Luck Is Not a Strategy — But Here’s How to Get Luckier!

Most people know it’s a very long shot to win the lottery, but they really don’t have any idea how long of a shot it is. According to SavingAdvice.com, single-state lotteries usually have odds of about eighteen million to one, and multiple-state lotteries have odds as high as 120 million to one.

Therefore, you are six to forty-five times more likely to die from a lightning strike than you would be to win the lottery.

You’re 180 to 1,200 times more likely to die from snakebite or bee sting than win the lottery.

According to Space.com, you are 450,000 to three million times more likely to die in an asteroid collision in the year 2029 than to win the lottery.

If you drive ten miles to purchase your lottery ticket, it’s three to twenty times more likely for you to be killed in a car accident along the way than to win the jackpot.

Some People Do Get Lucky

I was sitting in first class on my way from John Wayne Airport to Reno, Nevada. The guy next to me had a car magazine, as did I, and we both started talking about cars. I told him the best car I ever had was a…