Examples of inane media comparisons for the chance of winning the lottery. Here are 10 things that are more likely to occur than winning the lottery: 1. Dying from an asteroid strike: 1 in 74,817,414 2. Getting killed by a terrorist act in the United States: 1 in 10,000,000 3. Getting murdered during a trip to the Grand Canyon: 1 in 8,156,000 4. Dying from chronic constipation: 1 in 2,215,900 5. Becoming a movie star: 1 in 1,505,000 6. Getting struck by lightning: 1 in 1,101,000 7. Dying from a hornet, wasp or bee sting: 1 in 79,842 8. Bowling a 300 game: 1 in 11,500 9. Being the same height actor Hugh Jackman, who is 6-foot-2: 1 in 23.3 10. Becoming disabled, disfigured or killed by a parasite: 1 in 7.2 Struck by lightning, while drowning (1 in 183 million) Killed by an asteroid strike (1 in 700,000) Have an IQ of 190 or greater (1 in 107 million) Attacked by a shark (1 in 11.5 million) Elected President of the United States (1 in 10 million) Getting struck by lightning (1 in 164,968) Being drafted by an NBA team (1 in 6.8 million) Becoming a movie star (1 in 1.5 million) Dating a supermodel (1 in 88,000) Being killed by a vending machine (1 in 112 million) - Being bitten or struck by a dog: 1 in 116,448 - Being stung by a hornet, wasp or bee: 1 in 55,764 - falling into the Grand Canyon (1 in 1.586 million) - having quintuplets, the odds of which are 1 in 92,720