what are the chances of winnig the lottery?
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In England around 73 people are killed annually due to lighting strikes with around 400 people hit. Bear in mind that there are 104 lotteries a year, including the Wednesday one, and often there is a rollover. Also it is relatively unusual for there to be just one winner, probably about ten times a year so it can be seen that with a population of 60,000,000 in the U K with 400 strikes that works out at 150,000 to one.
Lightning hits the earth an average 100 times per second, or 8.6 million times a day. Weather officials estimate that the United States alone receives up to 20 million cloud-to-ground lightning strikes per year from as many as 100,000 thunderstorms.