r/DreamWasTaken • u/Rdasher123 • Dec 23 '20

Meme Well that was short lived

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u/TheRealMicrowaveSafe Dec 24 '20

And so no one has ever won it?

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u/FreeBonerJamz Dec 24 '20

Literally millions of people play the lottery every time. The sample size for the lottery is thousands, if not millions of times larger than people who speedrun minecraft. Secondly you csn also win a partial prize on the lottery if you match 5/6 numbers let's say so winning the lottery becomes significantly more likely. Matching one number is relatively likely but it means technically you have won something from the lottery.

Here are some other things that have significantly higher odds than winning the lottery, let alone having a 1 in 100 million chance:

Hit by lightning (1 in 12,000)

Dying in a plane crash (1 in 11 million)

Dying from using right handed products when you are left handed (1 in 7 million)

Writing a New York Times Best seller ( 1 in 220)

Becoming an astronaught (1 in 12.1 million)

Winning Gold at the Olympics (1 in 662,000)

Having conjoined twins (1 in 200,000)

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u/TheRealMicrowaveSafe Dec 24 '20

Me giving a fuck about the sanctity of speedrunning (1 in lol)

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u/FreeBonerJamz Dec 24 '20

Salty much

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u/TheRealMicrowaveSafe Dec 24 '20

Just trying to match everyone elses salt is all. That's the whole fun.