18 things more likely to happen than winning the lottery

All Aussies dream of one day winning the lottery, paying off debt and living the high life. Everyone knows the odds are very unlikely, but just how unlikely are they?

With one single ticket for large national lotteries – such as the Powerball or Mega Millions – Aussies have approximately a 1 in 176,000,000 chance of winning.

Did you know that there is more chance of becoming a millionaire by other means (1 in 3) than of winning the lottery (1 in 4)?

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With odds that high, there are several ridiculous things which are more likely to happen than winning the jackpot.

Here are 18 of them.

Winning an Oscar - 1 in 11,500

Visiting the ER for a pogo stick related injury – 1 in 115,300

Being killed by fireworks - 1 in 616,488

Winning an Olympic gold medal - 1 in 662,000

Getting a royal flush in a first hand of poker – 1 in 649,740

Being hit my a meteorite – 1 in 700,000

Drowning in a bathtub – 1 in 840,000

Being killed by flesh-eating bacteria – 1 in 1,000,000

Drowning – 1 in 2,000,000

Struck by lightning – 1 in 2,300,000

Dying from being left-handed and using a right-handed product incorrectly – 1 in 4,400,000

Death from scalding hot tap water – 1 in 5,000,000

Becoming a US president – 10,000,000

Attacked by a shark – 1 in 11,500,000

Having identical quadruplets – 1 in 15,000,000

Dying from a dog bite – 1 in 20,000,000

Becoming a saint – 1 in 20,000,000

Being killed in a terrorist attack on an airline – 1 in 25,000,000

Being killed by a vending machine – 1 in 112,000,000