Who wants to be a half billionaire?

The estimated jackpot of Wednesday, $ 550 million, is the eighth largest in the history of Powerball. (If you're impatient and want all your millions at a time, the lump sum cash value is $ 335 million.)

Your chances of winning? 1 of 292 201 338. We know that these chances will not discourage you. But just in case you want a reality check, you are much more likely to …

… have quintuplets naturally

If you are expecting a newborn, your chances of naturally having five children instead of one are 1 in 55,000,000. It is five times more likely than touching the jackpot. It's a lot of babies.

… being murdered at the Grand Canyon

You have a chance at 8,156,000 to be murdered at the Grand Canyon. In fact, it's 35 times more likely than winning the jackpot. So watch your back.

… have extra fingers or toes

The odds of having polydactyly – or fingers or toes in addition – range from 1 in 500 to 1 in 1,000. That's more than 292,200 times more than touching the jackpot.

… being killed by a fireworks

You have 1 chance out of 340,733 to be killed by a firework display. So, if you use fireworks to celebrate your lottery win, be aware that your chances of dying from these fireworks are 857 times greater than those of hitting the jackpot you just won.

The good news: it is necessary that someone wins

Example: the woman from South Carolina who won a big jackpot of $ 1.5 billion, Mega Millions.

The winner, who chose to remain anonymous, said that a simple act of kindness had led to her mbadive windfall last October. The woman left another customer in a convenience store to get ahead of her before buying her lottery ticket, using computer generated numbers.

Now she is helping others – this time with a much heavier bank account.

"I realize that such a chance involves tremendous social responsibility and gives me a unique opportunity to help, support and contribute to the charitable work that is important to me," said the laureate. in a statement issued by his lawyer.

Part of his donations go to the Alabama Red Cross to help victims of the recent tornadoes that killed 23 people.

She also donated to the Ronald McDonald House of Charity in Columbia, South Carolina; In The Middle, a charity that helps women with bad cancer; the art center of the city of Simpsonville; and the One Hurricane Relief Fund Florence.