Probability Visualizer
See lottery odds compared to real-life events
🧠 Mind-bending:
Lottery odds are hard to comprehend. Let's make them real by comparing to things you can actually imagine.
Powerball Jackpot
1 in 292,201,338
0.00000034% chance
🎯 Visual Scale: Find the Winner
Below are 10,000 dots. ONE of them is the "winner" (highlighted).
This represents 1 in 10,000 odds.
The actual lottery odds are 29,220× harder than this!
(fewer dots = clearer winner)
Tip: Click any dot to guess the winner — the winner will reveal instantly.
Attempts: 0 ($0)
📊 Putting It In Perspective
Play Every Day for 800,000 Years
If you bought one Powerball ticket every day, you'd need to play for about
800,000 years to have a 50/50 shot at winning once.
$584 Million in Tickets
To buy enough tickets to cover every Powerball combination (guaranteeing a win),
you'd spend $584,402,676. The jackpot is often less than that.
36× Rarer Than Finding One Person
Winning Powerball is 36 times less likely than randomly
picking one specific person out of everyone on Earth.
584× Rarer Than Lightning
You're 584 times more likely to be struck by lightning
this year than to win the Powerball jackpot.
Remember: Every lottery drawing is independent. Past results don't affect future odds.
The lottery is entertainment, not investment. If you play, set a strict budget and stick to it.
Learn more about lottery mathematics →
Learn more about lottery mathematics →