Statistics

Your actual odds of winning the lottery depend on where you play, but single state lotteries usually have odds of about 18 million to 1 while multiple state lotteries have odds as high as 120 million to 1.

Chances of Playing Football in the NFL: About nine in 10,000, or 0.09 percent.
Chances of Playing Basketball in the NBA: About three in 10,000, or 0.03 percent.

Chances of Playing Basketball in the WNBA: About one in 5,000, or 0.02 percent.
Chances of Playing Baseball in the MLB: About one in 6,600, or 0.015 percent.
Chances of Playing Hockey in the NHL: About one in 250, or 0.4 percent.

So are you feeling lucky or talented?