What are the odds of winning Monday’s $545 million Powerball drawing?
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ST. LOUIS (KTVI) — You have a chance to become a multimillionaire Monday night when a $545 million Powerball jackpot goes up for grabs.
If the winner chooses the upfront cash payout, they will receive $392 million. The drawing will be conducted at 10:59 p.m. ET.
The odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million.
Here are five things more likely to happen:
- Being killed by hornets, wasps or bees. The odds are 1 in 59,507.
- Becoming president of the United States. Those odds are about 1 in 1 million.
- Becoming a movie star. The odds are 1 in 110,501.
- Going to the emergency room with a pogo stick-related injury. Those odds are about 1 in 115,300, according to Deseret News.
- Having conjoined twins. The odds of birthing conjoined twins are about 1 in 200,000, according to the University of Maryland Medical Center.
If hit, the jackpot would be the 10th largest in the game’s history.
The record Powerball jackpot was $1.586 billion in January 2016, according to The Associated Press. It was divided among three ticket winners in California, Florida and Tennessee.
