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Article: Fame easier than Big Game fortune; Lottery officials say someone will win $220 million today.(PAGE ONE)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- April 12, 2002
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Byline: Arlo Wagner, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
The $220 million jackpot in tonight's Big Game Lottery drawing has fueled players' dreams of striking it rich, but they actually have a much better chance of making it big.
With odds of winning 1 in 76 million, a player would have a much better shot at recording a platinum-selling album (1 in 480) or starring in a movie (1 in 385,000).
Even finding a "perfect" mate is a 1 in 50 million proposition.
But favorable odds aren't why people stand in line to buy tickets or meticulously pencil in their lucky numbers - it's the giddy prospect of gaudy consumerism, of walking in to work and quitting on ...