Most statisticians will tell you that a ratio of one in ten million is not significantly different from zero in ten million. Statistically, then, a person who buys a ticket for the Illinois Lotto has no better chance of winning the first-prize jackpotthan a person who doesn't buy a ticket. On average, the odds of winning are one in ten million [or, to be precise, 10,179,260] (http://www.illinoislottery.com/en-us / lotto.html). The odds of winning the Mega Millions game (i.e., matching 5 white ballsand the gold "Mega Ball") are even longer, at one in 175,711,536. To put these odds in perspective, USA Today (rather unhelpfully] reports that you're nine times more likely to "die from a TV falling on your head" than you are to buy the winning ticket (http://tinyurl, com/7xbj9vt). However, statistics notwithstanding, the reality is that it"s very, very hard to win the lottery if you don't buy a ticket.
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机译：大多数统计学家会告诉您，一千万分之一的比率与一千万分之零的比率没有显着差异。从统计上讲，购买伊利诺伊州乐透彩票的人比没有购买彩票的人更有机会赢得头奖大奖。平均而言，获胜的几率是一千万分之一[确切地说是10,179,260]（http://www.illinoislottery.com/en-us/lotto.html）。赢得“百万大富翁”游戏（即匹配5个白球和金牌“ Mega Ball”）的几率甚至更高，为175,711,536分之一。为了弄清楚这些赔率，《今日美国》（相当无助）报告说，您“从掉在头上的电视上丧命”的可能性是购买中奖彩票的九倍（http：// tinyurl，com / 7xbj9vt）。尽管有统计数据，但现实是，如果您不买票，那么中奖非常非常困难。
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