Canadian Lottery Winners - What Are the Odds of Winning the Lottery

PLAYING THE ODDS Ticket sales for that draw reached Canada's biggest lottery jackpot - $54.3 million A group of 17 oil workers in Camrose, AB won it in October 2005 $99,474,164 The Odds to Win were 1 in 13,983,816 1/4 of Canadians play weekly 25% Buy 50 tickets You may win the jackpot at least once in 5,000 years. a week With a $2 ticket the odds to win the jackpot are 1 in 14 million It is more likely to: Be killed Be bitten by a snake 1 in 45,000 by lightning 1 in 56,439 Spending per household annualy ALBERTA least $225 NOVA SCOTIA NOVA SCOTIA most $278 $225 ALBERTA $278 Annual 1 person household gambling spending Women Men 45-64 years of age spend $881 MEN WOMEN over 65 spend $763 spend $369 spend $435 Source: Statistics Canada: http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/75-001-x/pdf/topics-sujets/10476-eng.pdf CBCnews: http://www.cbc.ca Brought to you by CanadaFAQ: http://www.canadafaq.cal