Pseudo wrote:Footy Chick wrote:not winning lotto
This might cheer you up:
Disagree.
Assuming the average life span is 80 years, and it takes you 15 minutes to get your ticket, there is a 1 in 2.8m chance of dying during that 15 minutes.
Now assume you buy a 36 game quick pick ticket. Each line has a 1 in 8,145,060 chance of winning, so your 36 game ticket has a 1 in 226,252 chance of winning.
Your ticket is 12.39 times more likely to win, than you dying in that random 15 minutes it took you to purchase.