Odds intuition
There are 13,983,816 possible Lotto 6/49 combinations. Buying one ticket per draw, it would take about 134,460 years to play them all. Here's what that actually means.
Compare with other rare events
Approximate, commonly cited lifetime odds — treat as rough, they vary by source.
- Being struck by lightning (lifetime, US)1 in 15,300
- Winning an Olympic gold medal1 in 662,000
- Getting a royal flush in five-card draw1 in 649,740
- Being attacked by a shark1 in 3.7 million
- An amateur golfer making a hole-in-one (per attempt)1 in 12,000
Winning the Lotto 6/49 jackpot is roughly 900× rarer than being struck by lightning.
Jackpot odds across our lotteries
Every jackpot odds figure on the site is derived from the game's config — never a hard-coded table.
| Lottery | Format | Jackpot odds |
|---|---|---|
| Lotto 6/49 | 6 from 1–49 + 1 bonus (1–49) | 1 in 685,206,984 |
| Lotto Max | 7 from 1–50 + 1 bonus (1–50) | 1 in 4,994,220,000 |
| Daily Grand | 5 from 1–49 + 1 bonus (1–7) | 1 in 13,348,188 |
| Powerball | 5 from 1–69 + 1 bonus (1–26) | 1 in 292,201,338 |
| New York Lotto | 6 from 1–59 | 1 in 45,057,474 |
| EuroMillions | 5 from 1–50 + 2 bonus (1–12) | 1 in 139,838,160 |
See it for yourself
The simulator below draws random combinations until it matches yours — capped at 250,000 draws. Run it a few times.
Pick a combination to chase
Disclaimer: past frequency does not change the probability of a future independent draw.