – 250,000,000 to 1

Apparently, falling coconuts kill about 150 people each year. With coconut trees growing to 80 feet or more, a falling coconut can reach a velocity of 50mph.

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With the odds being so high, all the more reason to join Free National Lottery Tickets and pick up FREE lottery tickets for the coming weeks draws.