25-Oct-05. Long-shot lotto odds shocking. Calgary Sun, 2.

University of Calgary mathematics and statistics professor Dr. Ernest Enns reports that the odds of choosing the correct numbers for tomorrow’s $40-million Lotto 6/49 grand prize are 1-in-13,983,816. A person would need to purchase 43 tickets to have the same chance of winning the big prize as being killed in a car accident in the next year.