Odds of winning the lottery smaller than getting struck by lightning, getting bit by a shark

If you’re on the hunt for the record $1.6 billion Mega Millions jackpot, you may have shelled out a fair amount of cash hoping to come up with a winning ticket that will turn you into Warren Buffett overnight.

But with the odds of coming up with all six winning numbers more than 300 million to 1, your dream is basically a waste of money, according to MoneyWise.com. 

In fact, your odds of getting struck by lightning, attacked by a shark or having identical quadruplets are much higher. 

Here's how it breaks downs, unlikely event by unlikely event: 

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