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1 in 176 million .
Straight from the Wikipedia article on the game... The odds of winning the jackpot are 45,057,474 to 1
It depends on the machine, but hitting the multi-million dollar progressive jackpot on the Megabucks machine is almost 50 million to one. In comparison, picking 6 out of 49 numbers in the lottery is about 14 million to one.
Thats five matching numbers 1-55 and the Powerball match a 1-42 chance. Odds of winning the Powerball Jackpot are 1 in 146,107,962 With the addition of Florida to the PowerBall (Jan, 2009). The probablity has changed. It is now:Five matching numbers 1-59 and the Powerball match a 1-39 chanceOdds of winning the Powerbal Jackpot are 1 in 195,249,054
Winning a jackpot typically involves playing a game of chance, such as a lottery or a slot machine, and having your numbers or symbols match the winning combination. The odds of winning a jackpot are usually very low, so it's important to remember that winning is largely based on luck rather than skill or strategy.
It depends on the machine, but hitting the multi-million dollar progressive jackpot on the Megabucks machine is almost 50 million to one. In comparison, picking 6 out of 49 numbers in the lottery is about 14 million to one.
Very poor. New York Lotto, for instance, is 6 balls in a field of 54, with two games played for a dollar. The odds of hitting the jackpot is thus 2 in 25,827,165.
The odds of winning are 10,000,000,000, to 1.
http://www.justlottery.com/tx/texas-games.htmlTo hit the jackpot it's 1:25,827,162 million.
If the odds are 9 to 7, the chance of winning is 43.75%
If the odds of a horse winning a horse race are 2 to 7 then the odds against that horse winning the race are 7 to 2.
For 2 to 25 odds of winning;Probability of winning:0.925926, or;Chance of winning:92.59%