The Mega Millions is well known for its enormous jackpots, which has been a dream in reality for millions of people who "dream big" and the idea of "getting rich quick. Even as hopeful clients form a line to buy their shots at a monumental payout, it's worth exploring what inflated the odds to such proportions. In this paper, we are walking the road of probabilities, and we will acquire some extraordinary information, the statistical probability of which is much higher than the probability of Mega Millions jackpot.
Being Struck by Lightning:
Not exactly a joke, but a joke because in reality it is much more likely to be struck by a bolt of lightning than to be a Mega Millions lottery winner. The NWS also has estimated that an individual is struck by lightning per year is about 1 in 500 000. Opposite, odds for Mega Millions are usually greater than 1 in 300M.
Becoming a Movie Star:
Stardom finials in Hollywood may look like a long shot, but in actuality the odds a favouring eager actors to become stars are much improved, if they think, by Mega Millions. Although getting into the movie business is, of course, a tough call, the chances that someone will make movie star, are astronomically larger, than chance that someone will win the mega jackpot in the lottery.
Finding a Four-Leaf Clover:
For the believers in a little more luck, the search for a four-leafed shamrock may be a less desperate quest than playing Mega Millions. The likelihood of this happy accident to reveal this lucky growth is assumed to be 1 in 5000 and thus a relatively insignificant affair (vs. "loss" lottery).
Being Attacked by a Shark:
In contrast to some common misperceptions, the risk of getting attacked by a shark is much less than said. The likelihood of being harmed by a shark, as recorded by the International Shark Attack File Tri-state Megabucks numbers is approximately 1 in 11,500,000 (1/11,500,000). [That is] You are, statistically speaking, much more likely to face up to--and by--a shark in the ocean than to be a Mega Millions jackpot winner.
Getting Struck by Space Debris:
Space may feel too far out there, something that does not belong in our realm of daily life, but the chance of impact with space debris is much greater than the chance of winning the Mega Millions. And all, for all that admitting the chance is so ridiculously small, like 1 in 1.6Million, the chance of space debris hitting the surface of the planet is not a lottery.
Becoming an Astronaut:
Even if it sounds like a daydream to imagine getting away in space and becoming an astronaut, the chance of that actually happening is much higher than the chance of that person winning the Mega Millions, byogger. The chance to become astronaut in the increasing size of space exploration programs and the increasing rate of spacecraft launch can be only one in 13 million. Consequently, the fantasy of weightlessness is not a dream, but a live dream, and indeed, one that merits closer attention than a patient's increasingly ridiculous lottery prize.
Winning an Olympic Gold Medal:
Training and career achievement of athletes is a task focused on the development of training performance objectives in every single part of the globe, which will be finally acknowledged by the Olympic gold statue at the culmination of the work. Quite surprisingly, the ratio of a chance of getting on top of an Olympic athlete to that of a chance of getting on top of someone on the top podium is higher than the ratio of a chance of getting on top of a mega millions lottery winner. The odds do shift depending on the activity sport, however, in general they are around 1 in 662 000 and therefore can be taken as a more realistic route to success in sport for dedicated athletes.
Surviving a Plane Crash:
Flight phobia is a common disorder arising from the mass hysteria phenomenon. However in terms of statistics, the chance of death due to a plane crashing is more than the chance of death from winning a Mega Millions prize. U.S. National Transportation Safety Board, however, reports a survival rate of over 95% for air passenger accident crash survivors or more, i.e. Getting out of the reach of a plane crash looking empirically easy, with a 1 in 3.4 M or 1 in 11 M odds, suggests that human aerial maneuvers off the disastrous trajectory do not differ so much from playing the lottery.
Discovering a New Species:
The discovery of a new species is a really exciting task for free spirited, adventurous, and open minded individuals, who travel a lot in the natural world. They state that the incidence of finding something new is 1 in 1,000 and therefore a far more achievable goal than winning the Mega Millions. However, it looks as if scientific discovery is not a lottery, but a jackpot of a machine.
Winning an Academy Award:
The glitz, the glory, and the bigness of the world's greatest production in the movie business may all seem a different world away from most of us, but really, to be nominated for an Academy Award is at least statistically as good a chance as winning the Mega Millions lottery. The odds of an Oscar nomination are unknown from a range of variables such as category and number of competitive peers but probably range between 1 in 1500 and 1 in 25000. What actors and filmmakers wish for is not to dream, but just a link in the process of just a few steps it is going to reach the most coveted golden statue in the history around the world.
With reference to the runaway jackpot of the Mega Millions, which continues to climb towards the dreams of millions, it is of top concern to learn just how small is the chance of winning. From lightning to shark attack, there are countless events in life which (for every conceivable reason, God help us) are infinitely more likely to happen than to win the lottery. While daydreaming of a horrific big jackpot sum is so enticing that it may well be impossible to resist, lottery play has to be evaluated with the incredibly high price people pay for their incredibly high likelihood of being a loser.