Jim wrote:

... must also agree with Doc, the odds are not
much better (or worse, depending on your outlook!) of hitting the
lottery. ...

Actually, I read somewhere that you're about 1000 times more likely to be
hit my lightning than to win the PowerBall. I would imagine it would vary
considerably depending on which state lottery you're comparing it to, but
I'd also imagine that lottery odds are in general much longer than being
hit by lightning odds (i.e. winning the lottery is much less likely).