Powerball Odds Are 1 In 175 Million: Here Are 15 Things That Are More Likely To Happen

The draw for the largest Powerball jackpot in history is set for Wednesday, November 28 and millions of Americans are flocking to gas stations and convenience stores for a chance to win the $425 million prize. But what are your actual chances of winning?

The odds of an individual ticket winning are estimated to be as low as 1 and 175 million. Before you run out to purchase your ticket, here's a look at 15 things that are more likely to happen than winning the Powerball jackpot:

• Picking a perfect NCAA bracket

  Odds: 13,460,000 to 1 (<a href="http://www.deseretnews.com/top/542/2/Picking-a-perfect-NCAA-bracket-20-things-more-likely-to-happen-than-winning-the-Mega-Millions.html">Deseret News</a>)

• Birthing identical quadruplets

  Odds: 13,000,000 to 1 (<a href="http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/03/30/mega-millions-jackpot-10-crazy-things-more-likely-than-hitting-the-winning-numbers/">Time</a>)

• Becoming an astronaut

  Odds: 12,100,000 to 1 (<a href="http://blog.seattlepi.com/thebigblog/2012/03/29/13-things-more-likely-than-winning-the-mega-millions-jackpot/#4114-9">Seattlepi</a>)

• Becoming president

  Odds: 10,000,000 to 1 (<a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/03/30/15-things-more-likely-to-happen-than-winning-mega-millions.html">Daily Beast)</a>

• Dying by a hornet

  Odds: 6,100,000 to 1 (<a href="http://blog.seattlepi.com/thebigblog/2012/03/29/13-things-more-likely-than-winning-the-mega-millions-jackpot/#4114-9">Seattlepi</a>)

• Dying from being left-handed

  Odds: 4,400,000 to 1 (<a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/03/30/15-things-more-likely-to-happen-than-winning-mega-millions.html">Daily Beast</a>)

• Becoming a movie star

  Odds: 1,505,000 to 1 (<a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/03/30/15-things-more-likely-to-happen-than-winning-mega-millions.html">Daily Beast</a>)

• Drowning in a bathtub

  Odds: 840,000 to 1 (<a href="http://blog.seattlepi.com/thebigblog/2012/03/29/13-things-more-likely-than-winning-the-mega-millions-jackpot/#4114-9">Seattlepi</a>)

• Getting a royal flush in a first hand of poker

  Odds: 649,740 to 1 (<a href="http://blog.seattlepi.com/thebigblog/2012/03/29/13-things-more-likely-than-winning-the-mega-millions-jackpot/#4114-9">Seattlepi</a>)

• Dating a supermodel

  Odds: 88,000 to 1 (<a href="http://www.deseretnews.com/top/542/7/Dating-a-supermodel-20-things-more-likely-to-happen-than-winning-the-Mega-Millions-lottery.html">Deseret News</a>)

• Being murdered

  Odds: 18,000 to 1 (<a href="http://www.deseretnews.com/top/542/8/Being-murdered-20-things-more-likely-to-happen-than-winning-the-Mega-Millions-lottery.html">Deseret News</a>)

• Dying in an asteroid apocalypse

  Odds: 12,500 to 1 (<a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/03/30/15-things-more-likely-to-happen-than-winning-mega-millions.html">Daily Beast</a>)

• Finding a four leaf clover

  Odds: 10,000 to 1 (<a href="http://www.deseretnews.com/top/542/12/Finding-a-four-leaf-clover-20-things-more-likely-to-happen-than-winning-the-Mega-Millions-lottery.html">Deseret News</a>)

• Losing an appendage to a chainsaw

  Odds: 4,464 to 1 (<a href="http://www.deseretnews.com/top/542/19/Losing-an-appendage-to-a-chainsaw-20-things-more-likely-to-happen-than-winning-the-Mega-Millions.html">Deseret News</a>)

• Writing a New York Times bestseller (if you?re an author)

  Odds: 220 to 1 (<a href="http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/03/30/mega-millions-jackpot-10-crazy-things-more-likely-than-hitting-the-winning-numbers/">Time</a>)

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